Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 23, 2012

This is an encouragement to those who are limping in leadership. The truth is, the best leaders I know have a limp of some nature. It may not be a literal, physical limp, or even visible, but if you are around them long, they will display remnants of a previous injury. They may have had a failure that crippled them for a season. They may have messed up.

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Follow-up Learning-by-Doing Influence Leadership 83

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 26, 2012

A youth pastor emailed me recently. He’s frustrated that his pastor continually caves into pressures of a few leaders in the church. They are not supportive of the youth ministry, even though it’s the fastest growing area of the church. The complaint they have? The ministry is costing far more than it brings into the church. Young people are coming to the church in growing numbers, but without their parents.

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Cost Leadership 83

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 25, 2012

To succeed as a leader you need to succeed at character, commitment and competence. Character – Character is who you are when no one is looking. It’s your level of honesty and integrity, and the way you deal with pride and humility. Character admits personal failure, isn’t fake, and has genuine concern for others. Character determines who will trust you enough to follow you.

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Succession Leadership Commitment Follow-up 59

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 27, 2012

I am more of an outdoor exercise person, but in the winter, I frequent the gym. I belong to the gym on our local university campus, so I’m usually one of the old guys. It has made me more aware of my surroundings. I sometimes feel uncomfortable, like everyone is thinking “Who’s the old guy?” Recently I started observing the different type of people who come to the gym.

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Mentor 55

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 21, 2012

The trees of the Lord flourish…. I was reading the sixteenth verse in Psalm 104 recently and this phrase appeared to jump off the page at me. The trees of the Lord flourish…. I was reminded: Whatever the Lord touches…. Whatever God decides to do…. Wherever God places His stamp of approval…. Whatever God chooses to bless…. Whatever God builds…. Wherever God dwells….

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Commitment Planning Succession 54

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 24, 2012

It’s simple…but oh so important to remember… It’s a principle true in leadership and life. People don’t know what they don’t know. It’s hard to hold an employee accountable for something they never knew. You can’t expect your spouse to remember things you never told him or her. It’s hard to be disappointed no one comforted you in your pain if they didn’t know you were hurting.

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Leadership 50

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 24, 2012

This is a guest post by Ben Lichtenwalner. Ben is a technology executive with a passion for servant leadership. His blog, ModernServantLeader.com , is a platform for spreading servant leadership awareness, adoption and action. You can follow Ben on Twitter at @BLichtenwalner. Here are Top 5 Business Professional Confessions: Pastor, I am a businessman and have confessions to make.

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