Ron Edmondson

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One Incredibly Important Characteristic Of Successful Organizations

Ron Edmondson

There is one incredibly important characteristic of successful teams or organizations. When this is an attribute of an organization, regardless of the struggles it encounters, the vision can be accomplished. The characteristic of successful organizations: SHARED VALUES. Hopefully our church staff has this value.)

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3 Functions Within Life Cycles of an Organization

Ron Edmondson

There are life cycles of every organization. Over time an organization will likely have 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. BTW, every team needs these people to be successful.)

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7 Things Senior Leaders Must Have To Be Successful

Ron Edmondson

There are some things senior leaders must have in order to be successful. This is the way it is with being the senior leader in an organization. The impact of a senior leader’s decision often impacts everyone in the organization. They were absolutely right. This is another part of thinking strategically in the moment.

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Two Things Visionary Leaders Must Have to Be Successful

Ron Edmondson

Yet, whatever the reason, I’ve learned there are some things visionary leaders must have to be successful. I didn’t have them and I wasn’t near as successful during that season of my career. Two Things Visionary Leaders Must Have to Be Successful: 1. Someone to keep them organized.

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5 Stages All Organizations Experience

Ron Edmondson

Every organization goes through life cycles. In fact, there are five stages all organizations experience. I realize these are secular terms, and the church is not subject to the “rules” of a secular organization. Also, individual areas within the organization may also have similar life cycles. Adolescence.

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Balancing “Big Deals” in an Organization – A Leader’s Challenge

Ron Edmondson

Senior leaders have to balance all the “big deals” within an organization. As a pastor, those in finance ministry naturally believe their ministry is critical to the success of the church. Those in small group ministry naturally believe their ministry is most critical to the success of the church. It’s their big deal.

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Protectors and Advancers – Every Organization Needs Both

Ron Edmondson

Every organization needs both protectors and advancers. A successful entrepreneur gave me this advice a number of years ago. They “ protect ” the organization. There needs to be an adequate number of protectors in every organization. . In both types of organizations we need to protect and advance.