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Category Archives: leadership
How To Tell if Trouble is Brewing
If there’s one thing a leader hates the most it may be getting caught by surprise—getting blindsided, waylaid, sideswiped, or caught unprepared. This pitfall sometimes happens because staff or subordinates tend to be hesitant about sharing “bad news” to their … Continue reading
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Tagged BFST, Bowen systems theory, Israel Galindo, leadership
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Seven Moral Imperatives of Bowen Family Systems Theory
A moral imperative is a principle or duty that one feels compelled to follow based on ethical reasoning. It represents an obligation to act in a certain way because it is morally right, regardless of personal convenience or consequences. Continue reading
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Tagged BFST, Bowen systems theory, Israel Galindo, leadership
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Phrases You Should Never Use Around Church Members
We all have that painful memory of a moment when our emotions got the better of us during a moment of reactivity. As soon as we said those words we regretted them, or, if not immediately, then eventually, as the … Continue reading
Posted in books, congregational life, humor, leadership
Tagged Christian educators, Israel Galindo
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Your Mother Was Right: Life’s Not Fair
New post on the Perspectives on Congregational Leadership blog: “Your Mother Was Right: Life’s Not Fair (and sometimes you should not be).” A reflection on trying to be fair in an anxious system.
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What makes for an effective leadership team?
Leadership, by its nature, is an isolating enterprise. And while leadership can be a lonely state of being, too many in leadership come to believe that a leader needs to stand apart, and sometimes to stand alone. But effective leadership … Continue reading
Posted in books, leadership, second chair
Tagged Israel Galindo, leadership, Transformation
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Fixing the Problems of Theological Education
New post on the Wabash Center’s blog for theological school deans: “Fixing the Problems of Theological Education.”
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On church growth and rural churches
I recently visited with a pastor of a small rural congregation (average Sunday morning attendance is between 40 to 50). He’s been at that church for ten years and enjoys pastoral ministry. He is intelligent and well-educated, with a divinity … Continue reading
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Tagged church growth
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Personality type and religious leadership
Personality Type and Religious Leadership reports the result of research done by Roy M. Oswald and Otto Kroeger at the former Alban Institute. Around 1983 Oswald began using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to help church professionals across denominations understand … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, clergy, Israel Galindo, leadership
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Six Challenges When Leaving Office as Dean
New post on Wabash blog for deans: “Six Challenges When Leaving Office as Dean,” http://goo.gl/CSGWNB
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Reflection for insight
Practicing reflection for insight on Bowen Family Systems theory at the Perspectives blog site.
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