Delegation: The Why
Issue #425, June 17, 2026 If delegation is hard work and doing the work myself is easier, why should I delegate tasks to others? Consider the story from the early church: 1 In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their […]
Joshua: Finding Wisdom for Leadership
Issue #398, May 14, 2025 Leadership challenges quickly show us how much we need wisdom—more than knowledge alone, we need the ability to act correctly in difficult moments. This is the essence of wisdom: applying what we know and experience to make sound judgments and decisions. Knowledge relates to what we know; wisdom relates to […]
Paul: Upend the Pyramid™
Issue #397, April 30, 2025 Effective leaders grow the people around them and continually delegate more and more responsibility to their teams. This builds leadership depth and prepares the organization for the time that they will no longer be the leader. Faith leaders take a long-term perspective to their work believing that God’s design is […]
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 […]
#386 Serving Leaders Produce a Thriving World: They Spread the Power
November 13, 2024 Paul’s description of a thriving body that grows and becomes stronger and stronger is a powerful image for any organization and a healthy model for any leader to follow. 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 […]
#375 Nehemiah: Upend the Pyramid™
June 5, 2024 The final action of the Serving Leader Model® is Upend the Pyramid. At the heart of serving leadership is a radically different approach that does not focus on self and personal gain. Serving leaders instead focus on serving the mission of the organization, the people who are a part of the organization, […]
#370 Secure Leaders Develop Others
March 27, 2024 We have examined several significant actions of secure leaders and recognized that secure leaders are serving leaders. They demonstrate their leadership security as they serve by encouraging, delegating, embracing differences, and accepting mistakes. These actions all lead to the final one, developing others. Developing others is both the outcome of these actions […]
#367 Secure Leaders Delegate
February 14, 2024 Delegation is hard! It’s not easy to release power and allow others to do what you do well. Yet delegation is an essential part of effective leadership. Elijah illustrates how secure leaders are able to release power to their followers. 9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can […]
Paul’s Leadership Pipeline: Choose them
January 11, 2023 Do you ever wonder what will happen to your work after you are gone? All leaders grapple with this question and either answer with intentionality or ignore it to their peril. In this series we’ll look at the Apostle Paul’s answer to this question and the way he developed a leadership pipeline […]
Barnabas: Serving with a Team
August 3, 2022 Barnabas was an influential leader in the early church, but he didn’t serve alone. Barnabas served with a team. Nearly every reference to Barnabas includes him with at least one other person. This can be seen most clearly at the church in Antioch where Barnabas was sent to provide leadership after a […]