Ron Edmondson

JUNE 21, 2023

7 paradigms often needed for church growth: Lead with leaders Of course you need followers too, but most people are looking for leadership, especially about things about which they don’t know. The rest of the people are looking for leadership. Leadership is about hard decisions. That’s scary.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

And use good change management skills. This includes one of the best change management practices, especially as pastors and that is listening to people. When people assume, for whatever reason, the changes are being made without considering their opinion or concern they will naturally resist. You will need to make good changes.

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Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

For myself, this September also marks a special milestone in my writing career – specifically, it marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of my first leadership book, “ Leadership Vertigo ”.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Change will always face resistance – it’s human nature, but some churches can and will adapt. Check out my new website design and my 5T Leadership offerings. One thing I love helping leaders do is managing the transitions in their leadership and life. Frankly, some never will.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 19, 2019

I’ve noticed we confuse a lot of words in leadership. Here are words we often confuse in leadership: Possibility with Probability – Just because something has a chance of happening, doesn’t necessarily mean the chances are good. Managers tend to thrive in details and structure. Letting things progress is easy.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 22, 2018

I’m the new CEO of Leadership Network, but before that I spent 16 years as a senior pastor, including leading in two church revitalization efforts. 5 Ways to Effectively Change an Established Culture: Hey Culture Conference, my name is Ron Edmondson and I’m the new CEO of Leadership Network. I hope this helps.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 18, 2013

One common theme is that they have a story of a failed leadership experience. It’s a recipe for eventual disaster in leadership. “We resisted change too long” – Change is coming. Your time management isn’t under control. Instead of leadership there is chaos. Leadership Ministry'

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

This is a guest post by Matt Mitchell , a local church pastor and the author of Resisting Gossip: Winning the War of the Wagging Tongue a new book on a topic about which I care deeply. But it’s not always that easy to resist, is it? One of the chief reasons why it’s hard to resist gossip is that we often can’t see any alternatives.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 5, 2016

With this in mind, I occasionally like to share some principles and practices of leadership I’ve learned along the way. Manage your time wisely. We need innovation in leadership. It will be hard, there will be resistance, but there’s a value in youth and leadership. Be inventive. Keep going!

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I know some will resist this because of the word I’m about to use – but, get a checklist for every day. If you’re always stressed chances are good you have a time management issue on your hands. The post 7 Specific Suggestions for Dealing with Stress in Life and Leadership appeared first on Ron Edmondson.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 25, 2018

10 things learned leading in church revitalization: You have to learn to prioritize and manage your time. Be ready for them, because you’ve already prioritized and managed your time. One thing I did micro-manage (and I hate micro-management as a rule) was hiring or adding to the team – especially in the early days.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 16, 2013

Today, I have learned to properly apply strategy and force, making me a better manager of the creative process and a stronger entrepreneur. PUSH or OPPOSING FORCE — To execute the quickest possible turn, you apply resistance on one side. Innovation Leadership' Consequently, I have had to pay my fair share of “pain tax.”

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 13, 2016

One common theme is they have a story of a failed leadership experience. There were errors in their leadership. It’s a recipe for eventual disaster in leadership. “We resisted change too long” Change is coming. Your time management isn’t under control. Instead of leadership there is chaos.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Here are 25 leadership nuggets I’ve learned over the years – many of them the hard way: If you know the answer is no, say it now. You can’t lead at the highest level if you manage at every level. Part of leadership is being willing to make hard decisions no one else wants to make. Above-average was once average.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Manage your time wisely. We need innovation in leadership. It will be hard, there will be resistance, but that’s a value in youth and leadership. God is doing something now. Even as you wait for the next great thing. It passes quickly and you don’t want to regret too many missed opportunities.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Lead more than manage – Management is much about implementing policies and seeing they are adhered to completely. And, we need good management. Leadership, however, sets a vision and guides people towards it. Are you more likely to want a policy or resist a policy? Less policies are needed in that process.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Lead rather than manage – Management is much about implementing policies and seeing they are adhered to completely. Leadership sets a vision and guides people towards it. Are you more likely to want a policy or resist a policy? Did you follow that? Policies treat everyone the same, which (I wrote about that HERE ).

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Resist leaders from other churches. We wanted to plant a church for non-believers, but we needed leadership to be successful. In the process, we missed out on quality leadership and we denied people the right to follow their own heart. And, the best way to do this may be to find people to help you do it.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Why are some churches more resistant to change than others? How do people respond to church leadership? They resist any ideas that are different from the way things have always been done. Why do some churches seem to have such a hard time keeping church staff for any significant length of time? How do they respond to each other?

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 7, 2018

One common theme is they have a story of a failed leadership experience. There were errors in leadership. But, God gave us minds and experiences, and we must not ignore the practical aspects of good leadership. It’s a recipe for eventual disaster in leadership. “We resisted change too long.”

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Maybe better change management. But this true, and often repeated story, helps us understand something about leadership. The church wants someone to take leadership when needed. Many times it’s the smaller issues that hold big sentimental and traditional values, in which people resist the most. He was the pastor.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 29, 2019

Resist leaders from other churches. We wanted to plant a church for non-believers, but we needed leadership to be successful. In the process, we missed out on quality leadership and we denied people the right to follow their own heart. And the best way to do this may be to find people to help you do it.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

” He was talking about leadership and vision and delegation. I’ve been thinking about those words ever since he said them — about how I respond to leadership and about how I lead and influence others. Leadership isn’t just about making everyone feel good about themselves all the time. Ready to lead?

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 3, 2015

Why are some churches more resistant to change than others? How do people respond to church leadership? 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. Why do some churches have a history of church splits?

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Maintaining – Maintaining involves setting up and managing systems in an effort to continue the progress already begun by others. These people sometimes resist change, but value things which are organized, structured, and understandable. These are the people who embrace change and are always ready for something new. (I

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Here are 25 nuggets of leadership I’ve learned over the years – many of them the hard way: Very few things have to be done today. You can’t lead at the highest (most needed) level if you manage at every level. Part of leadership is being willing to make hard decisions no one else wants to make.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 11, 2011

I had a seasonal mentor when I was a new young manager at the age of 20. There was the friend who challenged me to surrender to vocational ministry, when I had resisted for so long. It is important to recognize the people God places in our path and the wisdom He intends for us to glean from them.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

As Harvard Business School professor David Garvin explains, “Culture is remarkably durable and resistant to change.” Garvin notes that this is where Edmondson’s work on implicit voice theories comes into play. The manager’s answer: “I don’t want to be a Chicken Little about this.”

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 11, 2011

I had a seasonal mentor when I was a new young manager at the age of 20. There was the friend who challenged me to surrender to vocational ministry, when I had resisted for so long. It is important to recognize the people God places in our path and the wisdom He intends for us to glean from them.

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