Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 26, 2016

I wonder sometimes, however, if we make it seem more difficult than it is to create success in an organization. While nothing worth doing well is ever easy, there are certain benchmarks we can aim for which seem to exist in successful organizations I’ve observed. Everyone knows the objective we want to achieve in the end.

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Benchmarking Organization Succession Edmondson 30

Ron Edmondson

APRIL 2, 2024

They have guided an organization to success. I have had such groups numerous times in my career. Here are 3 suggestions I gave him to develop as a leader: Form a peer leadership group There are people in the community who own small businesses. They meet a payroll.

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Development Open-book Mentor Learning-by-Doing 69

Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 10, 2023

Therefore, I believe leaders should constantly be working on the bad mindsets which will keep them from being as successful as they can be. (In A negative leader will seldom be successful long-term, simply because people will not care to follow. There is no success on a team without the efforts of others. Never shutting down.

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Long-term Maturity Delegation Edmondson 59

Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

I came into vocational ministry mid-career and it gave me a unique perspective on the role. Constantly compare the success (or lack there of) your ministry to other ministries. Want to “shoot yourself in the foot” as a pastor? I want pastors to succeed. This is a light-hearted post, but it has serious ramifications.

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Edmondson Conference Motivation Career 69

Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 14, 2021

4 limitations pastors unknowingly set for their church: Defining success in making disciples. That could be the curse of most of my career being in the marketplace. Many of these are natural occurrences from doing things a certain way over time. Yet, when these are in place the church will often fail to reach its full potential.

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Edmondson Process Career Training 58

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. The Higher You Go, The Harder it is to Define “Success”. Our success depends on our ability to make other people feel powerful to get things done.

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Leadership Learning-by-Doing Definition Career 65

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 23, 2023

The ability and willingness to make the tough calls — and doing it well, however — is what often separates the successful leaders from the not so successful. Giving a young pastor a chance before they graduated from seminary, for example, proved to be some of my riskiest and yet wisest moves in my career.

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Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Edmondson Long-term 90

Ron Edmondson

JUNE 22, 2021

I have done so many transitions in my career. It’s one of the reasons I offer transition and succession coaching. It certainly will play into your initial (and maybe long-term) success in that position. Equally important to my transitions, however, have ben helping Cheryl transition well. I hope he returns soon.

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Edmondson Long-term Review Career 46

Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The way you begin a leadership position often determines the success you will have in it. . 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. I could add a final one.

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Leadership Committee Edmondson Positioning 74

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 19, 2021

So, I believe leaders should constantly be working on bad practices, which keep them from being as successful as they can be. A consistently negative leader will seldom find success long-term, simply because people will not care to follow. Also, I can fail to recognize current success while continually searching for future potential.

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Leadership Long-term Absenteeism Edmondson 70

Ron Edmondson

JUNE 26, 2023

One frequent question I ask successful leaders is, “What are you currently reading?” They are at similar places in their career of leadership. Or a Patrick Leoncini book. Or a Chip and Dan Heath book. Any of them. Safe choice every time. You could even read my book.) The key is to read. Leaders are readers. These are peers.

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Mentor Objective Edmondson Books 64

Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The voice of people who believed in me – people I trusted – was vital to my success. When I was at one of my lowest points in my professional career I felt like a failure. In every position I’ve held there has been seasons where I simply didn’t feel I had what was needed to fulfill my role. I love you! All we need is love!

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Edmondson Power Influence Positioning 80

Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This is my current reality and one I have experienced throughout my ministry (and leadership) career. If I did not learn how to lead them well, I would never have been successful in church planting or church revitalization. This is simply the first one we recorded and we weren’t thinking about the grimness. (We

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Edmondson Advice Review Career 50

Ron Edmondson

MAY 6, 2011

A Fresh Look at Career and Success. Not because of a job search, but rather to gain a new perspective on your career and how it lines up with “success.&#. If you were to take your resume and truly list the successes and failures without all the hype, how would it look? Its time to dust off the resume.

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Books Leadership Career Influence 56

Ron Edmondson

JULY 8, 2020

Numerous times throughout my more than 35 years leadership career I’ve been the new guy. Much of our future success as leaders is determined by how well we start. Navigating those early days in a new leadership role is critically important. Part of my consulting practice is helping new leaders launch well.

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Edmondson Learning-by-Doing Power Consultative 47

Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 5, 2020

One key to your success long-term will be to continually improve personally, so you can do more professionally. Have you ever had to balance dual careers? Neglect your family – Here’s another hard one, but they are your first commitment. They will be there after either vocation. Ask God to help you with that.

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Short-term Long-term Edmondson Learning-by-Doing 74

Ron Edmondson

JULY 13, 2020

How much more successful would our organizations be if all of us approached each other in this way? Looking back on my leadership career I’ve done this many times. The same is true for Christian leaders. The best leadership book is the Bible. Leaders, the culture of teams we lead will be greatly shaped by the example we set for them.

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Osborne Open-book Delegation Edmondson 65

Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Announcing a Life and Career Transition for Ron and Cheryl Edmondson. By God’s grace we also planted a successful church here. These pastors typically try to address issues that can hopefully set the next senior pastor up for success. If you’re still catching up, I recently resigned as CEO of Leadership Network.

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Long-term Short-term Edmondson Consultative 72

Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

With several transitions in my career, several in the last few years, I speak with more passion and authority on the subject. Pace your leadership for long-term success. .” In my opinion, the opening days of any job are some of the most important. I Tweeted him back, “Learn the people first. Go slow with change.

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Advice Resistance Edmondson Brainstorming 77

Ron Edmondson

MAY 13, 2019

You have worked hard, experienced some sense of success and now you like where you are in your career. Pretend for a moment this is your scenario: You are a leader.

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Advice Objective Motivation Career 31

Ron Edmondson

JUNE 29, 2012

In your career. Not getting the success you’re looking for these day? In your relationship with God. In your social media activity. In your education. In your financial life. In your life planning. In relationship building. In leadership.

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Edmondson Education Media Planning 65

Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 20, 2021

I don’t remember where the idea originated first – and it is certainly not unique to me, but I have utilized a personal advisory board for most of my career in leadership. I used one in the marketplace, nonprofits and the church. Frequently I will be coaching a leader and the subject comes up about the use of one.

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Leadership Sharpe Edmondson Consultative 53

Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

I hope he (and I) continue that attitude throughout his career (and mine). You can have these and perhaps still see some success as a leader, but they are still bad leadership traits… the worst. But, with the right team around him or her, even a lazy leader can experience success. It came from a young pastor.

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Leadership Edmondson Morale Definition 75

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 13, 2014

If you want to see long term success in the place where you lead, you need long-term tenure. Some of the most successful churches have the longest serving pastors. They help once successful organizations start again. I have another friend who in his career has helped several businesses recover from near disaster.

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Examples Long-term Loyalty Maturity 82

Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 21, 2019

So, I believe leaders should constantly be working on the bad mindsets which will keep them from being as successful as they can be. (In A negative leader will almost never be successful long-term, simply because people will not care to follow. There is no success on a team without the efforts of others. Never shutting down.

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Long-term Absenteeism Maturity Delegation 35

Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 6, 2017

I’ve been in a senior leadership position most of my career. You must be able to view your success as the success of others you lead – even when we get get credit for something you initiated. I have a few warnings for those who want to be a senior leader. I know I would not be satisfied long-term. You can delegate.

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Micromanagement Consensus Long-term Delegation 39

Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 16, 2014

And, so I believe leaders should constantly be working on bad mindsets that keep them from being as successful as they can be. A negative leader will almost never be successful long-term, simply because people will not care to follow. I can fail to recognize current success while continually searching for future potential.

Leadership 69

Leadership Long-term Absenteeism Maturity 69

Ron Edmondson

JUNE 29, 2017

” My friend wanted to know – and encourage me to think – if my vacation had been successful. We dream about careers, personal interests, places we’d love to travel. I’m not even sure he knew how powerful, but knowing him, he was probably asking with intentionality. He knows the purpose of vacation.

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Goal Energy Travel Stress 63

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. Some are successful. The first few years were hard. Now, I have the opportunity to speak to dozens of pastors attempting revitalization every year. Some aren’t.

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Edmondson Long-term Learning-by-Doing Objective 56

Ron Edmondson

JULY 31, 2017

Numerous times throughout my more than 35 years leadership career I’ve been the new guy. Much of our future success as leaders is determined by how well we start. But, the way a new leader approaches these will likely determine how successful the leader remains – after, the honeymoon period ends.

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Learning-by-Doing Loyalty Reference Power 56

Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The voice of people who believed in me – people I trusted – was vital to my success. When I was at one of my lowest points in my professional career I felt like a failure. In every position I’ve held there has been seasons where I simply didn’t feel I had what was needed to fulfill my role. I love you! All we need is love!

Power 57

Power Influence Positioning Career 57

Ron Edmondson

JUNE 15, 2011

They may or may not be leading Christian companies, but they will be high-level leaders in successful organizations. What would you do or advice to give someone starting their career? Your ability to see change coming and learn to navigate within a culture of rapid change is critical to your success.

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CEO Chief Executive Officer Learning-by-Doing Delegation 54

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. If they are to be successful in what they’ve been asked to do, what would that look like? Help them realize success. Stay tuned. Represented by the green arrows.).

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Servant Leader Objective Follow-up Positioning 59

Ron Edmondson

JUNE 11, 2018

As we end this season of our ministry, I reflect back on some of the successes we’ve had – and, some of the mistakes we made. Here are 7 intangibles needed in church revitalization: Listening – Thankfully this was one I had learned earlier in my ministry and business career. I was wrong. And, yes, it can hurt.

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Learning-by-Doing Delegation Long-term Open-book 35

Ron Edmondson

JULY 14, 2016

Knowing this one can protect your career – help keep you from burning out – and guard your heart. If you’re not careful, you’ll begin to doubt your abilities or the success you are still having. There is a sobering reality every pastor and leader needs to understand.

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Edmondson Course Career Goal 30

Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Throughout my leadership career, I have continued to have positions where people older than me, with more experience than I have in many areas, report to me by position. I do not believe we could have had the success in revitalization we had without their input. I was already there and eager to lead. On purpose.

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Tips Learning-by-Doing Team Maturity 42

Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Yet, the ability and willingness to make the tough calls — and doing it well — is what often separates the successful leaders from the not so successful. Giving a young pastor a chance before they graduated from seminary, for example, proved to be some of my riskiest and yet wisest moves in my career. We took a risk.

Leadership 45

Leadership Learning-by-Doing Follow-up Long-term 45