Why Character Trumps Accomplishment
A few times each week, I make an elaborate plan to sabotage myself. The assassination of my own character is often an inevitable result. I call it…
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Leadership Essentials: Christ-Centered Character
We all remember the childhood game Follow the Leader. Whatever the leader does, you do. Wherever the leader goes, you go. We all understand leadership…
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Leadership Essentials: Character and Spiritual Leadership
Can you imagine a church leader who lacks personal character? Who gossips, who lies, or who cannot be trusted to keep his promises? Can you…
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Leadership Essentials: The Next Generation Leader
Have you ever read seven books in just five weeks? Some of you avid readers out there are saying “Yes, easily!” The other affirmative responses…
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In Search of Character
Character Formation To set the stage for this article, it is necessary to reveal something of my dark past: I once got into trouble in…
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Leading and Managing: What’s The Difference?
(Excerpt borrowed with permission from the Southwest District Superintendent’s Blog) Are you acting in the roles of leadership and/or management? Last week, in discussion with…
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What is the Definition of Character?
That’s why we only reproduce who we are, and why what some people are, speaks so loudly that it is difficult to hear what they’re…
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What are the Essentials of Spiritual Leadership?
Our model for spiritual leadership is Jesus. Seeing Him not only as Savior but as the full expression of the Father, we follow His example.
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Like a Rock: A Classic Example in Character Formation
Jesus chipped away at Peter to make a re-shaped disciple, every bit the opposite of what he was when Jesus first met him, firm like…
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Why Character Trumps Competence
In these moments we’re reminded that while some leaders lack competence, everyone has character. The real issue is, what kind of character?
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