You're Not the Boss of Me

SEPTEMBER 15, 2012

This week I’m pleased to introduce Jessica Edmondson as guest writer on You’re Not the Boss of Me. Delegating is beneficial to an organization only if it’s done strategically and with clear objectives. Jessica is a big fan of Dale Carnegie and his ideologies about leadership. She enjoys learning from leadership best practices.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 2, 2017

I’ve told people, with over 35 years in leadership, these were some of the hardest years of my career. I tried to focus on no more than two or three objectives at a time. The post 7 Secrets to Staying Sane In Church Revitilization appeared first on Ron Edmondson. The first few years were hard. Some are successful.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 25, 2013

They are at similar places in their career of leadership. Write some goals – It amazes me when I hear leaders who don’t have written goals and objectives they are currently trying to achieve. You will learn as you go because you are living with your current objectives closer to your mind. These are peers.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Things such as career choice decisions, the calling in life decisions, who to marry, etc. I become an objective listener. The post Why I Don’t Always Give People an Answer – Even When They Come to Me for Answers appeared first on Ron Edmondson. — the unwritten answer type decisions.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 13, 2015

I’ve served — and led — many teams through my career. An understanding of the overall goals and objectives fuels energy. The post 7 Common Elements of a Healthy Team appeared first on Ron Edmondson. That’s part of serving on a healthy team. How do we get there? How’s your team doing?

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 13, 2019

You have worked hard, experienced some sense of success and now you like where you are in your career. You may simply need to expand your current goals and objectives. Pretend for a moment this is your scenario: You are a leader. You may need to dream a new dream. You may need to challenge yourself outside your comfort zone again.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

They are at similar places in their career of leadership. It amazes me when I hear leaders who don’t have written goals and objectives they are currently trying to achieve. You will learn as you go because you are living with your current objectives closer to your mind. (And, yes, there are politicians who qualify.).

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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. People often want a third-party objective and many times they look to the pastor for that role. And I’ve been one in my previous business career and serve there again now.)

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 1, 2019

They are at similar places in their career of leadership. It amazes me when I hear leaders who don’t have written goals and objectives they are currently trying to achieve. You will learn as you go because you are living with your current objectives closer to your mind. These are peers. But some were not.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 28, 2014

I’ve been attempting to do that throughout my leadership career, but haven’t spent much time putting in writing what I have observed. Whatever it is they’ve been asked to accomplish, help them draw lines around that assignment — some boundaries if you will — a defined objective. Stay tuned.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The way to avoid conflict is to help those around you achieve their objectives. This is a skill I believe many leaders do not develop until later in their careers. I mentioned an example of this in a comment on a recent Ron Edmondson post dealing with Leading People Older Than You. I know I am still working on it.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 26, 2016

Everyone knows the objective we want to achieve in the end. Everyone goes through seasons where they aren’t as productive, but if someone lingers there for a career they injure everyone else – and the vision. (I’ve The post 7 Benchmarks Towards Success in an Organization appeared first on Ron Edmondson.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 12, 2018

I’ve led many teams through my career – in business, non-profits and in the church. An understanding of the overall goals and objectives fuels energy. Also, all of us want to go home at night feeling we’ve done our best, we are appreciated for our efforts, and are ready to go at it again tomorrow.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 8, 2011

These are the career choice decisions, the calling in life decisions, the unwritten answer type decisions. Now, please understand, if there is a clear Biblical answer for their problem or issue, I give it to them, but these are the issues more difficult to discern.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 30, 2015

But, with the list I share below — sad to say, but in all honesty — I’ve been the bad boss at times in my leadership career. Goals and objectives are never clearly defined and stuck to, either because the boss doesn’t know what they should be or keeps changing their mind. I don’t want to be a boss.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 16, 2018

Things such as career choice decisions, the calling in life decisions, who to marry, how to respond to a marriage conflict, how to deal with difficult parents or children or friends, etc. I serve as an outside voice and become an objective listener. I’m not afraid to be the deciding voice when one is required of me.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 8, 2015

Career Coach. One of the most frequent requests for my ministry help has to do with people’s career steps — from school to employment. People often want a third-party objective and many times they look to the pastor for that role. And, I’ve been one in my previous business career.) Social worker.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 4, 2012

Whether it was with career choices, marriage issues or character development, I need a mentor to help me make the major decisions in my life. Mentors give an objective, but caring outside perspective that often gives me the nudge to do what I need to do. My life wouldn’t be the same without the mentors in my life.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 5, 2015

They may have put their career objectives on hold, just so they could do God’s will and minister to you! The post 5 Gifts You Can Give Your Pastor appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Many times they didn’t even ask God for the assignment, but are simply trying to be obedient to God’s call upon their life.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

In fact, when striving to come-up with this list I quickly came to the conclusion that while I attempted to use objective logic in making my assessments, the reality is that a list like this is mostly subjective based upon personal preference. Great question. You can follow Mary Jo on Twitter @mjasmus.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 15, 2011

What would you do or advice to give someone starting their career? What is the greatest change you have seen in the workplace since you began your career? The speed of change is the biggest difference from early in my career. Give people clear objectives and vision and then get out of the way.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Everyone knows the objective we want to achieve in the end. Everyone goes through seasons where they aren’t as productive, but if someone lingers there for a career they injure everyone else – and the vision. (I’ve Most simply need to be refined, but the benchmarks are much the same. Why are we here?

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

In order for us to empathize, we must listen so that we understand what others are dealing with, what’s happening in their careers and in their lives. Ron Edmondson ( Leadership Expert ) Intentionality Dale Carnegie - How to Win Friends and Influence People. Second, listening allows us to learn and to understand.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

If you still don’t know whether or not your attitude is affecting your performance, I would strongly suggest participation in a 360 review process where your strengths and weakness are objectively assessed by those whom you interface with on a frequent basis. People who have bad attitudes have more career turnover.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 11, 2012

I am only part of the picture, and if I try to “chase my dream” alone it is only possible to accomplish part of the objective. It won’t ever accomplish my objective. That’s what it looks like to really love people; and loving people should always be my primary objective. Advice To Those Starting a Ministry Career.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

You can also pray for their future spouse, career, and walk with God. Your children may object at first to a change in schedules, which interrupts their schedule. What do they dream about doing some day. This may require you to spend more time asking them questions and getting to know them better, but that’s worth the effort also.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2017

Hubbard has given this training to over 1,000 people at a variety of companies and industries and this is what he’s observed : Calibration seems to eliminate many objections to probabilistic analysis in decision making. The final objection I’ve heard is that there isn’t enough evidence to make a good forecast.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 1, 2012

He is a former journalist, has an MBA, and works in public relations where he has directly reporter to several CEOs in his career. Anyone who’s followed his career knows that Manning has a tight circle of counselors. This is a guest post by Tor Constantino. He lives near Washington, D.C. with his wife and two daughters.

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