Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy talk about whether there is Strategy in Leadership and Management. For the past few episodes we have talked about the difference in leadership and management. Is it in leadership or in management? We know they are simple.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 17, 2021

I’ve written a fair amount about management versus leadership. I won’t make you go read the book to know I believe both are valuable to any organization. We need good leadership and good management. But this is a leadership blog. Management is about guiding healthy systems.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Rood’s entitled “ How Then Should Organizations Live ”. (I I can’t find a link for the article now. ) Rood made the point that every organization has three basic needs. 3 things every organization needs to thrive: Growth. The growth of any organization is vibrant and fast-paced and requires lots of energy and attention.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy discuss how to manage the highs and lows of ministry. How do you manage them? In this episode, managing highs and lows of ministry. Even today as a consultant, Ron continues to be a practitioner of leadership. Would you do us a favor?

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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.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 18, 2017

One of the chief goals of this blog is to encourage better leadership, so I normally write about leadership issues. In this post, I’m including the term management. I believe the two are different functions, but both are vital to a healthy organization. Responsiveness should be a high value to leaders and managers.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

He had made a major decision for his organization. In fact, I had personally walked with him through the process of change management and was impressed with the way he handled things. I felt he had made a good decision for the organization. I was able to share with him a principle I learned years ago in leadership.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 6, 2023

We confuse certain words in leadership. I’ve noticed we confuse a lot of words in leadership. Here are pairs of words we often confuse in leadership: Possibility with Probability – Just because something has a chance of happening, doesn’t necessarily mean the chance is good. Giving an assignment is easy.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 6, 2021

I have served in some toxic leadership cultures in the past. I was once a division manager for a large sales team and sales were down due to the economy. Even more, I have hired people out of them and helped dozens of other leaders recover after being in a toxic leadership culture. Some people stay, but remain miserable.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy talk about how to know you’re managing more than leading. In the last episode we talked about the difference in leadership and management. Check out 5T Leadership and let me know if I can help you or your church/organization.

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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. Side note – In my opinion, when organizations struggle they cut things they shouldn’t cut – such as marketing and staff development. They have guided an organization to success. His question was simple.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 8, 2014

One of the chief goals of this blog is to encourage better leadership. In this post, I’m including the term management. I believe the two are different functions, but both are vital to a healthy organization. They have unique expectations and they require different things from leadership. Leadership Influence.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The way you begin a leadership position often determines the degree of success you will have in the position and the impact or value you will bring to the organization. Therefore, a part of 5T Leadership focuses on transitions coaching. This offering can save organizations and leaders money, time and avoid missed opportunities.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 4, 2021

I like to lead leaders, so I prefer to be a macro-manager. 5 times I tend to micromanage: When a team member is new to the organization. 5 times I tend to micromanage: When a team member is new to the organization. New people to an organization need to learn your culture and way of doing things. They don’t know.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

He wasn’t the senior leader, but was in the chain of management. It seemed to be a very small request, especially since our organization was a huge client of this company. I have held leadership positions in larger organizations and smaller organizations. It increases the productivity of the organization.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 18, 2017

One of the chief goals of this blog is to encourage better leadership, so I normally write about leadership issues. In this post, I’m including the term management. I believe the two are different functions, but both are vital to a healthy organization. Responsiveness should be a high value to leaders and managers.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The delivery truck principle is a sobering reality in all leadership decisions. . It was through watching that process a leadership principle came to me. Delivery Truck Principle of Leadership. This principle points to a tension which exists in all leadership decisions. I highly encourage it.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In the early days of a leadership position I have some intentionally bad leadership practices. . Not with everything, but I need to manage some things closer so I get a handle on where things are currently. Yet, a team is looking for leadership. In the early days of a new position I find it sometimes necessary.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I am not a fan of micro managing. I have to consider the amount of money and energy expended as it relates to the entire church organization. The fact is, as with any organization, we operate with limited resources and sometimes saying no is the right decision at the time. (It Even so, in my position, I often have to say “No”.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

In my experience, it’s easier to hide bad leadership in a place, which isn’t growing. However, the larger an organization gets – the more growth that occurs – the more bad leadership becomes apparent. As an organization grows: People ask harder questions and challenge the process.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 15, 2017

Self-evaluation is good here Are you more of a leader or a manager? Every organization needs both. In the book “Reviewing Leadership”, the authors Banks and Ledbetter write, “Leadership and management are two distinct yet related systems of action. Management is about coping with complexity – it is responsive.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 3, 2021

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast with Ron and Nate , Ron shares suggestions of what to do when you are waiting for your next leadership position. Some entry-level managers in large organizations could move to a higher position in a smaller organization. When should they jump?

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In her book “ Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands” , Nancy Ortberg talks about the need to differentiate between “ a tension to be managed and a problem to be solved “ One example for me is the constant tension between the administration/money side of ministry and the discipleship/hands on side of ministry.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

I have held a senior leadership position for over 30 years and been in leadership over 40 years. This is the way it is with being the senior leader in an organization. When I was a mid-level manager in a large corporation, I remember questioning why senior leadership made some of the decisions they did.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 6, 2022

I don’t know if “survive” and “desperation” are the right words to title this post but certainly leadership is harder today than it ever has been in my career. Trust in leadership is at an all time low. How to survive in faith leadership during seasons of desperation: Listen to outside voices. And some leader just said “Duh”!).

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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. Obviously, this impacts the organization if I implement any of their input, but their focus is specifically on my leadership in the organization.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 31, 2017

If any organization expects to grow, they need to attract, develop and retain quality leaders. One of the highest costs an organization has is replacing leaders, so ideally once a leader is hired, you’ll want to keep them. And, to know why leaders tend to leave an organization, apart from finding a better opportunity.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Encouragement » 7 Attributes of Success as an Organization 7 Attributes of Success as an Organization February 7, 2011 in Encouragement , Leadership , Organizational Leadership , Team Leadership with 6 Comments Great organizations don’t just appear.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 22, 2020

In years of studying leadership, both in the business world and in ministry, I’ve seen some consistent traps which get in the way of a leader’s long-term success. These potholes can become deep, and when they do, and you hit them, you can literally lose your leadership influence. Leadership can be lonely. Loneliness.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 22, 2017

One thing I learned in obtaining a master’s in leadership is defining leadership is difficult. John Maxwell says, “Leadership is influence.” Still, I have observed leadership is often not easy to define as a few simple words. Some people are intimidated by leadership. This is not leadership.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 2, 2019

There are some things in leadership I could almost say I despise. Those things are almost always the ways people misuse or even abuse their leadership power – or the way other people respond to any attempt at good leadership. Bully management – Some leaders attempt to get results by force. Nor has any of us.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 11, 2013

Rood’s entitled “ How Then Should Organizations Live ”. ( [link] ) Rood makes the point that every organization has three basic needs. Here are 3 things Rood says every organization needs to thrive: Growth – Rood says “growth needs focus on productivity and expansion.” Some people love the maintenance world.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 25, 2023

I have held a senior leadership position for over 25 years and been in leadership almost 40 years. This is the way it is with being the senior leader in an organization. When I was a mid-level manager in a large corporation, I remember questioning why senior leadership made some of the decisions they did.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 2, 2023

They almost always involve the ways people misuse or even abuse their leadership power. It wears me out to be around people calling themselves leaders, but limiting themselves or their organization to mediocrity. Bully management Some leaders attempt to get results by force. This has always seemed like cowardly leadership to me.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Every organization has a life cycle. In fact, over time an organization will likely be many separate cycles. In each life cycle the most successful organizations I have been a part of had a team skilled at three separate functions. I have written about organizational life cycles before. The three functions are: Starters. (BTW,

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 16, 2023

They “protect” the organization. There needs to be an adequate number of protectors in every organization. Regardless of their job title these people help the organization do more towards accomplishing their mission. In both types of organizations we need to protect and advance. Think about your organization.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 28, 2011

Bad leadership is bad leadership. It’s easier, however, to hide bad leadership in an organization, which isn’t growing. (I I wrote recently that it’s easy to keep an organization small. The larger an organization becomes and the more growth, which occurs, the more bad leadership becomes apparent.

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