I recently found myself repeating a phrase I had not used in a long time. The phrase is “leadership by the negative minority.” Let me explain what I mean by it. One of the challenges leaders face is dealing with negative reactions to change and efforts to effectively be on mission with the gospel. If… Read More »
Great Leaders
Brian Dodd is a Leadership Consultant with INJOY Stewardship Solutions. He regularly writes about leadership on his blog at briandoddonleadership.com. After visiting the Billy Graham Library he reflected on what he learned and came up with the 14 leadership lessons listed below. Great leaders have a singular focus. Great leaders who are completely sold out… Read More »
Would You Rather Be An Effective Leader Or A Good Leader
Does getting things done and moving a group people toward a goal make someone a good leader? Not necessarily. Adolf Hitler, Suddam Hussein, and many others have achieved goals and motivated large groups of people to get things done. They were effective leaders, but I don’t think we would consider them good leaders. What we… Read More »
Are Leaders Born Or Made
A longstanding debate exists over this question: Are leaders born, or made? In church ministry this questions matters because we depend on so many people to lead so many ministries. If leaders are born, then we have a finite number of people who can lead. If leaders are made, then more people can make a… Read More »
Leadership Thoughts
Peter Drucker famously stated that “management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” One of the lessons I’m learning as the years pass is that leadership becomes increasingly important as our church grows. It also becomes more challenging. More people, more activities, more systems, more complexity, more everything. This “more” makes it… Read More »
I Loved My Kodak 110 Camera
I’ve always enjoyed photography. Even today I display some pictures I took as a kid using the one simple camera our family owned. Then in high school I purchased a Kodak 110 camera that was inexpensive and took color photographs. I used that camera for several years, even taking it to New York city and… Read More »
Christmas and Spiritual Leadership at Home
Several years ago while visiting family in Kentucky at Christmas, my sister asked if I would share the Christmas story with her young children. As the evening continued, I found myself putting it off until it was time to leave. They did not hear the story of Jesus’ birth that night. Why? I’m not sure… Read More »