The second season of LOST introduces yet a third approach to leadership in the person of Dr. Benjamin Linus. As evidenced in the clip below, Ben is the most dangerous type of leader in the postmodern world—a pseudo servant leader, or “power broker.”
Educators, filmmakers, ministers, and leaders of all kinds share a common desire to influence society for good. What we lack is a common language for understanding one another’s perspectives. Three years into this project I feel as if we are only just beginning to understand one another… but it’s a promising start.
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.
Think the fiery Puritan who preached America’s most famous sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of Angry God,” would threaten to dangle celebrities over the pit of hell? Think again.
Erik Barker gives us the skinny on Stanford prof’s latest research
Christian student group at top research university creates unintended firestorm by banning women from speaking at events unless they are accompanied by their husband.
Being a great woman leader doesn’t have to mean suppressing your gender Part 6 in series: Women of Faith in Leadership by Margaret Feinberg Over the years I have met many fantastic women leaders. I lean forward to hear their every word…
Part 2 in series: Women of Faith in Leadership “There is an enormous range of experiences for women in today’s churches, from those who are very satisfied to those who feel as if the church is one of the least welcoming…
Part 5 in series: Leading in a Dysfunctional System. by Todd W. Hall, PhD This is the fifth entry in this series on leading in a dysfunctional system. When working in a dysfunctional system like the one described here, it is critical…
Instead of allowing yourself to be pulled by the uncoordinated demands of a dysfunctional system, you need to push, gradually and incrementally, toward your strengths. Part 3 in series: Leading in a Dysfunctional System. by Todd W. Hall, PhD This is…
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…
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…