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Organizing Your Leadership Thinking
Leadership is a complex and challenging subject to grasp the whole of the topic. All one has to do is to look at the shelves of leadership books in the local bookstore to see that few are attempting...
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Leadership Thinking – KNOW
Using the simple outline of Know – Be – Do – Reproduce we can categorize the important functions of this vast subject called leadership. Today we will address the category of “Know – How a Leader...
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Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?
One of the blessings of the years our family spent in Indonesia was that we lived as a Christian minority. The blessing in this became evident at the time of major Christian holidays, like Christmas....
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A Leader’s Optimism
General Colin Powell [Chairman (Ret.), Joint Chiefs of Staff] in his work, “A Leadership Primer” describes the following principle: “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” People and ‘smell’ a...
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God’s Use of Isolation
DAVID – GOD’S USE OF ISOLATION 1 Samuel 20-31 Isolation: when God sets a leader aside from their destiny process to develop deeper, heart issues dealing with their inner spirit; our “doing” for God...
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Leader Development at West Point
Some time ago I had the privilege of visiting the US Military Academy (West Point) to learn how they develop leaders. The following is a short summary of their development model. Note the emphasis on...
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Leading a Change Process
No leader is satisfied with the status quo. All leaders want to bring change. John Kotter in his modern classic, Leading Change (p 21) urges 8 Steps in the Process of Leading Change. 1. Establish a...
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Help! I’m Doing Too Much!
Busyness, fast pace, urgency, and crowded schedules are the hallmarks of the life of a leader. If you don’t want to be busy, then don’t attempt to lead! But, there is no glory in flaming out young...
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What’s So Bad About Hierarchy?
Much of the ‘prevailing wind’ today in organizational leadership is blowing towards the ‘flat organization’ – that is, the fewer the leadership levels we have in an organizational structure, the better...
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Serving God with a Good Attitude
God has a volunteer workforce. We are all invited to co-labor with Him (see 1 Corinthians 3). When we ‘raise our hand’ and join up with Him and many other volunteers the key is have a good attitude....
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Leadership Jazz – 3
Max DePree has the following to say about leading from beliefs, values, and vision in his excellent work titled, “Leadership Jazz.” “From a leader’s perspective, the most serious betrayal has to do...
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Leading Change
John Kotter has written a foundational book on the subject of leading organizational change titled simply, “Leading Change.” One of the primary obstacles leaders must overcome is the sense of...
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Acting Locally, Thinking Globally
World vision has always been at the heart of our work. In the 1970’s and early 1980’s, at the peak of the national collegiate ministry renewal (The Jesus Movement), we sent many staff around the world....
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Leading into Ethnic Diversity
It does not take a “rocket scientist” to see that our world today is experiencing one of the greatest migrations of peoples in history. All over the world large populations of people are leaving their...
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Applying the Bible to Your Life
A great strength of The Navigators movement is the emphasis on the practical application of the bible to life and leadership. As our former international director reminds us, “Lead from the bible and...
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The – What to Do If – Notebook
Leaders rarely plan for their sudden death, often leaving their personal and professional affairs in a mess. Part of good, strategic leadership is thinking and planning ahead for the unexpected or...
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Finding Favor with God
Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway. For whoever finds me finds life and receives favor from the LORD. But whoever fails to find me harms...
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A Leader’s Job Description
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God… Romans 1:1 ( NIV 1984) In the opening passage of Paul’s letter to the believers in Rome he describes...
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Knowing God
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. Ephesians 1:17 (NIV 1984) In his letter to...
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Leaders and Popularity
All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips… All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took...
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