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Servant Leaders and Dreaming

At last, the final instalment in my series on servant leadership! Greenleaf describes conceptualisation as the “prime leadership talent”. He refers to the lives of three men, John Woolman, Thomas...

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Embarking on the authentic leadership journey

At the outset of this series on authentic leadership I thought it would be useful to provide an outline of the book True North (discover your Authentic Leadership) by Bill George and Peter Sims. The...

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Authentic Leadership: Embracing your story

In researching their book True North Bill George and Peter Scott interviewed 125 leaders. One of the most striking recurring themes of these interviews was the extent to which the unique life story of...

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Authentic Leadership: Leading with the heart

In their book True North, George and Sims suggest authentic leaders lead with the heart. The idea of leading with the heart resonates strongly with me because the personal and leadership journey I have...

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Authentic Leadership: The value of values

In their book True North, George and Sims propose that authentic leaders practice solid values. In this post I want to explore the role of values on the journey that is life and leadership. At the...

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Authentic Leadership: Pursuing Purpose with Passion

In this post I am going to let George and Sims have the first word. Most people struggle to understand the purpose of their leadership. In order to find their purpose, authentic leaders must first...

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Authentic Leadership: The Crucible and the journey from “I” to “We”

In my last post I said that authentic leadership involves a journey from “I” to “we” which is often triggered by a “crucible” experience. This idea is captured in the research of George and Sims...

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Authentic Leadership: integrating your life

In their book True North, George and Sims suggest that one of the attributes of authentic leaders is an integrated life. They go on to explain: To lead an integrated life, you need to bring together...

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Authentic Leadership: Building your support team

Have some group that will tell you the truth and to whom you can tell the truth. Warren Bennis It’s impossible to exaggerate the importance of the key this statement holds. In the absence of such a...

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The Journey and the Father’s Heart

Last Sunday the Church family that I belong to, Vinelife Church Manchester, started a teaching series called “Lavished”. The series takes its name from a bible verse: See what great love the Father has...

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Introducing Leaders as Fathers and Mothers and Fathers and Mothers as Leaders

In a series of recent Facebook posts I suggested leadership in the image of God looks like fathers and mothers and that the moment you become a parent, whether you like it or not, and whether you’re...

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Leaders as fathers and mothers: defining and debunking leadership

Leadership in its simplest and purest form is influence. Everyone of us is influencing someone else and whilst the sphere and scale of our influence will vary greatly between us the fact is we are all...

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Fathers and mothers as leaders: Scott and Taylor Swift

As regular readers will know I’m in the middle of a series in which I’m writing about leaders as fathers and mothers and fathers and mothers as leaders. In starting this series I had envisaged some...

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Fathers and Mothers as Leaders: Shouting Yes!

Whilst I continue to work on a post in which I attempt to describe the transition from son and daughter to father and mother based on Richard Rohr’s life changing book Falling Upward – a task that is...

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