Ron Edmondson

JULY 20, 2023

As a leader, I often read the Bible through a leadership lens. Likewise, some of my best principles of leadership have been inspired by Jesus. There are many leaders I admire who have influenced my own leadership. I love a good leadership book and have read most of the primary authors of them – too many to have a favorite.

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QAspire

JANUARY 10, 2022

Companies often do great at recruiting the most talented people but fail at providing them a safe environment that enables people to exert their discretionary effort – that people do the work because they “want” to do it rather than “have” to do it. What do these conversations look like in action?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 25, 2019

In The Fearless Organization , Amy Edmondson explains what psychological safety is and what it isn’t and how we can create in our organizations. No matter what our line of work, status, or gender, all of us learn how to manage interpersonal risk early in life. It makes everything else you’re doing work better. It is an enabler.

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QAspire

JANUARY 10, 2022

Companies often do great at recruiting the most talented people but fail at providing them a safe environment that enables people to exert their discretionary effort – that people do the work because they “want” to do it rather than “have” to do it. What do these conversations look like in action?

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

As I write this I’m preparing to meet with someone with much more experience in leadership than me. Wisdom is critical to the field of good leadership. Being wise in leadership comes with time and experience. Frankly, I have known few in leadership whom I would consider truly wise. All of us can have moments of wisdom.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 17, 2024

Looking back, as hard as they were, I learned a few things. We always do from those seasons. One thing I have learned is tyrant leaders work hard to keep people under their authority. I call it leadership by nipping at the heels. Tyrant leaders are a constant critic of what you were doing wrong. Criticism.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 30, 2018

Or, they may be focused on their phone screen, so locked into a virtual reality that they do not even pay attention to anyone or anything around them. “The Once they judge someone as unimportant in their transaction or cause, these people simply do not bother to engage. What support do you need to learn and change?

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 1, 2021

Over the years, I’ve observed that many times there are things that simply weaken my leadership. If we can identify what interrupts the effectiveness of our leadership, we can become better leaders. 7 things which weaken my leadership: Needless Distractions. 7 things which weaken my leadership: Needless Distractions.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

In an organizational setting, the person I probably drive the craziest in leadership is: Someone who is highly structured and detail-oriented. The people with the capacity to frustrate me most often compliment me best; especially when I allow them to do what they do best, which frees me to do what I do best.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 13, 2024

Just as with a healthy team environment, creating an unhealthy team environment often happens – though perhaps unintentional – by things we do as leaders. We hold mistakes against people rather than using their mistakes as a learning experience to make them and the team better. How many “points” did you score?

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Possibly nothing frustrates me more than lazy leadership. It’s also annoying and ineffective in leadership. The fact is, however, many of us have some lazy tendencies when it comes to leadership. I do at times. 7 examples of lazy leadership. But this part of their leadership is lazy. Proverbs 18:9.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 18, 2022

I’ve made a lot of leadership mistakes. One of the primary purposes of this blog is to help others learn from my experience. So, I want to share some of the leadership mistakes I’ve made. These are 10 of my biggest leadership mistakes: Playing salesman more than seeking wisdom. I learned this one the hard way.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 21, 2023

What is your leadership capacity? I use the term leadership capacity to describe a leader’s maximum potential to effectively lead others to accomplish the vision. A leader exceeds their leadership capacity when they no longer have the ability to effectively manage or lead the organization to reach its potential. Find a mentor.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 2, 2024

The best leadership, in my opinion, comes out of the resolve a leader has made in his or her heart. Most often these resolutions are made even prior to being in a leadership position. In fact, if leader wants to improve his or her leadership, he or she must often improve first their personal resolve.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 18, 2021

There is something no one is going to tell you about leadership. You will have to learn this one on your own. It is not that they do not want you to know. No one will tell you that about leadership. Leadership is all about going somewhere new. Doing something better. No one is trying to keep this from you.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

I’ve learned a lot about leadership from the life of David. . The best book from which to find leadership principles is the Bible. I love learning from leaders like Abraham, Moses, Joseph, Jacob, and Nehemiah. He actually a word from God, but this was a bigger request than David and his men probably felt capable of doing.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 16, 2023

Growing in the knowledge of and the relational aspect of leadership, should be a goal for every leader. Yet, a team can quickly identify examples of shallow leadership. Sadly, in my experience, many leaders settle for a status quo leadership rather than stretching themselves to continually improve. Others never delegate.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

I can offer one simple tweak to enjoy leadership – and life – more. Do you continually compare yourself to others? I have learned the hard way what it takes for me to better enjoy leadership – and life: A simple tweak for leadership and life – Throw Away the Scripts. Throw them away.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 18, 2023

What is the biggest battle in leadership? The biggest battle in leadership is a battle against emotions. The hardest part of leadership is not making the difficult decision of what to do with a team member that is no longer a fit, for example. The difficult part of leadership is not figuring out a strategy moving forward.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Leadership doesn’t have to be hard. Through experience I have some simple leadership tips I can assure will make you a better leader. I’d love to help others learn from my experience, including my mistakes. With this in mind, I want to share a few things I’ve learned over the years. Read the Old Testament.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 10, 2023

An important leadership principle was shaped for me during what seemed to be a normal season in our organization. When current systems don’t work people do the best they knew how or make up how they think things should be done. Check out my leadership podcast where we discuss issues of leadership nuggets in a practical way.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 4, 2021

There are some things the church experts speaking into pastoral leadership won’t tell you. Some even refer to me as an “expert” in leadership – to which I would tell them I’m still very much in the apprentice stage in many ways. I do have lots of leadership experience – good and bad.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 22, 2021

There are some common ways to lose favor with leadership. Now before that sounds arrogant, please know I can be pretty hard on senior leadership. Having been in such a position for over 30 years, I know the bad side of senior leadership. When I’m coaching other leaders, predominately I’m coaching senior leadership.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 2, 2024

The church looks to him to lead and, wisely, he knows he needs to develop his leadership skills. So, what could my pastor friend do? 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. His question was simple. Who invests in me?

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 4, 2021

This means I try to cast the vision for a team and get out of the way, releasing each team member to do his or her work in their own individual way. New people to an organization need to learn your culture and way of doing things. New people to an organization need to learn your culture and way of doing things.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 17, 2022

One of the chief goals of this blog is to encourage better leadership, so I normally write about leadership issues. My goal is to help you be more effective – in leadership and management. Who you say you are and what you actually do are often two different things in the eyes of people who report to you.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Leader, do you step in to rescue or allow it to fail? I try to create a leadership culture where failure is considered a part of the learning process. When do you rescue someone and when do you allow them to possibly fail? But the learning could be huge for the individual and the team.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

They learn to offer praise well. Plus, I don’t always feel the need to acknowledge “normal” work – especially when people are being paid to do it. So, I’ve learned offering praise is a necessary part of a leader’s job. Therefore, we should all do it whether we are wired to or not. Yet, that’s okay.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 16, 2024

How do you communicate with introverted friends or family who may not want to engage as much as you do? Try finding something you can do together. Is there an activity you would like to learn, such as cooking, knitting, playing board games, etc? I know that’s hard, but you can’t force her to do anything.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 22, 2022

I am not sure we do them with ill intentions. Sometimes we simply are doing what we know to do or what has been modeled for us by other leaders. We almost have to work at it – even when we don’t realize we are doing so. Make them wonder if what they do matters. Perhaps understanding how it develops can help.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 20, 2024

No one ever learned to lead them, so they struck out on their own. (Be Respect their opinions and individualities Strong-willed people ultimately want to be heard (as all people do). However, they do resist leadership most when their voice is silenced. Plus, check out the other Lifeway Leadership Podcasts.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Do you ever struggle to keep the keep the leaders on your team motivated? How do you motivate a leader? Learning how to motivate leaders on your team is a critical step in leading well. If you want to get the most out of a leader – you have to learn how to motivate them and keep them motivated.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 25, 2024

So, building and maintaining trust is critical to good leadership. How do we combine those traits to be trusted leaders? I have some non-negotiable things in leadership – things such as responsiveness and mutual-respect – and I share them with our team. Exhibit humility but have courage to do the hard things.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 30, 2024

Over the years, I have learned how a team sees you as a leader is often more important than who you really are as a leader. The reality of the success of a leader, however, may depend more on how you are viewed by the people you lead than it does on what you do as a leader. I’ve seen this go in seasons in my leadership.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 25, 2023

I’ve learned by experience there is often one sign I am doing something good as a leader. You may know you’re doing something good as a leader when you attract opponents. Here is the reality – few people worry about the people doing nothing. That’s leadership. It’s not fool proof. He’s right.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The beginning days are critical in leadership transitions. I’ve learned the impressions created in the initial days – positive or negative – are often hard to overcome. The momentum a new leader should have can be jeopardized by the environment created during the opening days of his or her leadership tenure.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A couple of good questions to ask yourself: Do people want to follow my lead? Considering some of the reasons He was able to develop such loyalty among the people He led helps us learn why He was easy to follow. Do I have to make that point for Jesus?) Jesus pushed the disciples beyond what they thought they could do.

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