Ron Edmondson

MARCH 27, 2020

While all my pastor friends are mostly remaining positive online and helping people remember to demonstrate faith over fear, some pastors are struggling too. But there are tremendous opportunities being created and desperation is leading to innovation. Some mornings you may wake up confused. That excites me. Grieving has stages.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

One of the most common questions I get asked by senior managers is “How can we find more innovative people?” Yet in researching my book, Mapping Innovation , I found that most great innovators were nothing like the mercurial stereotype. The biggest misconception about innovation is that it’s about ideas.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 3, 2014

Here are 12 of my top tweets from 2013: If your church attracts broken, messed up, can’t get it right people, then it’s not doing something wrong, it’s being the church #NoteToSelf. Weak leaders try to weed out anyone who could compete for their position. You can follow me HERE. You can control but not lead.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 18, 2017

Make sure they know what you are seeking for the position. They follow Christ, not you, so don’t be surprised when they come up with new – even better ideas. Follow up with them as needed, but let them be a leader. I think so. You will need to acclimate people to your organization.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 9, 2014

And, I knew that — not as well as I do now — before I entered this pastoral position. I didn’t come up with those exclusively — we developed them as a team — but I led the charge and micromanaged to keep us on that track until it began to stick as our common vision. We had a few key areas of focus.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 28, 2014

In my post 7 Ways to Attract First Chair Leaders to a Second Chair Position I presented thoughts on keeping a leader who could be the first chair leader (or someday wants to be) in the second chair position. Related posts: 7 Ways to Attract First Chair Leaders to a Second Chair Position. Do You Lead Leaders or Followers?

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 5, 2018

Our goal is to help with innovation, leadership development, and best practices in the church. This new position will be very full-time, so I will no longer be a full-time pastor. I know so many pastors who have children that grew up to resent the church. In short, we support pastors and the church. It’s an amazing opportunity.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 28, 2016

And, I knew this – not as well as I do now – before I entered this pastoral position. This included nearly every position in with near 100 people on payroll. Some things we had on paper as “rules” we didn’t even follow. (I Some rules we follow were simply archaic. Here’s the deal.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 3, 2013

And it’s time for a new generation of leaders to rise up and take charge. I’m passionate about raising up great leaders, and I’ve devoted much of my life to convening and equipping leaders of all ages and stages in life who want to grow in their leadership abilities. Take my friend Shawn, who leads a thriving social innovation company.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 9, 2019

A Life Transition for The Edmondsons. I recently resigned my position as CEO of Leadership Network. Leadership Network has a long, great history of helping the Church accelerate growth and innovation. I spent my time restructuring the organization and the team; hopefully positioning it for the future. Consulting.

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Miles Anthony Smith

AUGUST 7, 2018

Matt Heller ( Performance Optimist Consulting ) ​ There are so many factors and characteristics that make up a great leader, but one that encompasses them all is balance. It will attract more A players willing to follow you and your influence will grow. Compassion is a much more positive and useful trait than empathy.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The three functions are: Starting – Starting involves dreaming, vision-casting, recruitment of people to follow a new idea or initiative. Maintaining – Maintaining involves setting up and managing systems in an effort to continue the progress already begun by others. I burn out quickly in the maintaining position.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 30, 2019

And, I knew this – not as well as I do now – before I entered this pastoral position. This included nearly every position in with near 100 people on payroll. Some things we had on paper as “rules” we didn’t even follow. (I Some rules we follow were simply archaic. Here’s the deal.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 11, 2013

Make sure they know what you are seeking for the position. Follow up with them as needed, but let them be a leader. I think so. Develop – You will need to acclimate people to your organization. Train them to know your church culture. The best way is usually by apprenticeship. Partner them with other leaders.

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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. This is a relatively new client, but I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt his positivity sets the tone for the entire organization and has produced incredible results.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2017

Numerical predictions offer a range of benefits for large, innovation organizations like Twitch. We ran an auto-host study and the result was overwhelmingly positive. And when big decisions came up, we used our existing predictions as a starting point for those conversations. The Arc of Forecasting at Twitch.

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