I have learned through the years to look for four qualities in leaders, whether they are men or women. I look first for a searching mind: a person who is mentally alert, who has curiosity about life, who wants to learn all the time. Such a person is always reading, always listening, always thinking about what he or she hears, and trying to reason out what is behind it.

-Ray Stedman

This year’s inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame included arguably the best receiver ever to strap on a helmet: Jerry Rice.

I wonder…

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Seems like every time I pick up a new book on ministry or read a magazine article on the same, someone mentions leadership development. While everyone is talking about it, I would love to see some examples of what that looks like in a church. I’m not so sure it’s happening as much as we would like. Bill Hybels says, “The church is the hope of the world, and leadership is the hope of the church!” If this is the case, and I think it is, then the Church needs to focus in a big way on making leaders as well as making disciples. Maybe the lack of leadership I’ve observed is key to the decline of the church and thus Christianity in America? Regardless, we at the Malphurs Group are focusing on leader development in the church and beyond, hoping to stem the tide of church decline.

Aubrey

If leaders are so good at…

1. Recognizing the need for change in their people, and
2. Leading change in their organizations,

…why are they often so blind to change in their own life?

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Donald Miller is back again with a thought provoking piece on leadership. His question? Does the church cultivate leaders or just church leaders? Read more »

This post is part of a series on leadership principles found in six controversial business ideas. Norm Brodsky put the ideas on the table in a recent article in Inc. Magazine.

Here’s the next principle I saw:

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In an earlier post, I referred to an Inc. Magazine article by Norm Brodsky in which he laid out six successful — and controversial — business ideas. I invited you to identify what leadership principles may have been in play to make those ideas successful in a business setting.

Here’s the first principle I saw:

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Anytime a successful leader identifies the maxims that lead to success, it gets my attention…

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