Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

And without faith it is impossible to please God… Hebrews 11:6. We live by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7. For we have no power to face this vast army that is attacking us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you. 2 Chronicles 20:12. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 1 Corinthians 1:27.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

Do you want to be a leader valued by the ones who follow? There are plenty of leaders…or people who have leadership roles. Not all are valued as leaders. I hear from people every week who don’t feel they follow a valuable leader. If you are going to lead…lead in a way that creates value in the lives of others and the organizations you lead.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Have you ever wondered how to motivate a leader? It’s not difficult. Most leader-types share some common traits. They may lead entirely different…they may have different causes and interests…but most leaders are motivated by similar influences. Here are 7 ways to motivate a leader: Challenge – If there’s a task that would be a huge accomplishment, you’ll likely grab a leader’s interest.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Most of us live our lives with some kind of fear. That’s probably uncontrollable to a great extent. We live in a very fearful world. The title of this post may be a bit misleading; fear may always be with us, but I think it should be a challenge to have less fear of this world in our life. What would it be like to live your life apart from fear or with less fear?

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Perhaps it is because I am in my second church plant, but some of the most frequent questions I receive come from church planters. The two questions I get asked most: If you were planting another church… What would you do differently? What would you do the same? Those are great questions, because the first few times I had to answer them it made me think through some of our best practices and some of the mistakes we’ve made along the way (and we’ve made plenty ).

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Bureaucracy Learning-by-Doing Motivation Planning 58

Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Leadership Tip: Collaboration leads to Cooperation. When you are leading a team, the more you collaborate with your team during the planning process and before the final decisions are made, the more cooperation you’ll receive from your team during the implementation process. Of course, you can’t collaborate on every decision. One of the reasons you are leader is to make big picture, strategic decisions.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

I’m participating today in the Rite of Passage Blog Tour. Follow the rest of this tour HERE. Rite of Passage is a new book by Jim McBride. Jim is executive producer of Fireproof and Courageous and brings wisdom, experience, and practical examples of ways to bring children through a rite of passage to adulthood. Many people are aware of the Jewish practice of the Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, for example.

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