Your Organization’s Purpose

Ever since I started leading people, I believed that purpose and vision came first and then people. Then, Jim Collins’ book Good to Great made me question my view of this priority. He contends that in great organizations, the CEO picks a great team of people first and then, in essence, figures out the vision.…

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God Created You for a Purpose

A search of the Scripture makes it clear that God is a God of purpose. He made everything and everyone with a clear purpose in mind. The fact that God has a purpose and carries out His purposes is very clear in the Scripture. “Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the…

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Leaders See a River . . .

Visionary Leaders See the Big Picture  I actually had a dream about this. In the dream, God told me that I would soon see a small waterfall and to stare at it to see what I could see. A few days later, I was in the mountains and did indeed see a small waterfall. I…

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Head or Heart Leadership (Part 3)

Leading with heart  I remember a story of a relatively young man. He was washing his bright red sports car at the public car wash. He attracted the attention of a nine-year-old boy. The young lad peppered him with questions such as, “Mister, you must work a lot of hours to own a car like…

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Head or Heart (Part 2)

    I’m thinking of three leaders: One was a founder. One got fired. One failed. Where do you think each was positioned on the balance beam above?   The founder was in the middle. He founded and led a highly successful corporation for many years. He had an excellent balance of heart for people…

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