Four Critical Team Dynamics for Leading Change
How many teams have we put together over the years to help us lead the change process only to realize several months later that nothing happened that was sustainable? In John Kotter’s excellent book on Leading Change he gives four key characteristics that must be in place for the team to be successful. 1. […]
Seven Lessons for Leading in Crisis
Virtually every American institution is facing major crises these days, from declining businesses to evaporating financial portfolios. To get out of these crises, authentic leaders must step forward and lead their organizations through them. The current crisis was not caused by subprime mortgages, credit default swaps, or failed economic policies. The root cause is failed […]
Forgiveness
One spiritual principle that cannot be violated is that you cannot pass on to others what you have not first received yourself. This is very hard to do when someone else has hurt us deeply and we find it so difficult to really forgive them. When we feel the other person is wrong and they […]
Generational Leadership
As a follow up on the last posting about Situational Leadership I want to make an observation. I recently spoke at national conference on the subject of Leadership for 21st Century. The major point of the presentation was the need to shift from a positional leadership model to a participative one. The feedback after both […]
Pastoral Leadership
I hear a lot of people playing the blame game when churches are not growing and reaching their potential. The blame usually falls into one of two camps, the pastors who are not leading well or the people who will not follow. After observing this for many years and spending time both in the pew […]