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Staying Above the Fray: Leading in a Dysfunctional System, Part 2: by Todd W. Hall, PhD

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Part 2 in series Leading in a Dysfunctional System. It’s natural in a dysfunctional system to respond to negative emotions with anger and frustration. This leads to a counter-productive focus on the negatives. Insecure leaders often don’t see the horizon of possible solutions because they are too caught up in the negative emotion of the [...]

Leading in a Dysfunctional System, by Todd W. Hall, PhD

Monday, April 16, 2012

Understanding your own underlying connection strategies can make or break survival in a dysfunctional working environment by Todd W. Hall, PhD Recently, I met with a manager I’ve been working with who is working in a very dysfunctional system. Two executives are in a political battle for the area in which she works and she [...]

The Greco-Roman Liberal Arts: When Education Meant Friendship and Heart

Friday, March 23, 2012

Whereas Plato and Aristotle called their students friends, today’s students are often little more than numbers. The liberal arts vision of generating a steady stream of truth-seeking leaders to flood our culture with virtue has clearly fallen on hard times.

Why Most Nonprofit Leaders Don’t Ever Want the Top Job Again, by Michael Hartsfield

Monday, July 18, 2011

Moving the Nonprofit Leader from Surviving to Thriving Michael Hartsfield, Ph.D. in Christian Leadership Alliance A headline in the The Chronicle of Philanthropy proclaims, “Many Nonprofit Leaders Don’t Ever Want the Top Job Again, Survey Finds.” Most of the 1,000 nonprofit executives who participated in this research were satisfied with their work, but they did not want [...]

The Greco-Roman Liberal Arts: When Students Were More Than Just Numbers

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Whereas Plato and Aristotle called their students friends, today’s students are often little more than numbers. The liberal arts vision of generating a steady stream of truth-seeking leaders to flood our culture with virtue has clearly fallen on hard times.

Is Jesus Still Surrounded by Too Many Men? By Cathleen Falsani

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Why is Margaret Feinberg the most influential young woman leader in evangelicalism you’ve never heard of? Cathleen Falsani and Margaret Feinberg are two of my favorite authors and bloggers. Last week they tag-teamed for a thought-provoking article on the future of female leadership in evangelicalism. I came away more determined than ever to seek to [...]

A God-sized Vision: Revival Stories that Stretch and Stir

Friday, June 10, 2011

Knowing How God has Worked in the Past is Critical to Understanding His Intentions for the Future “Revival doesn’t come to respectable Christians. The basis of revival is men and women shattered by their failures—aware that all is not well, helpless to do anything about it.” -Ugandan Bishop Festo Kivengere Collin Hansen and John Woodbridge’s [...]

Does America Need ‘Revival’? – How One Pastor Transformed His Church by Reaching His Students

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Before we can learn anything from Jonathan Edwards, we first need to humble ourselves as he did on that fateful day in 1734, when he finally admitted that "business as usual" was failing his students.

Has entertainment replaced Scripture at center of Evangelical worship? by Chuck Swindoll

Monday, May 9, 2011

Is the church just a business with a Cross stuck on top? Great article by Chuck Swindoll–”America’s most influential active preacher”–in Leadership Journal. I disagree with him on some minor points on the inherent evil of technology and new media (see, Paparazzi in the Hands of an Angry God). However, I am completely on board [...]

Seven Ways Leaders Lose Authority with Students, by Tim Elmore

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Ongoing Series: Two Handed Warrior Authors and Leaders you should know Dr. Tim Elmore is the founder and president of Growing Leaders, an Atlanta-based non-profit organization created to develop emerging leaders. Through Growing Leaders, he and his team provide public schools, state universities, civic organizations and corporations with the tools they need to help develop young [...]