Leadership Reflections

Leaders read lots of leadership books, both Christian and secular.  How do you tell which secular practices may be used in Christian ministry and which should not?   That’s the question!  At Arrow Leadership’s Gala, George Barna said something remarkable: “People lack trust in leaders because of the poor character demonstrated by so many leaders. My interviews with 6,000 [...]

The movie Courageous opens tonight and every father or guy who thinks he might be a father some day should see it this weekend while it is in the theatres.  Leaders especially need to see it because we travel so much we could easily become absent fathers even with the best of intentions.  I saw the [...]

This is the last in a series about ‘loving teamship’ that started with loving your teammates and then loving your team.  It is also the flip side of the post Loving Leadership that talked about leaders loving their staff members.  It may seem strange to talk about loving the team leader, especially because that love [...]

This is part two of a three part series on ‘loving teamship’ that started with loving your teammates. Relations with the team Imagine a football team where a player’s goal is to show some scouts his outstanding moves.  His vision is what he will be able to do as a free agent with the income [...]

Loving Leadership discussed a leader’s responsibility to love his or her team.  What about the responsibility of team members to love as well?  Using the word ‘love’ in a work context may make you uncomfortable because we usually use the word for romantic relationships or over-the-top emotions. But the Bible uses the word ‘love’ in [...]