Ron Edmondson

MAY 30, 2023

This will be a great career position for him if he does well. Unfortunately, I’ve been that way all my career. What should leaders do with a million good ideas? I once received an email from a young business leader asking for some advice. He’s a first time leader in charge of a major department. He’s so excited.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

I have used this question to find out how I can help people in their next career step outside the organization. Even if they don’t need your help they appreciate knowing they are truly part of a team. Plus, the leader is a team player. Do you understand what I’m saying/asking you to do?

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 2, 2024

I have had such groups numerous times in my career. The group would share stories, talk about experiences, and learn from each other. You’ll have to spend time getting to know each other and developing trust, but it will be mutually beneficial. These groups are usually comprised of believers – although not professional ministers.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The script is what you’ve written in your mind about how life is “supposed to go”, where you should be in your career by now, or what perfect relationship you should have. For example, you’ll seldom be able to script your career. Throw them away. Or at least hold them loosely. Throw that one away. In the trash.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 6, 2021

My personal experiences have caused me to strive to build healthy leadership cultures wherever I have been in my career. I have talked with so many leaders that simply realize life is too short to be miserable for too long, so they roll the dice and gamble their career just to get out from under the toxic culture.

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Leadership Edmondson Letter Review 74

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 18, 2024

Careers are made and destroyed by a person’s ability to communicate effectively – or not. I’ve seen people avoid other people, because they know how the communication will go when they encounter them. This post is intended to help. I want to share some things not to do in attempting healthy communication.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Early in my career, I led a small sales division for a company. It only lasted a season (I eventually quit), but it was one of the most hated seasons of my career. If I had to name my top leadership pet peeve – it would have to be the one I share with you here. . My team was frustrated.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

And it is harder today than ever in my career. In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy discuss the primary frustration of some people in leadership today. Yes, leadership is hard. But there is one primary frustration for leaders today that hasn’t always existed. Or, at least, it exists more today.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Most people at some point in their career will experience a “bad boss”. Sadly, but in all honesty — I’ve been one of these at times in my leadership career. I started working nearly full-time at the age of 12. I would ride my bike to a grocery store every afternoon after school. I don’t want to be a boss.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

I came into vocational ministry mid-career and it gave me a unique perspective on the role. Want to “shoot yourself in the foot” as a pastor? Hopefully, through this blog and my conference speaking I have established myself as someone that loves pastors. I want pastors to succeed.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 28, 2023

I mostly wanted to help him as he began his career. He wanted to do well in his career, wanted to hit the ground running right out of college, but he didn’t feel he had been able yet to get the boss’s full attention. Since he was referred to me by a friend for advice, I felt the freedom to be candid with him.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 2, 2023

And I have probably been guilty of many of these in my career. They almost always involve the ways people misuse or even abuse their leadership power. But also the way some people respond to others on a team. Perhaps you have your own list, but these are some of mine.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 1, 2023

When your family or personal life is suffering, because of the demands of the organization – If you have to neglect one of them, your career or your family, in twenty years, which do you hope it will have been? Ask yourself, “If it’s always going to be like this here, would I be content staying?”

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 28, 2022

Most of us will find ourselves, especially earlier in our careers, needing to know how to best influence someone supposed to be leading us. In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy talking about how to influence the people supposed to be leading you – often called ”leading up”.

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Influence Edmondson Consultative Review 61

Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Career Coach. One of the most frequent requests for my ministry help had to do with people’s career steps — from school to employment. They can’t commit the required time nor do they have the expertise. Still, some counseling is a part of nearly every pastor job. I’ve heard similar from other pastors.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 9, 2021

I’ll be candid, I’m not sure I have been there more than a few times in my leadership career. When you are on a really healthy team people feel freedom to speak up when needed, so if they don’t, you can often safely assume they are in agreement. But on every team I lead I use this as a measure of progress.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

In full disclosure, I’ve probably been as guilty as anyone at times in my leadership career. Early in my leadership career I participated in an organization called Toastmasters to help train as a communicator. It must be easier to pass blame than to own the problem as our own. The excuses, however, are fairly common.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 14, 2021

That could be the curse of most of my career being in the marketplace. Effective church leaders think bigger than a program/process based approach. I have been accused of approaching ministry from an organizational or business mindset. However, I do believe strategy works in ministry settings as well.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Having begun new leadership positions many times in my career, I have learned the opening days always impact the effectiveness I have had as a leader. I have had so many transitions in my leadership career. The way you begin a leadership position often determines the success you will have in it. . I could add a final one.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 18, 2022

At this point in my career, I know them enough that I just go ahead and share them in advance with the teams I lead. As a leader I have to remember, I have my own quirks. In fact, I have my own pet peeves and my certain ways of doing things. It comes with working with me. We all have our quirks. Don’t dismiss people with quirks.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 27, 2023

When I came into ministry it was after a long business career, so I’m sometimes considered unique in my involvement or interest in our church finances. I have noticed pastors making mistakes with church finances. I have been known to negotiate contracts, meet with bankers and I can intelligently analyze financial statements.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I’ve served on and led dozens of teams throughout my career. I have observed some of the most impressive traits of a team member. These teams have been in the workplace and as a volunteer. Frankly, from my experience, only a few of those teams I would say were really highly effective.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 18, 2017

A Guest Post by my son, Jeremy Chandler There will come a point in time in every Millennial’s career when we move from being primarily executioners to leading teams and managing others. When we start our careers in more of an execution type of role, it’s easy to earn our stripes by what we can do.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

It is perhaps one of the worst leadership statements to organizational health, but I have heard it numerous times in my career. I heard a leader make a common but damaging leadership statement recently that made me cringe. Have you heard this one? Don’t bring me a problem without a solution.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 15, 2017

This may be one of the most important questions we have to answer as our careers take us to new roles. We need to figure out which one we do best and then try to arrange our career where we can realize our best potential. Every organization needs both. There is no shame in either answer, but it’s important we know the difference.

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Management Delegation Banking Career 55

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 25, 2019

Career Coach. One of the most frequent requests for my ministry help had to do with people’s career steps — from school to employment. And I’ve been one in my previous business career and serve there again now.) They can’t commit the required time nor do they have the expertise.

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Learning-by-Doing CEO Self-aware Career 82

Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

I have even used this question to find out how I can help people in their next career step outside the organization. Even if they don’t need your help they appreciate knowing they are truly part of a team. And the leader is a team player. The key is to genuinely care about helping the people you lead.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 26, 2023

They are at similar places in their career of leadership. The answers are usually in the room if you put the right people in the room. I usually have 2 or 3 different groups of leaders I meet with periodically. These are peers. When I served actively as a pastor some were obviously pastors. But some were not. We learn from each other.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

This has been truer in 2020 than any time in my career. I have learned over the years – many times when I’m not up to par in my leadership or life – it’s simply because I’m tired. Recognizing this is paramount to maintaining productivity and for preventing burnout. My work is less effective.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

When I was at one of my lowest points in my professional career I felt like a failure. I’m not sure we ever grow out of needing to hear those words or sense that “presence” of assurance from people we trust. I believe in you! We had sold a business just to get out from under it with a very little bit of money to start over.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 17, 2023

If you can’t keep up with the speed of change, and adapt accordingly you’ll have a harder time advancing in your career in the future. We need generalists, who can fill a plethora of responsibilities. How can a leader keep up with the pace of change? What can you do to grow?

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Servant Leader Learning-by-Doing Edmondson Uncertainty 61

Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Work becomes a job, not a career. There is no success on a team without the efforts of others. When a leader takes all the accolades or rewards for himself, the team becomes employees of a boss rather than followers of a leader. It could be simply in the language of the leader.

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Leadership Long-term Absenteeism Delegation 68

Ron Edmondson

JUNE 22, 2021

I have done so many transitions in my career. In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy talk about Ways to Help Your Spouse Transition When YOU Change Jobs. It’s one of the reasons I offer transition and succession coaching.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This is my current reality and one I have experienced throughout my ministry (and leadership) career. This is simply the first one we recorded and we weren’t thinking about the grimness. (We We recorded 10 episodes before we launched.). And true for Nate as well.). And both would probably be true.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Long story made short, I entered ministry after a long career in the business world. I had to learn to lead in ministry with a limp. I had significant life and leadership experience, but honestly, some of it was learned through tremendously painful experiences.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 10, 2023

Unfortunately, I’ve been that way all my career. Before they gain traction on what they are currently working on I throw another idea on the table. Can I get any witnesses to that? I’m seasoned enough that I know how it frustrates people. I’m likely not going to be able to shut down the ideas that come in my head. In fact, I don’t want to.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Most of us have been there at some point in our career. I’m sure this is true of other generations, but there were generations who endured an entire career in less than ideal situations. Sometimes it is an unhealthy culture or a controlling leader. There are many things I love about the youngest generation in the workplace.

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