Ron Edmondson

MARCH 21, 2011

In any relationship, there comes a time where it’s necessary to say things which are difficult to keep the relationship strong and make it better. This is also true in a healthy team environment. For me personally, that often involves having a hard and challenging conversation with a team member…someone I love being on the team, but know they need correction in an area that is affecting the team.

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Team Construction Examples Environment 82

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 24, 2011

You should attend Catalyst Dallas. Catalyst is the cutting-edge conference for church leaders. The line of speakers is amazing. The conference location, Bent Tree Church , is an inspiring location. Dallas is a cool city in May. What else could you want? Well, maybe a ticket? Let me see if I can help with that…. I’m giving away one (1) ticket today. Here’s all you have to do to be eligible to win: RT this post on Twitter or share this post on Facebook.

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Conference Leadership 61

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 20, 2011

One of the most frequent issues I deal with as a pastor is the issue of forgiveness. There is so much hurt among people and the tendency is to bottle it up in an unforgiving spirit. It would be easier to hold a grudge, but Scripture is clear we have an obligation to forgive…just as we have been forgiven. Whenever I address this issue, I get push back from those who say they can’t get over what was done to them.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 19, 2011

Too many people shy away from what God has called them to do… They run because of: Fear… Uncertainty… Past mistakes… Selfishness… ??????? Yet… I’ve learned, however, that the sweetest days of life are when you are found within the center of God’s will for your life. Even as scary, unknown, uncomfortable and risky as living that way may appear at first… So…let me ask you… Are you doing what God has burdened your heart to do?

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 24, 2011

Some of the best leaders on your team… Have yet to be recruited… Will have to be asked… Are anxious to serve… Need this in their life as much as you need them… And they may not even know it… It’s your move… Go get ‘em… (Not sure where to look? Read THIS POST.). Related posts: The Best Leaders Give Their Vision Away. 5 Reasons Leaders Tend to Micromanage.

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Micromanagement Innovation Team Organization 46

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 23, 2011

Recently I gave our staff this exercise. This is a preference assessment. Basically, if you could only choose one option, which would you choose from the four figures shown? So you can understand the diagram… There are four different options…indicated by the number 1 through 4. The solid lines represent “structured&# and the dashed lines represent “unstructured.&# The outer square represents the organization and the inner circle represents the individual team member.

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Environment Learning-by-Doing Team Organization 43

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 22, 2011

We went to a fairly new restaurant recently as a family… It was new enough to have the opening bugs worked out, but still new to us… We were seated quickly…which was a plus since we were hungry… We instantly fell in love with the great atmosphere… They had a nice menu…and the prices were reasonable… We ordered…and waited…and waited…and waited… We had a hard time getting our drinks refilled… Our waiter never seemed to remembe

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