Fruitful Failure: Find a New Definition of Failure
Issue #433, October 7, 2026 All leaders fail, but not all leaders find ways to make failure fruitful. The fear of failure often keeps leaders from moving forward and the pain of failure keeps them from trying again. Effective leaders turn failures into opportunities to grow by changing their perception of and response to failure. […]
David: Failing Forward
Issue #146, January 7, 2015 After Adam and Eve’s first sin, David’s affair with Bathsheba is perhaps the most widely known failure of all time. It is ironic that after all the great lessons we have learned from David’s life, we read in 2 Samuel 11-12 the sad story of lust, adultery, and murder. Yet […]
Profiles in Bold Humility: Paul
Issue #123, February 19, 2014 Confrontation is one of the most difficult and painful tasks of leadership and Paul didn’t like confrontation any better than we do. But when he recognized Peter’s hypocrisy Paul didn’t hold back. When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong […]
It’s a matter of trust: Recover it
Issue #31, May 12, 2010 In the two previous issues we examined how to get trust and how to keep it. But what happens when trust is lost? Recovering trust is one of the most difficult tasks servant leaders can face. Three steps will start you on the journey. Identify what happened. Look for the […]