A Flourishing Culture: Growing Leaders
Issue #419, March 25, 2026 When leaders grow other leaders, the people flourish and the organization thrives. The primary work of every serving leader is to intentionally grow others. Jesus demonstrated this by empowering His twelve disciples. 1 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out […]
A Flourishing Culture: Team Synergy
Issue #418, March 11, 2026 Every organization rises or falls on the strength of its teams. When leaders intentionally build teams with synergy, people flourish and remarkable outcomes are achieved. Jesus understood this principle well and carefully and prayerfully built a team that would eventually change the world. 13 Jesus went up on a mountainside and […]
A Flourishing Culture: Mission Focus
Issue #417, February 25, 2026 Organizations flourish when the mission is clear and everyone understands what is most critical to accomplish. The mission of an organization describes the activities that bring the greatest value to those being served. Jesus had absolute clarity about His mission. This was perhaps most clearly stated at the beginning of […]
A Flourishing Culture: Values Alignment
Issue #416, February 11, 2026 Jesus invested time and energy to instill His values in the lives of His disciples. His first formal teaching, the Sermon on the Mount, begins with a list of values: He said: 3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4Blessed are those who mourn, […]
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 […]
A Flourishing Culture: Servant Leadership
Issue #414, January 14, 2026 Flourishing things are attractive. We love to look at a well-manicured flower garden where all the plants are healthy and strong. The same is true for organizations that flourish—they are attractive. Flourishing plants require healthy soil; flourishing organizations require a healthy culture. In this series we’ll examine 6 elements of […]
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 […]
#383, Serving Leaders Produce a Thriving World: They Set the Values
October 2, 2024 Serving leaders create a world in which people thrive. This world is described by Paul: 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity […]
#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, […]
#377 It’s None of Your Business: Shape it
July 10, 2024 We saw in the previous issue that serving leaders recognize that the business* is not theirs, they are stewards. Yet, stewards are not passive bystanders, they are active participants in the work of building and growing an organization. They are called by God to shape the organization as indicated in these verses: […]