“Entrust your works to the Lord, and your plans will succeed.” Proverbs 16:3
A core principle of the Leading Like Jesus movement is: Jesus is the best leadership teacher and role model of all time. It’s a pretty basic principle, but it’s also a pretty easy one to forget if you don’t ground it in your approach to living.
I remember being in youth group at church and playing the Gossip Game. We would sit in a circle and the youth pastor would whisper a sentence in someone’s ear and that person would tell the next person what they heard. It could only be said once – no repeats!
Christian Leadership Alliance President and CEO Tami Heim recently interviewed Phyllis Hennecy Hendry, P
When it comes to authority on leadership and leadership development it is easy to identify Harvard as one of the premier institutions in the space. According to Wikipedia, the Harvard Business Review was founded in 1922 with the intention of being the highest type of business journal that the school could produce. Over the years the publication has captured the attention of leaders from around the world. It has consistently positioned itself as second to none when it comes to sophisticated research and practical techniques to influence modern business. When the Harvard Business Review s
Where did that come from? is a question we might ask when things don’t go exactly as we planned, we might feel blindfolded, blindsided or groping in the dark. We might wonder, What have I done to deserve this? We feel desperate and plummeting downward in a nosedive; can’t seem to get our bearings. When we are in the middle of a blind, helpless descent, why me? is the query we ask our Creator as we beg Him to stop the pain.
A few days ago, my wife and I were watching Good Morning America. Michael Strahan was interviewing Logan Paul, a celebrity video blogger on YouTube. Paul has been in the news lately for his poor decision in airing controversial footage showing the corpse of an apparent suicide victim in Japan’s Aokigahara Forest.
“Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts...” (Hebrews 3:15)
I was asked to consult for a multi-million dollar communications division of a national church. Its leader had come to the table only weeks before with impressive credentials in the private and NGO fields.
He had accumulated a slew of prestigious awards. He had been brought on board in the midst of crisis. The very survival of the ministry depended on his decisive, sure-handed leadership.
No matter what the question, love is the answer. Always.
Jesus made this very clear [Matthew 22:36-40]:
“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
Terms that define the word bias include prejudice, partiality, favoritism, one-sidedness, leaning and tendency.
We all have biases. They are major factors in our decision-making. Like an invisible force operating under the radar, our biases stealthily move to shape the way we influence and lead others, yet we don’t like to admit they even exist. Unfortunately, wherever bias rules unchecked, there is chaos, dissention, hurt and distrust. When bias is recognized and consciously set aside, however, unity, trust, forgiveness and commitment will flourish.
In March of 2016, The Harvard Business Review published a paper by Sunni Giles, an organizational scientist and leadership development consultant. In the article, Giles highlighted results from a survey of 195 leaders on the topic of leadership competencies. The article, “The Most Important Leadership Competencies, According to Leaders Around the World”, highlighted what a group of leaders felt were important skills for future leaders to have to be successful. As I read the article, I was curious as to how many of these competencies could be found in the Bible. For thos
