Sat.Jun 11, 2011 - Fri.Jun 17, 2011

Ron Edmondson

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5 Tips for the Leader When Conflict Develops on a Team

Ron Edmondson

As a leader, one of your primary roles is developing and maintaining the health of the team. What do you do when team members aren’t getting along with each other? How should you handle conflict on a team? I previously wrote “ 10 Tips for Handling Conflict “, which is directed primarily at team members individually working together to address conflict.

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7 Ways to Get the Most out of a Church Experience

Ron Edmondson

This is a note to the church shopper, especially those who can’t seem to find a place to call home. You want to have a church family, but nothing seems to connect with you. You’ve tried every flavor of church, but none match your taste. My desire would be that you learn to love your church experience. No church is perfect, but if you will follow a few tips, you may find exactly the right fit for your family.

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Giveaway: Henry Blackaby’s Spiritual Leadership

Ron Edmondson

I grew in my faith with Henry Blackaby’s “ Experiencing God &# study. Did you? It came at the right time in my spiritual development and over the course of several years I led dozens of men and women through that workbook. I still recommend it and refer back to it often. If Henry Blackaby writes a book about spiritual leadership…I want to read it.

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12 Ways to Keep an Organization Small

Ron Edmondson

I had a man tell me once, in a church where I was serving as interim pastor, “Son, we don’t need no fancy ideas around here. We like being a small church.&# I soon learned he represented the feelings of the church as a whole. They were satisfied with not growing or reaching new people. I didn’t last there long. There’s nothing wrong with being a small church.

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An Interview with Mark Schoenwald President/CEO of Thomas Nelson

Ron Edmondson

Over the next few months, I’ll be interviewing some great business leaders. They may or may not be leading Christian companies, but they will be high-level leaders in successful organizations. I think there are helpful things to learn for us in the church world from those leading outside the church. I begin with Mark Schoenwald, President and Chief Executive Officer at Thomas Nelson.

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Embracing Intentional Change

Ron Edmondson

We moved downtown… Earlier this year, Cheryl and I sold the house where we raised our boys and purchased a condominium in the downtown area of our city. We have a river view. It’s an open floor plan. Everything we do is on one level, plus we have an upstairs living space for the boys when they come home. We walk downtown almost every night.

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5 Questions to Quickly Assess the Health of the Marriage

Ron Edmondson

I don’t do marriage counseling very often these days. I have a master’s in counseling and spent a few years almost exclusively doing counseling, but the size of the church and my role leading and developing the staff takes more of my time now. As a pastor, knowing that my opportunity is limited in offering on-going counseling, I have learned that it is important to assess the health of the marriage early in the counseling process if I have any hopes of making progress.

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