Wikipedia defines leadership as “the art of motivating a group of people to act toward achieving a common goal.” Usually that goal is surrounded in selfish gains like success, power and the love of money. Christian leadership is defined as “the act of influencing and or serving others out of Christ’s interests in their lives, so they can accomplish God’s purposes for and ...
As business leaders navigate bringing their people back to the office, it may be hard for businesses to develop a one-size-fits-all policy for remote vs office work. My friend, Paul, collaborates with an architect firm. Paul said, “Many businesses can work remotely, but these architects are collaborating on designing a building. Remote work has been disastrous for them.” Another friend ...
In reading “The Moralist,” a Woodrow Wilson biography, I observed the futility of bluffing. Early during World War I, Germany’s submarines sunk multiple British ships with many Americans on board. President Wilson sent Germany letters and threatened them publicly, but the Germans believed, correctly, Wilson’s words were just a bluff. The Germans became so brazen that they eventually sank nine ...
The theory behind balancing a bank account seemed straightforward in college. But during my first auditing engagement, I worked two weeks trying to reconcile a payroll account. In theory it seemed easy, but with inadequate information it became impossible. When I told the audit partner, we were out of balance $900,000, he said, “Write off the difference. $900,000 is immaterial ...
After Jesus’ resurrection, Jesus’ disciples were confused by His death. Their hope for Jesus was that he would redeem Israel at that time. Although these disciples had spent time with Jesus for up to three years and were likely well trained in Scripture, they were confused by the death of Jesus. Jesus, however, joined them on the road and began ...
In 2000, at a Billy Graham Conference on Evangelism, God divinely hand-picked the ministry leaders seated at table 71. This group of leaders each had a passion for reaching the unreached people groups in the world with God’s Word. That table of leaders began a collaborative effort that has advanced the Bible translation movement years ahead of what could have ...
Stephen M.R. Covey in his book, Speed of Trust, wrote, “Trust is equal parts character and competence... You can look at any leadership failure, and it's always a failure of one or the other.” Leadership failure comes when a gap exists in character or in competence. Character and competence working together build trust amongst a team and give the leader ...
A blog from the Chief Learning Officer website states that a leader leaves a legacy when “the leader strengthens others’ capacity to learn, to reflect and to extract meaning from their learning.” Legacy is not just about handing down values from one generation to the next. Legacy Leadership helps others become lifelong learners or seekers of knowledge and truth. ...
Equipping Others to Do Work Differently
