HBR have a great series of “Life’s Work” interviews here with what they call “Wildly successful people.” They come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common: they all absolutely love what they do. You have to…
HBR have a great series of “Life’s Work” interviews here with what they call “Wildly successful people.” They come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common: they all absolutely love what they do. You have to…
Can pastors and other church leaders learn anything about leadership from President Obama? From President George Bush? From Bill Gates? From General Petraeus? From Chip Kelly? That’s one of the questions I’d like to answer as we look at the…
Many Christians have been unnecessarily suspicious of and averse to modern management strategies and organizational techniques. Perhaps some of this stems from the church’s over-reliance on these things at times – especially in the church growth movement. But usually the…
On the fundamentals of the faith, we should be bold as lions. We should not be timid and fearful, but dogmatic and certain. We have enough doubters and ditherers. However, what about issues of guidance? What about discerning the Lord’s…
Before I was converted to Christ in the late 1980′s, I was a bit of a political zealot. After a monotonous succession of dull and disastrous male leaders, Margaret Thatcher, the daughter of a small shopkeeper, burst on to the…
A few weeks ago Ndubuisi Ekekwe, founder of the African Institution of Technology, stopped at a rest area in Connecticut. As I was resting, I noticed some ants in action. I observed that when one finds food, others immediately gathered…