Ending Well
Endings that bring healing, reconciliation and new life often involve forgiveness.
Rick James
Succession
Articles in this category focus on healthy leadership succession, how to do it well, and gives practical methods for establishing a leader culture of healthy succession.
Rick James
Everything Does Not Depend on Leadership (from Healthy Followers)
Find out more about becoming a healthy follower in this excerpt from Healthy Followers by Malcolm Webber.
Malcolm Webber
4 Steps to Ensure Healthy Transition
We all know about founder’s syndrome – where a successful leader is unable to let go and move on. Christian leaders are in no way immune. It may be painful and challenging, but it does not have to be fatal. We therefore need to avoid the syndrome or treat the underlying issues in a timely and appropriate way.
Rick James
Inter-Generational Frustrations
Conflict between generations is not new. Every generation experiences this. The particular issues around which conflict occurs may change, but the underlying dynamics between the generations are the same. Our conflicts are not unique.
Malcolm Webber
Vanity vs. Eternity
With everything going on in your life it is important to think about your life’s goal, your life’s influence, and your death. What am I doing and what am I doing that is unique? What is the significance of your life on this earth?
Brent Hoover
Three Biblical Images for the Building of the Church
Our purpose is to work with God in the building of His Church according to His Word. Find out more in this excerpt from Church Planting in the Book of Acts, by Malcolm Webber.
Malcolm Webber
A Tool for The Five Major Forms of Non-Formal Learning
A systematic introduction to non-formal leader development.
Malcolm Webber
A Guide for Becoming Healthier, Happier and Longer-Lasting Christian Leaders: Part 3
We face a choice when it comes to our leader care: Are we going to the fitness center or to the hospital’s critical care center? In Part 3 of this guide, Brent Hoover outlines a path forward for holistic leader care.
Brent Hoover
A Guide for Becoming Healthier, Happier and Longer-Lasting Christian Leaders: Part 2
We face a choice when it comes to our leader care: Are we going to the fitness center or to the hospital’s critical care center? In Part 2 of this guide, Brent Hoover outlines a path forward for holistic leader care.
Brent Hoover
A Guide for Becoming Healthier, Happier and Longer-Lasting Christian Leaders: Part 1
We face a choice when it comes to our leader care: Are we going to the fitness center or to the hospital’s critical care center? In Part 1 of this guide, Brent Hoover outlines a path forward for holistic leader care.
Brent Hoover
Shaping a Culture of Generational Succession
How does generational transfer of life happen? And what hinders it? How can we build leaders with a long-term, multi-generational vision? This is the purpose, the vision and the hope of this brief course.
Malcolm Webber
4 Lessons from a Painful Leadership Transition
We sometimes need to take on challenges to understand properly “if the Lord does not build the house, the laborers work in vain” – including in any leadership transition and organizational change.
Niklas Eklov
What If?
What if a key person were immediately and permanently unavailable? What would you do? It’s not a “who’s going to cover for” situation but “who’s going to take over?” Many leaders tell me it will take months, even years, to get someone ready for a key position. Yet they don’t prepare. Then when something happens […]
Corey Olynik