Ron Edmondson

APRIL 10, 2023

An important leadership principle was shaped for me during what seemed to be a normal season in our organization. I could see the potential for negative consequences long-term if, as the leader, I didn’t address it. Sure, the friction was wrong if I allowed it to go on long-term. It was more tense than usual.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 12, 2012

I read a blog post recently that indicated the death of long-term planning was imminent. In the age of short-term, instant everything, long-range planning gets a bad rap. I just think you may still need a long-term plan. Knowing where you want to end up is one key to long-term success.

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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

JANUARY 19, 2021

Dangerous leadership practices. . A leader can be doing everything else right and one flawed practice overshadows and jeopardizes all the good leadership principles we know. I can even know better and yet I allowed it to continue too long.). Never taking time to celebrate will eventually derail good leadership.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Whether they have more experience, have learned things I haven’t learned or they reinforce principles of leadership I know – I improve observing other leaders. In my observations, there are some common traits among the most successful, long-term leaders. I call these traits the pillars of leadership.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Possibly nothing frustrates me more than lazy leadership. It’s also annoying and ineffective in leadership. The fact is, however, many of us have some lazy tendencies when it comes to leadership. Please understand, I’m not calling a leader lazy who defaults to any of these leadership practices listed.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

In the early days of a leadership position I have some intentionally bad leadership practices. . I miscommunicate – This one I don’t do on purpose, but it has almost always become a natural fallout of new leadership for me. Yet, a team is looking for leadership. They’ve likely been waiting for the new leader.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 8, 2023

That may or may not be true at the time, but long-term success always depends more on the quality of activity than on the quantity of activity. In the short-term, you can mask success with an abundance of action, but substandard performance will be discovered in time. Plus, check out the other Lifeway Leadership Podcasts.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 31, 2024

Being in a leadership position is no guarantee we are leading. Leading by definition is an active term. Obviously, those periods shouldn’t be long or progress and momentum eventually stalls, but leadership is an exhaustive process. Leadership is about something new. It means we are taking people somewhere.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

7 ways for a leader to offer praise: Be specific Tell the person in specific rather than general terms what he or she did well. Be intentional Some of us have to discipline this into our leadership. Be timely People shouldn’t have to wait long after doing a job well to receive praise for it. Be honest Make it genuine.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 18, 2023

What is the biggest battle in leadership? The biggest battle in leadership is a battle against emotions. The hardest part of leadership is not making the difficult decision of what to do with a team member that is no longer a fit, for example. The difficult part of leadership is not figuring out a strategy moving forward.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

There are some common – even expected realities that happen during times of leadership change in an organization. These seasons shouldn’t last long before we intentionally slow down and catch up with each other, but they don’t mean our marriage (or the team we lead) is dysfunctional. They are seasons. Misunderstanding is normal.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 27, 2021

And even with this principle it does mean change will be easy and you’ll still need good leadership. You’ll help people better embrace the change long-term and help build a culture more conducive to change. Join Nate (or Chandler) and I for the Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast.

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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

JANUARY 3, 2022

BTW, this may equally apply to other fields of leadership.). But the reality is you don’t know how long you will be there. Usually the pastor has recently left – for a variety of reasons – and the church is scrambling to find leadership. Stay as long as you want to stay.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 3, 2019

After years of leading, I have learned there are four seasons of leadership. And we must spend considerable and concentrated energies in the middle two seasons if we hope to sustain a healthy, long-term harvest. It’s great when you get to do all of these in one position of leadership. All our necessary.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 17, 2022

One of the chief goals of this blog is to encourage better leadership, so I normally write about leadership issues. My goal is to help you be more effective – in leadership and management. In this post, I’m including the term management. Therefore, don’t leave people waiting too long for a response.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 8, 2022

But that’s the important leadership principle here. At times, I can try, and I have many times, but it doesn’t work long-term. Knowing yourself, your strengths and weaknesses, passions and goals, helps form your leadership and influence. Plus, check out the other Lifeway Leadership Podcasts.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 10, 2020

The best leaders avoid what I call the leadership vacuum. I call that the leadership vacuum. I have heard the term leadership vacuum used to describe the need for more leaders, but I believe the biggest void may be within leaders themselves. The truth is health is often a relative term. Pride goes before the fall.

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Ron Edmondson

AUGUST 10, 2023

A leader can be doing everything else right and yet one flawed mindset overshadows and jeopardizes all the good leadership principles he or she knows. In full disclosure, I’ve been guilty of some of these – sometimes for a season – sometimes until someone helped me discover I had a poor leadership mindset.)

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 25, 2023

The structure added should not impede long-term progress – even if it appears to slow short-term growth. The key here is you want to maintain progress over the long-term. Leadership is never about making people happy. Plus, check out the other Lifeway Leadership Podcasts.

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Organization Long-term Short-term Efficiency 60

Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 21, 2021

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast , Ron and Nate discuss how leaders can know it is time for organizational change. Healthy organizations maintain an unchanging vision that they sustain long-term. Also, let me know leadership issues you would like us to cover on future episodes.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 10, 2011

For long-term success in any area of life you must be: Driven by vision. Do you want your organization to succeed? Do you want to personally succeed in your career? Do you want your marriage to thrive? Vision sets the direction you will move.

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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.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 4, 2024

When I was in city leadership there was a time we needed to slow the pace of growth so we could catch up with infrastructure in the city. The key is structure should consider the future potential for long-term sustainability of the organization. Leadership is never about making people happy. Again, this should make sense.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 11, 2022

Under a controlling leader’s watch, leadership development is virtually non-existent. In my opinion, this business missed out in the long-term from a great employee, because one leader couldn’t stop controlling. In terms of the church, our vision is shaped by Christ. As a result, pride is rampant.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 8, 2021

Healthy delegation is an international, methodical and important part of leadership. Leaders who are productive long-term continue to grow and develop as a delegator. Listen to my son Nate and I discuss leadership issues on the Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast. Subscribe now, so you won’t miss the next one.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 24, 2021

Being in a leadership position is no guarantee we are leading. Leading by definition is an active term. Obviously, those periods shouldn’t be long or progress and momentum eventually stalls, but leadership is an exhaustive process. Leadership is about something new. It means we are taking people somewhere.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 3, 2019

It’s long been a leadership trope that people don’t leave bad jobs, they leave bad managers. This kind of psychologically safe environment is something that Harvard’s Amy Edmondson has written extensively about, but it appears it’s a culture that is lacking in the tourism sector.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 22, 2021

In this episode of The Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast Ron and Chandler Vannoy talk about Ways to Help Your Spouse Transition When YOU Change Jobs. It certainly will play into your initial (and maybe long-term) success in that position. Let us know leadership issues you would like us to cover.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 11, 2024

Discipline done in anger is rarely productive and usually harmful long-term. Avoid saying things like, for example, “ My son will never wear his hair long – and if he tries I will… ” You may regret those words someday. Plus, check out the other Lifeway Leadership Podcasts.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Healthy organizations maintain an unchanging vision they sustain long-term. When the process to get there is so long or difficult it wears you out and you’ve got no excitement left – it may be time for some structure change. Creative leadership will die, because genuine leaders rebel against controlling environments.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 26, 2021

What are the long-term and the short-term ramifications? What are the immediate, mid-range and long-term decisions we need to make, as a result of this? What are some short-term, “low hanging fruit” wins we can have? Join Nate and I for the Ron Edmondson Leadership Podcast.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Team idleness is a term I use to describe a team failing to move forward towards its desired goals and objectives. The term simply means things have stalled. While we need to be stretched and walk by faith, it’s equally important not to push people beyond where the structure can support them long-term.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

As a result, part of my coaching ministry is to work with new leaders in the beginning days of a leadership position. . Relational leadership is always most effective, but especially for a new leader. In every area of your leadership, take time to think through the best way to handle the situation. This is so critical.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 10, 2014

I love leadership. I realize the need for good leadership,but the fact is that leadership is hard. It’s the same one we had before we were in senior leadership. As a student and blogger of leadership, I want to be realistic with people who desire to be senior leaders. Humility is an admired leadership trait.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 19, 2017

The best leaders, however, avoid what I call the leadership vacuum. I have heard the term leadership vacuum used to describe the need for more leaders, but I believe the biggest void may be within leaders themselves. The leader in a leadership vacuum believes: Everyone on the team understands me. Are you there now?

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