Adjusting Your Approach to Serve Those You Lead
While Michael Watkins created a framework that helps leaders evaluate the needs of the organization they will be leading, Ken Blanchard developed a framework, famously known as Situational Leadership, that helps leaders evaluate the development needs of each person the leader is leading. What I Appreciate About This Framework I love that the framework emphasizes […]
4 Important Leadership Traits From One of the Most Popular Leadership Sayings
One of the most quoted leadership axioms is this gem from Max Depree, a former leader of Herman Miller furniture. DePree famously said: The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is both a debtor and a servant. In this one pithy […]
3 Actions of Servant Leaders
One of my favorite and most important meetings is a monthly meeting at LifeWay for “emerging leaders.” Those in the meeting are invited to be in the group for a year. People on my leadership team help identify who should be invited, and we gather 12 times in 12 months and read and discuss 12 […]
Three Ways We Can Better Love Those We Lead
Researchers and leadership authors continually contend that the best leaders are those who love and care for those they lead. Examples include: In his seminal book Servant Leadership, published over forty years ago, Robert Greenleaf coined the term “servant leader” and painted a picture that the most effective leaders love and serve those they lead. […]
Everyday Serving in the Workplace
A common misconception among Christians is that their work is not spiritual, that a regular 9-to-5 day cannot be sacred. If they’re going to do anything spiritual or ministry-oriented, it’ll have to happen around these occupied time slots. But this implies that everybody needs to be a full-time pastor of some kind if they’re going […]