Imagine all of this work occurring in iterative, self-regulating cycles of improvement and innovation that guarantee organizational success. Fostering an atmosphere in which trust and respect thrive, and flexibility an innovation flourish, pays off even in the most deadline-driven work settings. Edmondson: Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy. Teaming has a positive effect on people's experience at work. MORE

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Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Leadership » Business » 7 Ways to Ensure Your Email Gets Read 7 Ways to Ensure Your Email Gets Read January 11, 2011 in Business , Innovation , Leadership with 35 Comments I’ve been having a problem with my youngest son lately. All Posts by Ron Edmondson | Personal Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Share By Email Leave a Reply: Click here to cancel reply. MORE

The post 5 Really Bad Reasons to Plant a Church appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Church Planting Church Revitalization Innovation LeadershipI love church planters. MORE

The post 7 Suggestions to Motivate the Leaders on Your Team appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Church Innovation LeadershipHave you ever wondered how to motivate a leader? If you have leaders on your team, no doubt you want the maximum potential out of them. MORE

The post The Most Successful Organizations Empower People to Think appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Church Innovation Leadership Organizational Leadership Team LeadershipWithout worrying about the rules. Several years ago I had problems with my cable service. MORE

The post 5 Times Change is Hardest to Lead appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Change Church Innovation LeadershipChange is hard – almost always. Sometimes change is harder than other times. MORE

I firmly believe it is a mistake of leaders to feel they can force innovation or even create innovative people. Innovation, in its purest form, means change. Great innovation comes from the gut. Culture of Innovation. MORE

The post 7 Things Which Weaken Good Leadership appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Church Innovation LeadershipThere are times I’m a better leader than other times. Sometimes this is my fault. Other times the cause is unavoidable. MORE

The post 7 Hidden Costs of Attempting to Eliminate Risk appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Change Church Planting Church Revitalization Innovation LeadershipEvery leader I know attempts to limit a certain amount of risk when making decisions or leading change. MORE

The post 5 Reasons Your Dream Life Never Came True appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Call to Ministry Innovation Life Plan MarriageMany of us start out with better dreams than we are currently living. The fact is I talk to a lot of frustrated people in my work. MORE

The post Understanding The Power of Caged Momentum appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Business Church Planting Church Revitalization Innovation Leadership VisionThis is huge. In church planting, I learned an important leadership principle. MORE

The post 5 Questions to Ask When Facing Rejection as a Leader appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Change Church Fear Innovation LeadershipWhen I started an insurance business from scratch, I made hundreds of cold calls. Lots of people told me no. MORE

The post 10 Principles of God Leadership appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Church Encouragement God Innovation LeadershipHow would we lead if we led as God inspired us to lead? What does godly leadership look like? I put some thought into this question recently. MORE

The post 7 Ways I Regain Focus For My Work appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Church Innovation LeadershipI’m fairly productive as a person, but the truth is, I get distracted easily and have a hard time staying focused at times. MORE

The post 10 Inexpensive Ways to Develop People on Your Team appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Innovation Leadership Organizational Leadership Team LeadershipWhen budgets are stretched, development often is pushed to the back burner or cut altogether from the budget. MORE

Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Encouragement » 10 Characteristics of God Leadership 10 Characteristics of God Leadership January 3, 2011 in Encouragement , God , Innovation , Leadership with 16 Comments One of my Top Posts of 2010 was a post entitled 10 Characteristics of Good Leadership. All Posts by Ron Edmondson | Personal Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Share By Email Leave a Reply: Click here to cancel reply. MORE

The post Freedom Passes – The New Math of Leadership appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Business Change Church Planting Innovation Leadership Organizational Leadership Team LeadershipWhen I was in school I had a love-hate relationship with math. MORE

The post The Number One Reason People Resist Change appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Change Innovation LeadershipAfter years of leading change I’ve discovered some things about the process. One of those discoveries is change will face resistance. All change. MORE

The post 7 Criteria to be a Good Change Agent Leader appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Change Church Innovation LeadershipIn my observation, many leaders want change and know they need to lead for change, but they haven’t been able to actually produce change. MORE

The post 7 Secrets to Being a High Achiever appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Church Encouragement Innovation LeadershipI get asked frequently how I am able to get so much done and still take care of myself and my family. I pastor a large church. MORE

The post 10 Problems with Doing the Best You Know How To Do appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Business Church Planting Innovation Leadership Life PlanYears ago in a company we owned, there was a young man who worked for me who had tremendous potential. MORE

The post Three Common Fears of Every Young Leader appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Innovation Jesus Kingdom I’m convinced. After years mentoring younger leaders, there is something all of us leaders with more experience need to know. Every young leader shares some common fears. MORE

The post 7 Dangers of Leading in Isolation appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Business Church Planting Church Revitalization Innovation LeadershipI sat with a new pastor not long ago trying to hold a church together long enough to help it build again. MORE

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Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy Amy C. Edmondson Jossey-Bass/A Wiley Imprint (2012) Why and how the most valuable organizational learning occurs: through teams Amy Edmondson characterizes “teaming” as “teamwork on the fly.” MORE

The post 4 Reasons Leadership Development Doesn’t Occur appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Innovation Leadership Ministry Organizational Leadership Team Leadership Most churches admit they need more leaders. MORE

The post 3 Simple Steps to Reproduce Church Leadership appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Church Innovation LeadershipIt is called discipleship. In every church I’ve been in, people want to reproduce leaders, but few think they know how. Sometimes we complicate things in leadership. MORE

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Most leaders want to lead an innovative organization. As leaders, we can’t force innovation. We can’t mandate innovative people. And, if our people haven’t been innovative in a while, then there may not be much innovation going on in our world. MORE

Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Encouragement » Writing a Life Plan for the New Year, Part 3 Writing a Life Plan for the New Year, Part 3 December 29, 2010 in Encouragement , Family , Innovation , Leadership , Life Plan , Vision with 9 Comments This week we are writing life plans for the coming year. All Posts by Ron Edmondson | Personal Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Share By Email Leave a Reply: Click here to cancel reply. MORE

The post 7 Seemingly Unproductive Actions Which Are Valuable in Leadership appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Church Innovation Leadership Organizational LeadershipMuch of what a leader does can seem unproductive at times – and that is a good thing. MORE

The post 3 Places to Find New Church Leaders appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Church Church Planting Church Revitalization Innovation Leadership Organizational LeadershipI was working with a church recently facing a growth barrier. MORE

The post 10 Problems with Doing the Best You Know How To Do appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Business Church Church Planting Innovation Leadership Life Plan Years ago in a company I owned, there was a young man who worked for me who had tremendous potential. MORE

The post 7 Things We’ve Learned about Reaching Millennials appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Church Church Planting Church Revitalization Culture Family Innovation Leadership YouthThe statistics are staggering. MORE

Most leaders want to lead an innovative organization. As leaders, we can’t force innovation. We can’t mandate innovative people. And, if our people haven’t been innovative in a while, then there may not be much innovation going on in our world. MORE

Home About Consulting Church Family Leadership Navigation: Home » Culture » Where My Best Ideas Come From Where My Best Ideas Come From January 22, 2011 in Culture , Encouragement , Innovation with 24 Comments Where do you get your best ideas? All Posts by Ron Edmondson | Personal Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Share By Email Leave a Reply: Click here to cancel reply. MORE

The post 10 Things You Can Do Today to Improve as a Leader appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Church Innovation LeadershipMost leaders want to improve. I hear from leaders weekly who want to get better in their role. They want to improve so the organization they lead can improve. MORE

The post One of My Most Repeated Principles of Leadership – and Life – Which Can Make Your Life Better appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Change Church Family Innovation Leadership Organizational LeadershipHow’s this for a title? One principal for a better life? Really? MORE

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5 Examples of Leading Outside the Norm 4 Times a Leader Should Strategize on Making a Decision About Ron Edmondson: Church planter and pastor with a heart for strategy, leadership and marketing; especially geared toward developing churches and growing and improving the Kingdom of God. All Posts by Ron Edmondson | Personal Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Share By Email Leave a Reply: Click here to cancel reply. MORE

The post 5 Ways I Expand My Leadership Potential appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Church Church Revitalization Innovation LeadershipIt takes an intentional effort to improve as a leader. MORE

The post 7 Impractical Leadership Principles and Why I Use Them appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Business Church Innovation LeadershipI talk to pastors frequently who find themselves in a difficult situation. MORE