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Assessing Leadership — The Purpose in Leadership Inventory
Researching, Steve Hanna, Flickr The inaugural edition of the journal Servant Leadership: Theory and Practice came out at the end of August. I’m grateful to have an article included in the August 2014...
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Groups vs. Teams: What’s the Difference?
Working Together Teamwork Puzzle Concept, Scott Maxwell, Flickr “A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of the others.” – Norman...
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Breaking the Cycle of Generational Poverty
Joy, Marwa Morgan, Flickr Generational Poverty Generational poverty is a real issue in our world. While many people experience individual poverty in their lives due to the loss of a job or another...
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You Are Not Alone — Interdependence and Dependence in Leadership
Steering Wheel from a Vessel, Wilderness Kev, Flickr How do you begin your day as a leader? I recently heard a friend share his leadership challenge of “waking up with the steering wheel in his hands.”...
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Strategic Foresight: The Past, Present, and Future Focus of Leadership
Photo: In the middle of nowhere, Brian Koprowski, Flickr Clarity and foresight are essential leadership characteristics. Organizations and teams need leaders who can see clearly in the midst of...
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37 Barriers to Change
Barrier 4 – Love Wins, by hji, Flickr Change is an unavoidable reality in organizational life. Like death and taxes, change is part of life whether we like it or not. Continuity & Change One of the...
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A Joyful Heart is Good Medicine … it also increases productivity!
Joy, by Alice Popkorn, Flickr “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” - Proverbs 17:22 In a recent edition of Harvard Business Review, the title of a sidebar...
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Leader Resiliency … Face Reality, Find Meaning, Forge a New Path
Image by Arya Aiai, Flickr One of my areas of research is examining the role of resiliency in leadership. Here’s a link to an overview of one of my recent academic articles focused on the role that...
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8 Practices of Effective Executives — From Knowledge to Action to Accountability
What makes an effective executive? Responding to this question, Peter Drucker wrote that great chief executives in history often did not have stereotypical leader charisma or similar personalities,...
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Where to Look for Better Performance in Your Work
“Here’s looking at you, kid” – Jaskirat Singh Bawa, Flickr I read about a unique and interesting study recently. The primary aim of the study was examining the impact of various combinations of...
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Can You Serve God in Your Work?
Faith & Work, by J. Irving, St. Patrick’s in NYC Do you see your work as an opportunity to serve God? Some workers—such as those in overt ministry roles (e.g., pastors, missionaries) or those in...
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Top Tourist Sites and Photos from New York City
Central Station Top Tourist Sites and Photos from New York City In early November, I attended the Center for Faith and Work’s annual conference. One of the many delights from this conference was the...
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Groups vs. Teams: What’s the Difference?
Originally posted on Purpose in Leadership: Working Together Teamwork Puzzle Concept, Scott Maxwell, Flickr “A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to...
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A Poem for Christmas — Enjoy!
Immanuel, by Daniel Go, Flicker On this Christmas Eve, my thoughts turn once again to the amazing reality we celebrate at Christmas. Incarnation — the reality that God came among us in human form....
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Rethinking Resolutions — Prioritizing for the New Year
New Year’s Resolutions, One Way Stock New Year’s Resolutions What are your typical New Year’s resolutions? I’m actually not a big fan of New Year’s resolutions, but I am a fan of using the beginning of...
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Top 5 Blog Posts from 2014
2014 was my first year entering the blogging world on the writing end. This new year marks my 15th year teaching in higher education, and this blog has been a great place for me to share some of the...
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Taking the Next Step — How to Improve Individuals and Organizations
Photo by Justin Irving; new Vikings Stadium in process. One of my favorite quotes from W. Edwards Deming is “Your system is perfectly designed to give you the results you’re getting.” What a great...
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20 Quotes from MLK
Martin Luther King, by caboindex, Flickr Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2015, and is another opportunity for intentional reflection on Dr. King’s vision of justice and racial reconciliation. In...
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6 Insights from My First Year of Blogging
Blogging, by Sean MacEntee, Flickr Here are 6 insights from my first year of blogging on my Purpose in Leadership site. Though I began blogging midway through 2014, this first month of 2015 has led me...
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Oikonomia — Work as Stewardship
Work [Explored], by Riccardo Cuppini, FlickrIn January I attended a conference put on by the Oikonomia Network. Oikonomia is a Greek term used in the New Testament to describe the concept of...
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