Leadership Reflections

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 [...]

“As a member of the leadership team, each person is responsible for fulfilling the following roles… Supporter of the CEO, supporting and advancing the CEO’s agenda both publicly and privately.” Nadler & Nadler, “Performance on the Executive Team: When to pull the trigger” in Executive Teams. Throw a stone into calm water and some waves will ripple [...]

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 [...]

One of the most pleasant aspects of my job is meeting people who work in Christian ministry.  Many of these are in some level of leadership, and they are very nice people.  A well-known truism, though, is that power corrupts.  So all these nice people I’ve met, and me too, need to be concerned that we [...]

My friend Marvin Brubacher invited me to teach a class at Heritage Seminary for pastors about the practical aspects of leading a ministry.  At the end, he asked, “John, what one final thing do you want to tell these ministry leaders?  The one piece of advice they must hear?”  Without a moment’s hesitation, I said “Never, ever lose your [...]