Posts Tagged ‘Mark L. Vincent’
Top. Middle. Bottom. By Mark L. Vincent
Top |Middle |Bottom | Steward Leaders of the Whole Top Line. Middle Line. Bottom Line. Do you have a working definition of each? Does your team members share those definitions? Do you see yourselves as the stewards of them all, even though you may have a favorite? Do you recognize the harm that could be…
Read MoreA Steward of Trust By Mark L. Vincent
How does a steward leader foster trust? Because I am often engaged in preparing people for their life as an executive, I get to correspond and converse with their reflections and trust is a common theme. Here is one response to someone from one of my classes for Christian Leadership Alliance a few years ago,…
Read MoreYour Words By Mark L. Vincent
The Stewardship of Your words A sermon I once heard focused on the five Hebrew words that Jonah preached to Nineveh: Forty-Days-More-Nineveh-Will be Destroyed. It takes more words in English, as Jonah’s Hebrew requires just one word to indicate verb tense. The preacher pointed out that these harsh yet necessary words were not great words…
Read MoreThe Three-fold Process By Mark L. Vincent
The three-fold process of becoming a steward leader. By Mark L. Vincent ~ Today, I am revisiting the three-fold process of becoming a steward leader that Scott Rodin identifies in his book The Steward Leader. 1. Discovery Coming to a new and deepened understanding about the nature and will of God for a person. The Steward…
Read MoreThe Steward's Gift By Mark L. Vincent
It is the steward’s gift to give to others after us. By Mark L. Vincent ~ To be a steward is to know in our bones that what we are responsible for was given to us with intent, and that this gift will be given to others after us. We live in a world where…
Read MoreFaithfulness by Mark L. Vincent
Faithfulness is one of the foundations for an effective resource raising program. By Mark L. Vincent Faithfulness is foundational. I’ve often summarized the faithful life of the steward as Generous God, Generous Life. On more than one occasion, when speaking on the subject, I’ve created a picture of how this is lived by kneeling with…
Read MoreNon-Traditional Funding By Mark L. Vincent
What is the challenge for the steward leader and non traditional funding? By Mark L Vincent ~ There is a challenge that comes with non-traditional funding. I am not a CFO, nor an accountant. I am a strategist. My life is spent developing organizations and the leaders who serve them. So, any thoughts about the…
Read MoreCross-ing Ourselves By Mark L. Vincent
What does cross-ing ourselves reveal about what we believe? By Mark L. Vincent ~ For those of us who observe the church year, Lent begins this week with Ash Wednesday. Many of us will receive an imposition of ashes on our foreheads in the sign of the cross, marking our humility and penitence before God.…
Read MoreSteward Leader Thinking By Mark L. Vincent
The ongoing genesis of steward leadership thinking transforms us. By Mark L. Vincent ~ The 2017 Steward Summit, which focuses on steward leader thinking and principles, is behind us. This annual event was shared with several Christian Leadership Alliance friends and family as participants and presenters. In fact, several of us serving as regular bloggers…
Read MoreSelf-mastery By Mark L. Vincent
Self-mastery matters more than ever. By Mark L. Vincent ~ Are you as tired of the U.S. presidential race post-mortems as you were with the election process itself? Does anything remain to discuss? Anything? Through the relentless negative messaging to which we’ve been subjected, two leadership reflections abide in me: Role leadership is nearly dead.…
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