Today’s 5 will expose you to some new authors for me. I have included a powerful leadership story, some great leadership principles, and some timely leadership quotes. Enjoy.
Red Marbles and a Very Kind Leader You must read this post. I found it on the Teamwork and Leadership blog. It is the story of personal leadership with influence and great generosity. For me it highlights well that all leadership is influence and that generosity in leadership is often a forgotten component.
Overcoming The Fear of Asking Are you an inquisitive leader? If not, why not? This is something I struggle with at times. I either think that I am wasting someone else’s time or I fall into the trap that I don’t have time to be an asking leader. This post from the Leadership Solutions blog provides some very practical reasons and practices for becoming a more inquisitive leader.
Leadership By Choice I have often highlighted the Leading Blog for it’s quality content. This offering is a simple four part evaluation to better determine if you are leading with great intentionality. It is a brief summary of a book written by Eric Papp. I think all four parts are critical and worthy of our reflection.
Can A Church Be Both Attractional and Missional? This comes from Tony Morgan’s blog and is an interview with Dave Ferguson. Dave and Alan Hirsch recently co-authored a book entitled On The Verge. This is an insightful interview on this ongoing and very important topic. It will give you a taste of the book.
Leadership Summit: Bill Hybels The well known Willow Creek Leadership Summit is currently in progress. I returned to Tony Morgan’s blog for this offering because he has been capturing some of the key principles and quotes from the summit for our digestion. Here is Tony’s gleanings from Bill’s opening address.
There are the 5 for this week. Lead well!
Gary Runn 