Learning from Rehoboam: Leaders Choose to whom they Listen
October 16, 2019 To whom do you listen when you have a tough decision to make? Rehoboam, like all leaders, had a choice to make. And the choice of who the leader listens to can have significant outcomes, as it did for Rehoboam. We have already seen that Rehoboam learned that failing to listen would […]
The Leader and Emotion: Confusion
Issue #247, December 12, 2018 Can a great leader be confused? Leaders usually act with confidence and seem to know the direction to go. But all of us have faced situations in which the way forward was not very clear. David was a great leader, but experienced confusion and often cried out to God for […]
Lead with Your Ears: Listen to the Right Voices
Issue #126, April 2, 2014 For a long time, I had the following verse posted on my office wall: Lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear (James 1:19, The Message). I love the perspective The Message offers to servant leaders, “Lead with your ears, follow […]