Paul: Raise the Bar™
Issue #394, March 19, 2025 Effective leadership begins with a compelling purpose. But the vision will not be accomplished unless teams are built around shared values that align peoples’ actions with the vision. Values guide the actions of everyone on the team and shape the culture. Values are expressed when someone says, “That’s how we […]
#369 Secure Leaders Accept Mistakes
March 13, 2024 Leaders make mistakes and those they lead make mistakes! But there are many ways that leaders respond to the mistakes. Their response indicates their own level of security as a leader. The story of Joseph is a model of leadership in many ways. When Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery, it was […]
#347 Paul’s Leadership Pipeline: Follow Them
April 5, 2023 Serving leaders empower others and are thrilled to see people developing and released, but they are not blind to the need for accountability. As Paul worked with Timothy and others in his leadership pipeline, he released them, but he also followed them to ensure that they were moving in the right direction. […]
# 325 A Flourishing World: Growth is expected
May 25, 2022 A significant part of God’s flourishing world was the marvelous and diverse animal kingdom. God quickly gives Adam an assignment in relation to the animal world. 19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the […]
#314 Serving leaders ask those who follow: “What are you thinking?”
November 24, 2021 Serving leaders take time to think, but they also reflect on how Paul’s instructions apply to those who follow. 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things (Philippians 4:8, NIV). […]
#312 Serving Leaders ask those who follow: “What should you start doing?”
October 27, 2021 As we saw in the last issue serving leaders examine their own lives to see where they need to start doing new things. But they also look at Paul’s instructions with their followers in mind. 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old […]
#310 Serving leaders ask those who follow: “What should you stop doing?”
September 29, 2021 All leaders delegate tasks to others in their quest to accomplish the vision, adding items to their “to do” lists. But serving leaders stop the delegation process long enough to ask a different question of their followers: “What should you stop doing?” They learn from Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses. 13 The next […]
#308 Serving leaders ask those who follow: “How are you growing?”
September 1, 2021 Serving leaders have a passion, not only for their own personal growth, but they want to see those they lead also growing. They are in the growing people business! So, they attend to their own growth and then quickly turn their attention to the growth of those they lead. They have a […]
#306 Serving Leaders ask those who follow: “What is in your hand?”
August 4, 2021 Serving leaders long for those who follow to not only learn what to do, but how to think for themselves. So, they ask powerful questions of those who follow and use this one to help develop their leadership capacity. Serving leaders look at the question God asked Moses, “What is in your […]
#304 Serving leaders ask those who follow: “Who are you becoming?”
July 7, 2021 Serving leaders ask themselves hard questions about who they are becoming. As they gain clarity and direction about their focus, they also serve those they lead by encouraging them to walk the same journey of discovery. They desire that Paul’s instructions are helpful not only for their own lives but also for […]