A Flourishing Culture: Vision Clarity
Issue #415, January 28, 2026 Vision, a compelling view of the future, is an essential ingredient in a culture that has energy, alignment, resilience and impact—a flourishing culture. In the last issue we examined how Jesus modeled servant leadership in ways that brought flourishing to His world. Now, we’ll shift to how He used a […]
Paul: Run to Great Purpose™
Issue #393, March 5, 2025 The apostle Paul is a model leader in so many ways. In this series, we’ll examine how Paul’s leadership is an example of the Five Actions of Serving Leadership™ (*see note). The first of the five actions is Run to Great Purpose™ which calls every organization to pursue a great […]
#382, Serving Leaders Produce a Thriving World: They Shape the Vision
September 18, 2024 Serving Leaders Produce a Thriving World: They Shape the Vision September 18, 2024 Snippet: Reflections for Serving Leaders, latest issue Serving leadership works! Serving leadership produces environments where people come to life, find meaning and purpose, and bring their best selves to the mission of the organization. Everything, even the bottom line, […]
#374 Nehemiah: Build on Strength™
May 24, 2024 The vision of Nehemiah to rebuild the wall required a variety of strengths to accomplish. Nehemiah recognized that he did not have all the strengths needed to accomplish the task—he needed a team. He was a great leader but Nehemiah was not capable of doing all that was needed for the building […]
#371 Nehemiah: Run to Great Purpose™
April 10, 2024 The Five Actions of Serving Leadership™ recognized and taught by Dr. John Stahl-Wert are universal actions that every great serving leader uses to build high performing teams. These actions work in every sphere of society and in all types of organizations. In this series we’ll look at how Nehemiah demonstrated these five […]
#338 Serving with Authority: Use It
November 23, 2022 Serving leaders don’t avoid authority, they use it to serve! They welcome authority as a way to build others up, move the organization in the direction it needs to go, etc. Paul, as we saw in the last issue, used authority to build others up. Now, let’s reflect on a short statement […]
Share the Vision
Issue #25, February 17, 2010 In previous issues we examined how Nehemiah saw God’s vision for the people and how he took time to allow the vision to be shaped. Finally, we can learn from his example how to share the vision with others. Notice again how he communicated, “Then I said to them, ‘You […]