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...
View ArticleEmbarking 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...
View ArticleAuthentic 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...
View ArticleAuthentic 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...
View ArticleAuthentic 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...
View ArticleAuthentic 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...
View ArticleAuthentic 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...
View ArticleAuthentic 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...
View ArticleAuthentic 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleIntroducing 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...
View ArticleLeaders 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...
View ArticleFathers 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...
View ArticleFathers 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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