Ron Edmondson

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5 Reminders for Attempting to Lead Strong-Willed People

Ron Edmondson

Give freedom within the boundaries Once the guidelines and expectations are established, allow people to express themselves freely within them. Keep in mind with strong-willed people: Rules should be few and make sense or they’ll likely be resisted or broken more often.

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5 Tips For Leading Strong-Willed People (Like Me)

Ron Edmondson

Give freedom within the boundaries Once the guidelines and expectations are established, allow people to express themselves freely within them. Keep this in mind with strong-willed people: Rules should be few and they should make sense. Otherwise, they’ll likely be resisted or broken more often.

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5 Ways Young Families Can Make the Most of Family Time

Ron Edmondson

Make the guidelines in your home easy to figure out. Children need guidelines to follow. It made it easier for us to concentrate on bigger issues they would carry into life – character, moral type issues. There needs to be rules. Especially those that focus on the major things you want to accomplish in them.

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5 Quick Words of Encouragement to Pastors During the COVID-19 Crisis

Ron Edmondson

Sometimes it might be as simple as leading our people to follow guidelines set by community leaders or encouraging those community leaders. That doesn’t appear to be a need for our church to do. But we are seeking ways we can invest in our community during these days.

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4 Ways to Process The Emotions of Betrayal

Ron Edmondson

Do you need stricter guidelines for yourself or those you lead? It may take time to do this, but the longer you delay the more you are still held captive by the betrayal. It is good at a time of betrayal to consider what went wrong. Was it an error in judgement? Would it have happened regardless?

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7 Ways I Can Waste Time and Energy as a Leader

Ron Edmondson

We need healthy guidelines, but the fewer restrictions we place on people the better they can perform and you often free up valuable space for people to actually enjoy their work. What was once created to improve efficiency or guide the organization forward actually begins to slow progress and waste valuable time.

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5 Suggestions to Make Family Time More Effective

Ron Edmondson

Make the guidelines in your home easy to figure out – There does need to be rules. Children need guidelines to follow, especially those that focus on the major things you want to accomplish in them, but also simple rules that make the home work effectively.

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