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Category Archives: leadership
Book review: The Dynamic Congregation, by Ramey
Does this sound like your experience of church? Little seems to happen during church services. You eat this bread and drink the wine at communion, even hear in the liturgy that Christ is present, but everyone seems bored. . . … Continue reading
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Tagged church, congregation, holy spirit, israel galind, revitalize
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Good leaders don’t motivate
I continue to come across the notion, in the literature on leadership, that good leaders motivate others. I’m becoming convinced that that is a wrong notion. I think it’s fine that people “get motivated†out of their own internal, intrinsic, … Continue reading
Posted in bowen family systems theory, leadership
Tagged Israel Galindo, leaderhip, motivation
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Leadership in Ministry Workshops winter 2008 newsletter
The winter 2008 issue of the Leadership in Ministry Workshops is now available. This issue’s features include:
Posted in bowen family systems theory, leadership
Tagged BFST, Bowen systems theory, dog whisperer, Israel Galindo, leadership, newsletter
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Leaving Well (If you’re going to go, go!)
I’ve been consulting with several clergy who are contemplating leaving their ministry settings. It’s not unusual for these consultations to come in waves, and it’s always interesting that they do. It seems that issues, crises, and topics have their seasons. … Continue reading
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Tagged clergy, congregation, Israel Galindo, leadership, leaving
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“There’s a disturbance in the force.â€
I like Star Wars, the movie, as much as the next person—at least the original (while not technically sophisticated, or particularly well-acted, nevertheless it retains its charm). But there’s nothing like being corrected by a 16-year-old Star Wars geek on … Continue reading
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That vision thing
During a hallway conversation with a former minister who recently took a job in educational administration the topic of the newbie learning curve came up. He unburdened about how, after a year on the job, he was still on a … Continue reading
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Book Review: Reviewing Leadership by Banks and Ledbetter
It seems despite voices of woe in the industry the number of books put out by publishers, in any number of fields, will not be abetting anytime soon. Whether or not that is a good thing may be a matter … Continue reading
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Do not judge
At a recent conference I experienced that situation where an audience member asks a question, you do the best you can to respond on your feet in-the-moment, only to later, after the event is over, come up with a really … Continue reading
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Thoughts on leadership
At a recent conference at which I served on a panel on leadership, the panelists were asked to provide opening comments about our thinking on the topic (my friend Margaret Marcuson also served on that panel. You can read her … Continue reading
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