“Managers like everything to stay the same. Leaders like everything to change.” –John Maxwell
Category Archives: Leadership
Leadership and Management: Godin
What is the difference between management and leadership? The difference has been described in many ways. Over the next few days, I will share some of the contrasts I have collected in my files. Today I share a quote from Seth Godin. “Managers work to get their employees to do what they did yesterday, but …
Thinking about Leadership….
A quote from Peter Drucker says, “Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.” What makes one a leader? Leadership is either personal or positional. The influence one person exerts on another comes either from personal characteristics or positional control. Effective leaders, even those who have authority or rank, lead from personal …
Organizational Leadership
I collect “bits.” For many years I wrote a weekly bulletin article under the title, “bits from bob….” Years of collecting sayings and thoughts, scraps of paper thrown in an envelope box (and more recently copied to a computer file) has resulted in lots of “anonymous” items. I have compounded the difficulty by summarizing and …
Just Thinking….More on Leadership
Genuine, authentic biblical leadership in the church is exercised by shepherding, mentoring, and equipping. Effective church leaders do not have influence because they are named as leaders. Effective church leaders have influence before they are named to a position, and their influence continues when the position no longer exists. An old saying: “Do not make …
Developing Leaders for Hispanic Churches
Paul returned to the churches he had established in order to strengthen those churches and assist with the development and appointment of leaders. Paul left Titus on Crete to correct the things lacking and to establish leaders. We have a clear New Testament model. In the twentieth and twenty-first century, however, at times the work …
Effective Leaders
I am working on an article with today’s title. I want to distill the most important aspects of effective leadership into a few basic principles. I am looking for those things that are almost always a part of the lives of vibrant, growing, effective spiritual leaders. Today I share my “beginnings.” What characteristics would you …
Reaping What We Sow
This morning at Baxter, I had the opportunity to visit at breakfast with brother Jorge Quijano, a Baxter graduate from the early days in Honduras, now working in Belize and Mexico. Our conversation turned to the nature of the Christian life and the many blessings that are part of our lives as Christians. Jorge said, …
Measuring Leadership
Human nature desires measurements. We are competitive. How am I doing? Am I succeeding? Leadership, especially Christian leadership, is often evaluated by the wrong standards. Leadership is not in title, position, or prestige. Leadership down at the church house must not be measured by secular standards. Christian leadership involves two basic elements: service and influence. …
Leadership is Ultimately about Legacy
Leadership is usually associated with the present; but leadership is often most visible in the future, after the fact. Leadership is seen in the legacy one leaves. Am I a leader? Am I a good leader? Am I an excellent leader? Leadership creates a legacy that inspires others onward. Who am I leading? Who will …