In my previous blog post, I discussed the most dominant organizational structure of our time: Vertical Leadership. This structure, I argued, has served its function well: It gets things done. But today, many in the business world are moving away from this model of leadership in favor of a new way of organizing: Horizontal Leadership. […]
Overflow Leadership, Part 1
I live in Omaha, NE where it seems we are always about a year behind any national trends. When some new wave hits us here in the Midwest, it?s old news to my friends in California. Sometimes, I feel like the church functions like us Midwesterners ? like trend-followers. More and more, it seems like […]
Practicing the Presence of God
Here is a wonderful quotation?from Frank Laubach, who was the last century?s Brother Lawrence in modeling a lifestyle of practicing the presence of God. ?Last year, as you know, I decided to try to keep God in mind all the time. That was rather easy for a lonesome man in a strange land. It has […]
Are You an Influencer at Work?
In my last blog post, How to Beat Procrastiholism, I argued that, primarily, we should think of work as something we are instead of something we do. We sometimes try to derive meaning from our work instead of realizing that work has meaning because we have meaning. The worker gives work value, not the other […]
Intimacy with God Spills to Others
Moses is one of my favorite characters in the Old Testament.? He steps into his leadership role at a rather advanced age and does so with great reluctance.? Yet, despite his reticence, he enters into his responsibilities to both Israel and the Lord with his whole heart. Along the way, his leadership is marked […]
Discovering Our Purpose
How can we find a compelling purpose for life and work? Why do we live and serve out of so much emptiness? The ancient Greek word for one of life?s fascinating phenomenon was pleroma meaning ?overflow? or ?fullness.? It could convey the idea of filling a vase or container with fluid slowly, drop by drop, […]
