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• Leaders: Compassion #11
Leadership: Compassion #11 Compassion is a misunderstood word today. It seems that our culture defines compassion as doing good for those less fortunate, who are victims of fire, flood, earthquake, landslide, tsunami or some other uncontrollable event of nature. I am sure all this is involved with helping in cataclysmic need. But compassion is not […]
• The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect, How your Life Matters (Book Review) By Andy Andrews, published by Simple Truths, 2009, 109 pages, Thomas Nelson (an easy read, lots of photos too) The Butterfly Effect is an unforgettable story about how our world is an incredible life of permanent purpose. It’s about how every move we make and every […]
• What’s a Seagull Manager?
Seagull Manager Seagull 〮Manager From Middle English gull, aquatic bird: and Italian maneggiare, to manage 1. A hasty boss who interacts with employees only to criticize or “fix” their work, of which he or she knows very little about. 2. The antithesis of a micromanager. Usage: Coined by leadership expert Ken Blanchard in his best […]
• Leaders: Weakness #10
Leadership: Weakness! (#10) What images come to mind when you consider Weakness? Maybe weakness is just the opposite of strong or strength. Weakness might look like the lack of muscles, like feeble or the under developed weakling. Maybe you remember Mighty Mouse with super human qualities, but a diminutive form of a mouse? In our […]
• Leaders: Accommodate #9
Leaders: Accommodate (or Chameleon Leadership) #9 This might sound like a strange way to talk about leadership—referencing a Chameleon. Just as chameleons change their skin color in response to light and ambient temperature, children’s ministers must also change their leadership styles in response to leadership styles around them. This is not a statement about being […]
• Calculating Kidmin Salaries
Calculating Kidmin Salaries It seems to be common practice among churches to use the local school system for comps for determining the salaries of children’s ministers. I guess, I understand how this happens for beginning positions. But as the work grows and the children’s ministry becomes more established, the salary comparison needs to be revised […]
• Leaders: Are Proactive #8
#8. Leaders: Proactive! Proactive is the opposite of Reactive. It is as simple as Pitching and Catching. Leadership is not just about waiting for others to set the agenda for our ministry. It is true our job description is a document that dictates some of our ministry agenda. We definitely need to react to […]
• Leaders: Are Readers #7
Going to three undergraduate schools and two graduate schools almost ruined my interest in reading. After a few years off from “required reading” assignments, I began to want to read for the pure joy of learning. However, it was “all or nothing” for a long time. I would read a lot or none at all. […]
• Leaders: Magnanimous #6
#6. Leaders: Magnanimous Magnanimous in leadership is a kind of generosity, being liberal in not rendering what you would think is deserved. It is taking the high road, forgiving, not being easily offended. It can involve a willingness to be wrong, even when you think the other person is wrong, just in case, you might […]
• Leaders: Strategic Planner #5
Leaders: Strategic Planner #5 For me a strategic planner in leadership is exemplified by the ability to see beyond the ordinary, to envision opportunities inherently present to you, but not obvious to all. Therefore, the strategic leader creates a plan to implement this insight and is able to lead his/her team “to raise the […]
