N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs? You’re undoubtedly thinking “who died and left Mike Myatt in charge of qualitatively assessing leadership blogs?&# I know, I know - another list? Great question.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 7, 2020

In case you’re wondering- my definition of a dysfunctional team – in simple terms – is one which cannot operate at peak efficiency and performance, because it is impacted by too many negative characteristics. Nate and I have finished our fall semester at the Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

29 Leadership Experts Share Their Top 19 Leadership Competencies & Behaviors for Success (Plus Leaderboard) It seems that the world has a lack of leadership these days, doesn’t it? Why does poor leadership seem to be such an epidemic in government, business, and nonprofits?

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Of course, there were some great books such as those by Morton Hansen, Amy Edmondson, and Ron Ricci. Collaboration is not a “nice to have” set of soft values, but a strategic way of operation which can advantageously negotiate the complex business environment we live in. Develop all employees to be self leaders.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 24, 2011

Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Leadership » Business » Have You Ever Been Placed in Leadership Time-Out? Have You Ever Been Placed in Leadership Time-Out? Have you ever been placed in leadership time-out? What other examples would you add to my list?

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 24, 2011

Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Leadership » Business » Have You Ever Been Placed in Leadership Time-Out? Have You Ever Been Placed in Leadership Time-Out? Have you ever been placed in leadership time-out? What other examples would you add to my list?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

In fact, in most cases I actually prefer to have my thinking challenged – this doesn’t threaten me as a leader, it improves my leadership ability. If you crush the individual character and spirit of those who form your team, how can your team operate at its best?

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 28, 2022

I have never seen a healthy board/organization relationship where board members got too much in the weeds of daily operations. Sometimes cliques develop on a board, and it begins to position people against each other. The post 10 of the Biggest Mistakes Boards Fall Into appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Decision paralysis.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 5, 2020

Just like the people they lead, they become protective of the way things operate. Whenever we are stalled in an area of ministry, I like to invite different voices to brainstorm and develop new ideas. I wrote a post on innovative ways to develop people , as an example. They are just “normal”. . A culture of fear.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 22, 2017

It doesn’t happen often, but when it does it can be one of the more difficult and awkward parts of leadership. The culture of a healthy organization has everyone operating as a team. The post 5 Ways to Take Back an Already Delegated Project appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Maybe it was the wrong fit for the person.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 16, 2012

I want them to feel comfortable with me and trust my leadership, so I think they need to see me frequently, even more so in the beginning days of my pastorate. Set my initial vision – People want to know where I am going with my leadership. That’s how I’m operating these days. What questions do you have for me?

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 23, 2019

But on successful teams, all three are operating together within a life cycle. I can live in the finisher role for a time if it involves development or innovation, but I always drift back to starting something new. The post Life Cycles of an Organization: And the Team That Leads Them appeared first on Ron Edmondson.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 16, 2012

Here is the post: The 5 Shadows of Leadership. In life and in leadership, the shadows can often overtake us to the point where we get lost in the darkness of our own lives and begin to reflect the darkness onto those around us. What shadows of leadership have you explored? 7 Questions I Have About Leadership.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 15, 2012

I think that is true in leadership too. Here are 7 of my biggest frustrations as a leader: Pettiness – It bothers me in leadership to argue over things that really, in the large scheme of things, just don’t matter. What are your biggest frustrations in leadership? Developing a Leadership Vocabulary.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 9, 2016

What I’ve also learned – some through painful experience – is the way I handle conflict when it develops will go a long way towards allowing the disagreement to work for the overall good of the team. Discern the deeper issues – Conflict develops for a number of reasons – not all of them good.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

All pastors and planters should operate under a calling of God, but it does appear to me that there are some unique qualifications for those who want to start a church or transition it to grow again. Notice I didn’t use the word patience, even though it’s part of the fruit of the spirit all believers should be developing.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 11, 2016

There are those moments in leadership when you have to make quick decisions. First, my experience is this is still a rare occurrence in leadership – or at least you should attempt to make it so. God created us for community – and we are better when we operate within His plan. Decisions which will be hard to reverse.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 24, 2015

If you want to improve your team (especially your leadership team), don’t ignore these three cultures that will kill your team’s ability to thrive. A CULTURE THAT UNDERMINES THE LEADERSHIP TEAM’S IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION. Talented leaders move on, because they want to be keenly involved in developing what’s next for the church.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 26, 2013

I love development within an organization. I previously wrote about three activities every organization and everyone in the organization must do to be healthy; growth, maintenance and development. Each of us tend to specialize or prefer one of those activities and mine is development. We develop turf wars over our areas.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 21, 2015

Leadership poor – Not “poor leadership” Leadership poor. Reactive rather than proactive – In a fast growing organization, “just keeping up” will be a prevailing emotion among leadership. Continue to work on team development — even though it seems you don’t have time.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 20, 2018

All pastors and planters should operate under a calling of God, but it does appear to me there are some unique qualifications for those who want to start a church or transition it to grow again. Without the structure of an established church, church planters must depend on people to help develop ministries and systems.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 24, 2018

This is some of the hardest advice for me to give other leaders – and, without practice and discipline – one of the hardest for me to incorporate into my leadership. In this process, they developed these ministries with their own individual perspectives and desires. Actually they encourage it. They give their vision away.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 17, 2015

I realize the value of non-profits in community development. Finding, training and keeping good board members is a critical part of non-profit leadership. With this recognition, I have also helped develop non-profit boards over the years. The post 10 Ways To Be A Great Non-Profit Board Member appeared first on Ron Edmondson.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 26, 2016

People are operating with reasonable, attainable, measurable and worthy goals. I was naive early in my leadership to believe everyone shared my work ethic. There’s a danger of silos developing. The post 7 Benchmarks Towards Success in an Organization appeared first on Ron Edmondson. There are clear goals in place.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 18, 2011

While this sounds simple enough at face value, I have consistently found that one of the most often overlooked leadership attributes is that of a positive attitude. If you struggle with recruiting, team building, and leadership development you likely have a bad attitude. The simple answer is that you can’t…it just won’t work.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 26, 2013

I love development within an organization. I previously wrote about three activities every organization and everyone in the organization must do to be healthy; growth, maintenance and development. Each of us tend to specialize or prefer one of those activities and mine is development. We develop turf wars over our areas.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 15, 2018

One of my favorite leadership stories is of David in 1 Samuel 23. The organization is leadership poor – I didn’t say “poor leadership” I said leadership poor. Continue to work on team development – even though it seems you don’t have time. It will frustrate the healthiest teams.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

In my new role, many of these are in place at Leadership Network. People are operating with reasonable, attainable, measurable and worthy goals. Personally, I like to operate on a few simple broad goals each year, but then have more specific goals updated every 90 days. There is a clear strategy; with distinct goals in place.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 19, 2018

I realize the value of non-profits in community development. Finding, training and keeping good board members is a critical part of non-profit leadership. With this recognition, I have also helped develop non-profit boards over the years. You are there to advise and hold accountable — not to run the place.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

In case you’re wondering- my definition of a dysfunctional team – in simple terms – is one which cannot operate at peak efficiency and performance, because it is impacted by too many negative characteristics. We are all dysfunctional at some level and during some seasons. The real problems are continually ignored or excused.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 25, 2011

Leadership poor – I didn’t say “poor leadership&# …but leadership poor. Reactive rather than proactive – In a fast growing organization, “just keeping up&# will be a consistent feeling emotion among leadership. Everyone is excited. Momentum is high.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 29, 2011

A dysfunctional team in simple terms is one that cannot operate at peak efficiency and performance because of a combination of negative characteristics. 12 Top Posts About Team Development. Chances are, if you’ve served on very many teams, that you’ve served on one that is dysfunctional.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

So, while I’m not a college pastor, but if I was one these days, I think I’d: Help students understand their worth in Christ – When a student can operate out of this identity it will help them withstand some of the temptations they face. I would work to develop leaders who would in turn invest in others.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The culture of a healthy organization has everyone operating as a team. Help them learn – They may not have been able to do this particular project, but, if handled correctly, It could end up being beneficial for their personal development. It’s easier to do the right thing on a healthy team, even reassign an project.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2014

But that’s exactly why it would be a mistake to look past organizational behavior and culture at GM: It is utterly inevitable that things will go wrong, according to Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson. Garvin notes that this is where Edmondson’s work on implicit voice theories comes into play.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 1, 2015

In a large-scale study of over 3,000 employees conducted by Anna Nyberg at the Karolinska Institute , results showed a strong link between leadership behavior and heart disease in employees. One study showed that, the lower someone’s rank in a hierarchy, the higher their chances of cardiovascular disease and death from heart attacks.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 18, 2017

Garvin was a generalist more than a specialist, perhaps because he came of age at HBS during the 1980s, when the school’s primary focus was the development of skilled general managers. Case closed (until engineers develop an algorithm that does the job better). Great leadership is extraordinarily difficult.

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