Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 4, 2011

Many of my situations from which I draw principles come from readers of this blog sharing their stories with me. Many of the situations from which I develop leadership principles happened years ago when I was in secular business and management. Related posts: My Most Popular and Favorite Blog Posts of 2009. I get lots of them.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 18, 2017

One of the chief goals of this blog is to encourage better leadership, so I normally write about leadership issues. In this post, I’m including the term management. Effective leaders and managers learn to manage their “BE” Here are 7: Be aware. What you do matters more than what you say. Be responsive.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 6, 2022

My church leadership blog and podcast has given me access into the lives of hundreds of pastors. The pastor is supposed to recruit Sunday school teachers, manage a budget and be actively engaging the community through a healthy Tuesday night evangelism program. Part of why I do this blog is to offer pastors encouragement. .

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 6, 2021

I was once a division manager for a large sales team and sales were down due to the economy. Plus, I care about leaders, which is why I write this blog, my leadership book , and why I host a leadership podcast. Management is preferred over leadership. . I have served in some toxic leadership cultures in the past.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

(There is also a cost associated with not taking an opportunity, but I spend far more of my time on this blog addressing those types of costs.). Helping leaders grow and develop will continue to be a major focus of this blog. One thing I love helping leaders do is managing the transitions in their leadership and life.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 6, 2023

Leadership with Management – Please know I’m a huge fan of both leadership and management when done well. (I Managing involves helping people achieve and maintain a known, predetermined vision, by implementing systems and procedures to effectively move people forward. Managers tend to thrive in details and structure.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Events manager. Every pastor manages someone — even if they are volunteers. In fact, volunteer management may actually be more difficult. I spend much of this blog and my podcast helping pastors learn to be better leaders which ultimately means learning to delegate. Volunteer coordinator. Bulletin articles.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 26, 2019

There are other blogs out there that don’t use lists. And thankfully it seems to have worked for this blog. I have a lot of blog posts beginning with “7” in the title and my blog traffic over the year hasn’t been too shabby. There are a few on this blog. ” Whatever! It works for me.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

As I expected, within minutes every manager in the store, easily identified by their store shirts and badges, were on the scene – making sure the man was okay and the spill was thoroughly handled. As I left the store, I saw managers roaming the store, picking up everything they could find on the floor. There was plenty to find.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

When I was a mid-level manager in a large corporation, I remember questioning why senior leadership made some of the decisions they did. Although, if you would after reading one opinion blog post maybe you should.) The point is sometimes we can’t understand something until we experience it firsthand.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 28, 2022

In retail management I had seasons where I was interviewing multiple people every day. Since my blog is read mostly by church leaders, I am speaking primarily from that perspective. In over 30 years of leadership experience, I have interviewed and been interviewed for literally hundreds of positions.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 9, 2012

My church leadership blog has given me access into the lives of hundreds of young pastors, many of them in smaller churches where they are one of a few, if not the only, staff members. He is supposed to recruit Sunday school teachers, manage a budget and be actively engaging the community through a healthy Tuesday night evangelism program.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Share This: Related posts: 3 Activities Every Organization Must Have For Success 3 Critical Aspects of Planning for Future Growth Don’t Be Afraid of Good Management Leaders Encourage Their Organization to Victory! All Posts by Ron Edmondson | Personal Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Share By Email Leave a Reply: Click here to cancel reply.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 3, 2019

I have asked the authors to share a few thoughts from their books here on my own blog. For this post I have invited Pastor Steve Cuss to share thoughts from his book “ Managing Leadership Anxiety ”. If you can figure out where it starts, you can intervene earlier and begin to manage it. 2) How do you know when you are anxious?

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 19, 2023

Time-management. If I’m waiting at the doctor’s office, I’m probably writing a blog post or replying to emails. It is not complicated, but it is a powerful principle. Networking. Delegation. Learning something new. Cultivating dead times. Small opportunities lead to huge opportunities.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 28, 2022

This blog is one of personal opinion and, likewise, this post is simply from personal experience. This includes being too kind and not managing conflict. My intent here is not to share legal or even professional best practices. I have seen boards do things that get in the way of healthy governance more than provide good governance.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 25, 2023

When I was a mid-level manager in a large corporation, I remember questioning why senior leadership made some of the decisions they did. Although, if you would after reading one opinion blog post maybe you should.) The point is sometimes we can’t understand something until we experience it firsthand.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

I’m often asked how I manage to blog as often as I do. I can turn one tweet into a blog post that way, or a Bible verse, because I’m only looking for one main idea. That’s more than one blog post that begins on those days. Before long, I have a complete blog post. That makes it easier for me.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 18, 2019

But that’s another blog post.). Even in the smallest communities, someone owns (or manages) the local grocery store or serves as the bank brach manager. By the way, in these meetings, I’m trying to learn leadership and management practices – not theology. So, what could my pastor friend do?

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 15, 2019

Several years ago, with another staff, someone who once worked with me mentioned my intentionality in developing leaders on his blog. Change from being a manager of people to being a leader of people. Don’t just manage current systems. But, you can’t be a great senior leader and only manage your own.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 23, 2016

But, that’s another blog post.). Even in the smallest communities, someone owns (or manages) the local grocery store or serves as the bank brach manager. In these meetings I’m trying to learn leadership and management practices – not theology. These can be mid-level managers or senior executives.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 22, 2021

My goal is always to improve senior leadership for all of us, which has been a chief goal of this blog. Make sure you’re doing all you can to get better at time-management, for example.). Having been in such a position for over 30 years, I know the bad side of senior leadership. But what about those who follow leadership?

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 22, 2017

Leadership and management are the same thing. Management is more about maintaining efficiency within a predetermined destination. Thanks again for being a reader of this blog. I’m not saying it’s easy, but if you want to be effective you will learn your people and alter your style to fit their personalities.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 25, 2019

Events manager. I estimate I averaged five to seven writing assignments a week beside my message and my blog. Every pastor manages someone — even if they are volunteers. In fact, volunteer management may actually be more difficult. Volunteer coordinator. I need to be honest. Bulletin articles. Church-wide emails.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 5, 2014

le that allows the iDisciple system to suggest appropriate content for my specific preferences, needs and interests, like managing finances or developing my faith. It’s growing – iDisciple’s library currently features more than 30,000 sermons, devotionals, articles, Bible studies, blogs, podcasts and an in-app Bible.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 31, 2019

We managed to get the last seat in the back corner of the plane. Because the way I turned an uncomfortable situation into a manageable situation was a lesson for me for other life situations. Such as writing a blog post.) Cheryl and I were once on a long airplane flight. Talk about surviving – I am a sissy!).

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 19, 2019

Leadership with Management – Before picking up a stone to throw on this one, please know I’m a huge fan of both when done well. (I Managing involves helping people achieve and maintain a known, predetermined vision, by implementing systems and procedures to effectively move people forward. Add to this post.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 6, 2022

It is going to make it very difficult to have our 5 and 10 year plans and then manage our way towards them. What you were just experienced here is part of my journaling process, speaking wisdom to myself, that turned into a blog post. It is difficult for me to see a day when the speed of change will ever slow from what it is now.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Leadership with management – Leading involves taking people somewhere, often into an unknown, where they may not go otherwise. Managing involves helping achieve and maintain a known, predetermined vision, by implementing systems and procedures to effectively move people forward. Managers thrive in details and structure.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 8, 2013

I blog regularly to a growing audience and daily interact with my readers. I maintain a separate non-profit ministry I’ve managed for over 10 years where I provide consulting and teaching to pastors and churches. Time-management. I pastor a large church…undergoing transition and change. Networking. Delegation.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Share your story… Share This: Related posts: 10 Characteristics of Good Leadership (Expanded Version) 10 Characteristics of a Healthy Organization or Team Managing in Today’s Workplace 7 Characteristics of the Backside of Leadership Are You A Credible Leader?

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Manage your time wisely. I blogged about that HERE. Don’t concentrate so much on the next level of achievement that you miss the lessons of today or never experience joy in the journey. God is doing something now. Even as you wait for the next great thing. Don’t allow the negative words to crowd out the positives.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Leadership isn’t needed if we simply manage status quo. I could spend a whole blog post – and probably should – on how I have personally witnessed egos lead to moral, spiritual and professional failure. Ignoring the hard decisions. Leadership takes people to unknown places. They will trip on their own ego.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 21, 2011

I’m constantly attempting to be more efficient and effective with how I manage my time. This blog post started there.). Whether it’s USA Today, Harvard Business Review, Google Reader, Twitter, Facebook, or my blog, you can add it to Flipboard to simplify your browsing. I have a few that are worth sharing.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 23, 2013

In fact, that’s a huge motivation for this blog. Simple Time Managment System. I have a heart for leaders. Especially church leaders. I’d love to help others learn from my mistakes. Any simple tips you would add? The post 7 Simple Leadership Tips appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Simple Strategy Tool. Leadership'

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 30, 2017

This friend in the second conversation said to me, “There’s a blog post for you. There are no perfect churches, but there are some who have staff with long tenures, where change is manageable and where people truly live out the Biblical model of church. It will almost always reflect back to the culture of the church.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 25, 2010

Jeremy graduated from college and started working full-time for the ministry Soles4Souls, where he is social media manager. Cheryl started working full-time again at Fort Campbell Credit Union as Accounting Manager. He’s doing an incredible work in his first career job. Cheryl and I traveled to separate mission fields this year.

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