#365 Secure Leaders are Serving Leaders
January 17, 2024 How secure are you in your leadership role? And how does your personal security as a leader impact your ability to serve others? In this series we’ll examine the differences between secure and insecure leaders and discover why secure leaders are serving leaders. Many persons in positions of leadership are insecure but […]
#364 Let’s Talk Money: Share It
December 13, 2023 We previously observed that serving leaders see themselves as stewards of money and they are thoughtful about how they obtain money. With this foundation, the heart of serving leaders is fully expressed when they generously share their financial resources with others. Serving leaders live their entire lives with a focus on others […]
#362 Let’s Talk Money: Surrender It
November 15, 2023 Serving leaders, like all leaders, deal with money every day. Decisions need to be made that involve money in both personal and leadership roles. Serving leaders shape their thinking and decision-making process about money by their desire to serve and bless others. In this series, we’ll examine three basic principles that guide […]
#339 Serving with Authority: Release It
December 7, 2022 Serving leaders don’t keep authority, they release it! They follow the example of Jesus whose final words were about authority. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the […]
#307 Serving leaders ask themselves: “How am I growing?”
August 18, 2021 Serving leaders are passionate about growth since they understand that their growth unlocks the potential they possess. They also realize that their growth determines the growth of the organizations they lead. They recognize that growing themselves is one of the best ways they can serve those who follow. They reflect deeply on […]
#303 Serving leaders ask themselves: “Who am I Becoming?”
June 23, 2021 Serving leaders use questions to probe their own leadership journey and to encourage those who follow to do the same. The posture of asking questions helps keep serving leaders aware that they don’t have all the answers and that they are also on their own leadership journey. They ask “Who am I?” to establish their identity […]
#293 Jesus: Upend the Pyramid
February 3, 2021 In the last four issues we have looked at how Jesus demonstrated the actions of The Serving Leader ModelTM*. He clarified the vision, Run to Great Purpose. He established the values for His disciples to Raise the Bar. He showed how to Build on Strengths as He sent them out two by […]
#292 Jesus: Build on Strength
January 20, 2021 In the last issue we looked how Jesus modeled the third action in The Serving Leader ModelTM, Blaze the Trail. He helped His team succeed by defining success and removing obstacles from them. Jesus was also a master team builder. As He sent out the disciples, He deliberately maximized the strengths of […]
#291 Jesus: Blaze the Trail
December 23, 2020 In the last issue we looked at the second action of the The Serving Leader ModelTM*, Raise the Bar, and examined how Jesus clarified values to His disciples. Jesus also clearly Blazed the Trail as He modeled for His disciples how their success would be measured. 8 “When you enter a town and are […]
#290 Jesus: Raise the Bar
December 9, 2020 In the last issue we looked at the first action of the The Serving Leader ModelTM*,Run to Great Purpose, which determines our vision or why we lead. In addition, effective leaders raise the bar for those who follow by identifying the values that guide their work. They call everyone to behave in […]