Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Most of the believers I know have a strong desire to raise their children to be godly; to be passionate followers of Christ. With two boys, I know the difficulty in completing that task. Years ago, before I even had children, God laid on my heart to develop a plan for my fathering. Though at the time I didn’t put this on paper, over the years I have begun to write it down in an effort to encourage other parents to have a plan for their parenting in the area of spiritual development.

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Definition Planning Learning-by-Doing Follow-up 83

Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Recently I wrote 7 Ways to Motivate a Leader. Leaders need to remain motivated so they can help motivate their team, but I believe leaders also need to be keenly aware of how motivated their team is at any given time. Perhaps even more important, a leader needs to recognize when a team is decreasing in motivation so he or she can work to keep momentum from declining beyond repair.

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Motivation Learning-by-Doing Team Succession 82

Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Solving a problem is often a matter of perspective… Some days leaders feel as though all we do is address problems other people have. It could be a personal problem, a problem with a program, someone on our team, or it could be a problem no one can even identify…just a problem. Leaders often serve the role of problem solvers. It’s frustrating, as a leader, when we do our best to address a problem, but people still have a problem.

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Stress Resources Team How To 80

Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Stress is all around us. Every day I encountered burned out and stressed out pastors. Regardless of your career, it appears life is more stressful than ever. Would you agree? People often ask how I handle stress. I’ve written before 5 Ways Leaders Respond Under Stress , but honestly, that post, though I still support it, can add more stress to a stressed-out leader.

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Stress Tips Long-term Delegation 67

Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

I’ve always been considered a fairly disciplined person. There are certain disciplines that have made me who I am today. Lately, however, I’ve not felt as disciplined in each area of my life. I would excel in one area, but not in another. I’ve shared some of this here previously, but I went through a couple stressful years. That, coupled with an extremely busy period, distracted me from some of the disciplines I had done for so many years.

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Goal Project Stress Books 60

Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Wait for the Lord. Be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord! Psalm 27:14 NIV. I know what some of you are thinking, and quite frankly, I understand… Sometimes I get tired of waiting as well… You’ve been waiting so long already… When is your turn? Sometimes I find myself in another one of these trying times, when it seems I can’t win for losing…I have my daily pity party…curse the day I was born…and wish the world would let me off the rotation

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Planning 50

Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Every organization has a life cycle. In fact, over the life of an organization, there will be many separate life cycles. I have written about organizational life cycles before HERE. Within those life cycles the successful organization develops a team skilled at separate functions. The three functions are: Starting – Starting involves dreaming, vision-casting, recruitment of people to follow a new idea or initiative.

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Organization Resistance Follow-up Team 44