Ron Edmondson

MARCH 27, 2024

There are some preliminary steps when you are initiating major change. As a pastor and leader, I am continually dealing with change. Everyday. Change is a part of life – for all of us. Some change occurs without us doing anything. In my context, we adjust our Easter calendar every year – without much thought of whether we will or not. Sometimes it’s in March – sometimes April.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 13, 2024

No one intentionally sets out to create unhealthy team environments, but I’ve seen it done so many times. There are things which injure the health of a team. Perhaps understanding how an unhealthy environment develops can help us avoid them. Just as with a healthy team environment, creating an unhealthy team environment often happens – though perhaps unintentional – by things we do as leaders.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 15, 2024

There are some attractive traits for in successful senior leaders. If a leader has these, he or she will be more likely to have loyal followers. I’ve got a long way to go. At 60 years of age and having been a senior leader for over 30 years, I realize more of my weaknesses today than ever in my career. But I’ve also learned a few things I want to try to emulate as a senior leader.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 2, 2024

There are inexpensive ways to develop as a leader. I was meeting with a young pastor who wants to grow as a leader. He lives in small town. He is young, but his staff is even younger. Additionally, there are not a lot of seasoned leaders in his church – or at least not that he has discovered. (I usually think there are leaders who simply haven’t been tapped, but I understood his dilemma.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 9, 2024

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy label some of the worst traits for a leader. There are some leadership traits that are worse than others. Here we identify some of the worst I have observed – and possibly displayed. In this episode, worst traits for a leader. Show notes: We love hearing from leaders who enjoy these podcasts.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Questions are a powerful tool for every leader. The greatest leaders I know ask lots of questions. Whenever I consult with leaders, one of the first things I do is analyze what questions the leader is asking. You only get answers to questions you ask. The better the questions – the better the answers. Questions can challenge, encourage discussion, and discover better ways of doing things.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 8, 2024

There is a difficult decision church revitalization we don’t talk about much – if ever. Yet, pastors think about it a lot. I know this from personal experience and from talking to literally dozens of pastors attempting church revitalization. I’m convinced it’s the hardest thing any pastor will face who wants to see a declining established church ever thrive again.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 24, 2024

There is one critical leadership error most leaders make at some point. I make it frequently. If you’re leading you probably do also. The critical leadership error: Forgetting people are trying to follow. We get so caught up in our own world we forget the same people we are trying to lead are trying to follow us. We “think” we know where we are going and we assume they do also – almost like they can read our minds.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If you’re an extroverted leader, I believer there are ways you can better engage introverts. I write a lot about introversion, because I’m an introvert. I released my book The Mythical Leader in 2017. One of the parts I receive the most positive feedback on is the part I write about introverts. Introversion is a personality preference, based on the way a person has been shaped by experiences and life.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

There are some things senior leaders must have in order to be successful. I have held a senior leadership position for over 30 years and been in leadership over 40 years. I’ve observed (and experienced) some critical abilities a senior leader must have in order to be most effective. Please understand, I’m not saying you can’t be effective without all of them, or that you have to excel in each of them, or that you won’t stumble in most of them at times.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 16, 2024

How do you communicate with introverted friends or family who may not want to engage as much as you do? I get that question regularly. Over two years ago now, I received an email from a reader. I saved it and changed a few details of it to keep the writer anonymous but wanted to share my response in hopes it is helpful to others. Important to know, this reader reached out to me because of my previous posts about being an introvert.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 14, 2024

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy share how to offer constructive criticism. This could be something you share with you share with the people in your church – or your board. Perhaps you do it in a subtle way – “I know we don’t need this, but for others who do…” In this episode, how to offer constructive criticism.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 26, 2024

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy share some parenting tips for busy leaders. Since the home life impacts the work life – we are going to talk parenting on this edition. You can also find my parenting ebook HERE. In this episode, parenting tips for busy leaders. Show notes: We love hearing from leaders who enjoy these podcasts.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 25, 2024

People follow leaders they trust. So, building and maintaining trust is critical to good leadership. Thankfully, there are ways to earn trust as a leader. I’ve found trust develops over time and experience – as we witness trustworthy behavior. Honestly, as a leader, I’ve felt a delicate tension in maintaining trust. People look for a leader to be strong, independent and confident.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 19, 2024

Change is difficult – almost always. Sometimes change is harder than other times. It’s then when leadership is tested most, tensions mount and people are more likely to object. In my experience, if a leader knows these times it helps prepare to approach the change. Change is necessary. While change may produce conflict, without change there will also be conflict.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 2, 2024

How about some resolutions that can actually make a ministry leader better? The best leadership, in my opinion, comes out of the resolve a leader has made in his or her heart. The resolve of a leader is a pre-determined approach to way a leader will lead. These are personal convictions, values, and personally held beliefs, which shape the decisions a leader makes and the way he or she responds to others.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy share some ways to battle insecurity as a leader. Every leader has days when they feel overwhelmed; like they simply can’t do what they’ve been tasked with doing. Sometimes it’s seasonal. Other times it really starts to keep the leader from being effective.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 29, 2024

Leadership can be expensive. If we desire to be leaders it will likely cost us something – maybe even something we value greatly. There are high costs of leadership that every leader should be willing to pay. The reality is that leadership is a stewardship. It’s the keeping of a valuable trust others place in you. Therefore, cheap leadership is never good leadership.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Are you easy to follow as a leader? In other words – are you followable? Followable may not be a Scrabble approved word – or even a word, but the application and the intent of the word is huge. Leaders who are easy to follow inspire people to join them on a journey and they develop loyalty from their team. A couple of good questions to ask yourself: Do people want to follow my lead?

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 5, 2024

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy share how to be an easy to follow leader. There are some qualities a leader has that makes them easier to follow than other leaders. In this episode, we share some of those. In this episode, how to be an easy to follow leader. Show notes: We love hearing from leaders who enjoy these podcasts.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 10, 2024

There are some key components if you wish to lead genuine organizational change. In my observation, many leaders want change and know they need to lead it, but they haven’t been able to actually produce change. I think there are reasons for this. The process of change isn’t easy. It doesn’t happen overnight. Some leaders move too fast.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It seems I’m constantly balancing between my yes and no as a leader. As a leader, I prefer to say yes. I love when someone comes to me with a proposal for a new ministry or a new idea and I can simply say, “Yes, go for it!” I love being the guy who gets to encourage another person’s big dream. I am not a fan of micro managing. Saying yes allows me to empower others to do their work well.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 3, 2024

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy share some exciting things a pastor experiences. The ministry has many fulfilling parts to it. There are things which are especially exiting to experience. In this episode, exciting things a pastor experiences. Show notes: We love hearing from leaders who enjoy these podcasts.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Some policies are written for all the wrong reasons. In her book “ Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands” , Nancy Ortberg talks about the need to differentiate between “ a tension to be managed and a problem to be solved “ One example for me is the constant tension between the administration/money side of ministry and the discipleship/hands on side of ministry.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 22, 2024

What are some indications your team is dysfunctional? Chances are, if you’ve served on very many teams, you’ve served on a dysfunctional one. There are no perfect teams. And all teams are all dysfunctional during some seasons. For example, I’ve written about times, such as periods of fast growth or change that interrupt the health of every team.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In my experience, it’s easier to hide bad leadership when an organization isn’t growing. However, with growth bad leadership becomes apparent. Therefore, leaders must grow as the organization grows. I’ve learned my leadership is stretched most when we are growing the fastest or changing the most. In those seasons, I am personally challenged as much as the organization.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 23, 2024

You can have change without leadership. But I am not sure you can have leadership without change. In leading change for over 35 years, I have learned some things which may help you better lead change. Change is all around us. As leaders, we are called to be agents of change. We are charged with taking people to places they may not be able to go on their own – or at least no one has taken the steps to get started.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 11, 2024

What are some principles for healthy discipline of children? That’s a question I’m consistently asked about as pastor. I am not an expert – and every family is unique, with different parents and different children – but I have learned some things personally and from watching others. Plus, I know some things I would do differently if I had the early years of parenting to do again.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 18, 2024

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy discuss balancing your yes and your no as a leader. Most of us prefer to say yes to the people we are trying to lead. Most leaders like to be liked. Unfortunately, because of the demand of time and resources, no gets said more often than we might like. How do we balance which to say when?

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

There are leadership bottlenecks all leaders need to avoid. When we owned a small manufacturing company I had to learn the language of the field. I obviously had heard the term bottleneck, but I never really understood it, or the damage it can be, until a bottleneck began to impact whether or not we were profitable as a company. When the bottom line of continuing to exist as a company depends on productivity being at its highest, and a bottleneck develops, you learn what the term means quickly.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

There has been a big communication barrier on every team I have led. Yet, it is often overlooked. Most effective teams at some point will do a personality assessment of team members. I work a lot with Myers Briggs, but there are certainly other great ones. At one time have probably taken most of them, All of them can be helpful at some level. But this major communication barrier, while it can be picked up some by a personality assessment, is still often overlooked (or misunderstood) on most team

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 31, 2024

Being in a leadership position is no guarantee we are leading. Holding the title of leader isn’t an indication one actually leads. I have a whole chapter on this topic in my book The Mythical Leader. There are times, for a variety of reasons, when even the best leaders stop leading, but I think we have indicators when we are not leading intentionally.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Leader, do you step in to rescue or allow it to fail? I try to create a leadership culture where failure is considered a part of the learning process. It’s okay to fail on our team. It may seem unproductive to some, but many times I have watched someone on my team fail. I probably could have stepped in earlier to rescue by taking control of the project or delegated to someone else more experienced.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy share some ways to stretch yourself as a leader. If you want to grow as a leader, you’ll need to stretch – stretch yourself. We have a few suggestions. In this episode, stretch yourself as a leader. Show notes: We love hearing from leaders who enjoy these podcasts.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Most leaders will have occasions of worry. Worry is an emotion. You can know all the principles of leadership and still struggle with occasional worry. I would love to encourage for worried leaders. I’ve talked to some who say at least one day a week they are consumed with anxiety and fear. It’s the kind of frustration which, left unchecked, makes them almost want to quit.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

I love working with big idea leaders. I somewhat put myself in that category, so perhaps we are attracted mostly to our own types. Yet, whatever the reason, I’ve learned there are some things visionary leaders must have to be successful. Both of these I have learned the hard way. I didn’t have them and I wasn’t near as successful during that season of my career.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 3, 2024

There are some things visionary leaders hate to hear. They make us cringe. Mostly because they distract the team from the vision and from being healthy attempting to achieve it. Visionary leaders hate to hear: “We’ve never done it that way before.” Well, of course you haven’t. See, here’s there thing about leadership. Leaders take you somewhere new – somewhere you haven’t been before.

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