Servant Leadership

  I’ve experienced this “different style of leadership” recently. It is a leadership style that puts the person leading in a role that seeks to serve the very people he/she is charged with leading. It is way different than the standard “dictatorial leadership” that I’ve seen the most often over the years. This style of…

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Leadership Succession

Sometimes when everything rises and falls upon a particular leader the entire organization can possibly be at risk. Some leaders are “larger than life” in their organization. In some organizations the leader is the founder, CEO, President – he is large and in charge because after all, this was his baby. Moses, the man who…

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Shared Leadership

I’ve grown up under leadership from all sorts of people. I remember my home church had two elders for a long time then at some point added a third. The Elders were given the spiritual oversight of the church. The Preacher/Pastor shared a lot of leadership responsibility with the Elders. The Deacons were also part…

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Set Apart

I sometimes think it’s crazy to think of being born into royalty. For example the British Royals didn’t do anything to become the reigning family in England. Their ancestors certainly did something years ago to put their family in leadership. But ever since February 1952 Queen Elizabeth II has been the reigning monarch in England.…

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2-4-6-8 Delegate

I worked in ministry for several years with a good man who taught me much about life and ministry. He used to remind me that I could be much more effective when I learned to delegate some tasks and then focus my attention on other tasks. He used to say: “2-4-6-8 we must learn to…

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Lead On!

There are times when I’ve been frustrated with the people who are my leaders. This applies to church leaders, community leaders, state leaders and even national leaders. There are times I’ve been disappointed in their decisions or their logic. I think some people get leadership confusion with power. Leadership does bring with it a certain…

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