Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

The world is stressful. If anything, life seems more stressful today than even a few years ago. How do we handle the stress of daily living? Do you have a plan beyond the stress of today? It will help free your mind from stress when you can lift your focus from today. That’s a recipe for stress.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 23, 2019

Harvard’s Amy Edmondson has highlighted the importance of emotional and psychological safety at work throughout her career, both in terms of the performance of individuals and the wider organization. Supporting staff. “As demonstrated in our study, explanation sensitivity led to employees opening up again.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 4, 2021

I like to lead leaders, so I prefer to be a macro-manager. When a team or team leader has been severely crippled by injury or stress. It could be what they were dealing with in their personal life or with the stress of their work. The post 5 Leadership Situations I Tend to Micromanage appeared first on Ron Edmondson.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

There is so much stress involved in hiring the right person for the team. If you get stressed about hiring the right person I have a suggestion which may help. This way of hiring allows me to be a leader instead of a manager. The post One Suggestion to Take Stress from the Hiring Process appeared first on Ron Edmondson.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Stress is all around us. Every day I encountered burned out and stressed out pastors. Regardless of your career, it appears life is more stressful than ever. People often ask how I handle stress. Here are 7 ways I handle stress: Prayer – God really does answer this request. How do you handle stress?

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 3, 2019

For this post I have invited Pastor Steve Cuss to share thoughts from his book “ Managing Leadership Anxiety ”. The stress of leading today is greater than any time in my 35 plus year leadership career. If you can figure out where it starts, you can intervene earlier and begin to manage it. How do you know when you are anxious?

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Stress is very much a part of life. Having traveled to many cultures, however, I think we may sometimes “specialize” in stress in America. It almost seems we look for ways to bring more stress in our life. Yesterday, I shared some general ways to deal with stress. When stress hits you – read a Psalm.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 5, 2018

There is so much stress involved in hiring the right person for a team. It would be difficult for our team to call me a micro-manager. Over the years, I’ve made plenty of mistakes, but I’ve also managed – in the business world and the church world – to develop some pretty healthy teams.

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 17, 2012

As such, I would like to present this guest post written by Jessica Edmondson. Have you ever worked in a place where you didn’t feel confidence in whether or not you were performing your job properly and never felt comfortable enough to ask your manager for his/her opinion?

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Tanveer Naseer

JULY 17, 2012

As such, I would like to present this guest piece written by Jessica Edmondson. Have you ever worked in a place where you didn’t feel confidence in whether or not you were performing your job properly and never felt comfortable enough to ask your manager for his/her opinion?

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 3, 2023

Life and ministry is stressful enough. Work ethic – I’ve never been great at managing people. The post 7 Traits of Great Team Members appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Let’s laugh a little. Team spirit – There are no lone rangers on a healthy team. In fact, they rebuke struggling alone!

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

He was the arguably the most successful church planter of all times; managing to plant churches and write books we are still using today. Leader, if you are in a time of difficulty or exaggerated stress right now in leadership, the worst thing you can do is to run and hide. The Apostle Paul was an effective leader. Gather your people.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 28, 2020

Even among those who still have a job, their work is likely to be done under considerable stress. In their latest book, Humanocracy , London Business School’s Gary Hamel and his Management Lab colleague Michele Zanini, outline seven steps leaders can take to better respond to crises such as this one. Tackle the climate of fear.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Hiring new employees may eliminate scheduling stress, but it may be months before they understand the culture and their role and are able to contribute. One thing I love helping leaders do is managing the transitions in their leadership and life. Check out my new website design and my 5T Leadership offerings.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Related posts: Tips For Managing Stress. 7 Tips for Handling Stress. Leadership Under Stress: The Jesus Model.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 29, 2013

There is so much stress involved in hiring the right person for the team. This way of hiring allows me to be a leader instead of a manager. I have a suggestion with may help. We recently did this with several new staff positions on our team. Build the job description around the person. I want people who share an overall vision with me.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Here is Dr. White’s guest post: How to Reduce Holiday Stress for Your Ministry Team. This is the perfect recipe for stressed, uptight, and frantic people. And you will have melted away any holiday stress they were feeling previously. Related posts: Stress Results and Not Details. 7 Tips for Handling Stress.

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Ron Edmondson

MARCH 3, 2022

Show me an environment with a bunch of policies and you can almost always find some stressed out people. Lead more than you manage. Management is more about implementing policies and seeing they are adhered to completely. We need good management. Manage when you must. Less policies are needed in that process.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 22, 2020

If a leader doesn’t address this, and ask for help when needed, especially during extremely high stress periods, the leader could be heading towards crash and burn territory. When a leader becomes “too good” for the people trying to follow – they stop serving a team and start managing people chasing a paycheck.

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Ron Edmondson

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Thankfully, I’ve matured and now I can say the more stressful the season the more I discipline myself to exercise and get away from the office. Leadership isn’t needed if we simply manage status quo. The post 7 Actions Which Can Quickly Cripple A Leader appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Ignoring the hard decisions.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 19, 2013

No micro-management it appears. The post 12 Leadership Principles of Jesus That Inspire Me appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Leadership Under Stress: The Jesus Model. They were not the “religious” elite, yet Jesus used them to start His church. Jesus released responsibility and ownership in a ministry.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

The People on Your Team I prefer to be a macro-manager. There are times, however, where more micro-management may be needed by senior leadership. When a team or team leader has been severely crippled by injury or stress. The post 5 Situations You May Need to Micromanage appeared first on Ron Edmondson.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Are you experiencing the “heat” – the stress of leadership? At 20 years of age, I was thrust into a management position, because the manger left suddenly. By default, I was given responsibility I had bluffed upper management into believing I was prepared to do. And I think the phrase applies in leadership.

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Ron Edmondson

APRIL 23, 2013

You’ll stress less about your progress this way. The post 7 Simple Leadership Tips appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Simple Time Managment System. Don’t try to duplicate as much as you emulate – The connotation of duplicate is to be just like. Any simple tips you would add? Simple Strategy Tool. Leadership'

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 26, 2019

What was unusual was a new manager I had not seen before. And she was in full stress mode. This new manager continually “barked” back half answers, displayed constant frustration, and grumbled excuses about the lack of manpower. A new frustrated manager. I met a friend at a restaurant for breakfast.

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Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Majoring on everything produces very stressed-out, perfectionist children, who always seem to struggle to meet other people’s expectations of them. One thing I love helping leaders do is managing the transitions in their leadership and life. Check out my new website design and my 5T Leadership offerings.

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Ron Edmondson

MAY 17, 2016

If it’s not addressed, however, especially during extremely high stress periods, the leader will head towards crash and burn territory. When a leader becomes “too good” for the people trying to follow – they stop serving a team and start managing people chasing a paycheck. Loneliness.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 1, 2014

I prefer to be a macro-manager. There are times, however, where more micro-management may be needed by senior leadership. When a team or team leader has been severely crippled by injury or stress. I like to lead leaders. More coaching, encouraging or correction may be needed for a season.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Here are 5 things I have to do as a leader, but don’t always like to do: Managing. I much prefer leading a vision to managing the process of accomplishing the vision. I love big pictures, but I stress over details. Managing effectively gets it done. Here’s a stab at answer the question. Correcting.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

He managed to plant churches and write books we are still using today. Leader, if you are in a time of difficulty or exaggerated stress right now in leadership, the worst thing you can do is to run and hide. It would be difficult to conclude Paul was not an effective leader. There is an interesting story in Acts 19 of a time of crisis.

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 18, 2016

Are you experiencing the “heat” – the stress of leadership? At 20 years of age, I was thrust into a management position, because the manger left suddenly. By default I was given responsibility I had bluffed upper management into believing I was prepared to do. And, I think the phrase applies in leadership.

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Ron Edmondson

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Show me an environment with a bunch of policies and Youncan almost always find some stressed out people. Lead more than manage – Management is much about implementing policies and seeing they are adhered to completely. And, we need good management. Put me in a coffee shop and my productivity grows.

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Ron Edmondson

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The classroom has certainly gotten more difficult to manage in recent decades. Time management is much more of an issue for families today than it was when my kids were at home. The post 5 Ways Ministry Has Changed in 20 Years appeared first on Ron Edmondson. God bless those who choose to serve in public schools.

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Ron Edmondson

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

Here are 5 things I have to do as a leader, but don’t always like to do: Managing – I much prefer leading a vision to managing the process of accomplishing the vision. I love big pictures, but stress over details. Managing effectively gets it done. 7 Thoughts on Managing Conflict as a Leader. Many start.

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Ron Edmondson

JULY 26, 2012

Tips For Managing Stress. The post 7 Tips for Leaving a Job Properly appeared first on Ron Edmondson. Related posts: What Are You Leaving Behind to Start a New Year? Leaving a Legacy. Finishing Well/Leaving a Legacy (A Tribute to my Dad).

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Ron Edmondson

JANUARY 24, 2014

For a similar thought, read my tips for managing stress HERE. 7 Specific Ways I Deal with Stress. What helps your fatigue? Which of these do you most need to implement? Related posts: 7 Reactions to Fatigue (What Happens When I’m Tired). 7 Ways to Sleep Soundly each Night. 8 Ways to Keep a Leader Looking Forward.

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Ron Edmondson

JUNE 16, 2012

And it always requires two things: the performance of work and the absorption of stress. Manage risk and don’t be careless, but try to make things better. The post The Engagement Mindset appeared first on Ron Edmondson. They are yours forever. • Eat change for breakfast. Change will choose you even if you don’t choose it.

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