Posts Tagged ‘leadership’

  The Cornerstone Concept: In Leadership, In Life Roberta M. Gilbert Thinking It Over sections at end of chapter are good chapter by chapter summaries.  Questions at the end may be good journaling activities.  Memorize the indicators of self-differentiation in chapter 7.  I’m curious why Gilbert never seems to reference Ed Friedman, even in bibliographies. […]

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  Extraordinary Leadership: Thinking Systems, Making a Difference Roberta Gilbert Finished September, 2012. Best parts to re-read: Top level map of book at end of xvii and xviii.  A fair amount of the book is looking at conflict, cutoff, distancing, triangling, underfunctioning, and overfunctioning through different lenses.  The different lenses are helpful, but have diminishing returns. […]

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  A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix Edwin H. Friedman Brilliant book for developing the emotional fortitude necessary for leadership.  A little crotchety for my tastes at times, but some of that may come with the territory.  Finished April, 2012. Outline/Summary: Editor’s Preface Ed Friedman died prematurely while working […]

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Leading from the Second Chair: Serving Your Church, Fulfilling Your Role, and Realizing Your Dreams Mike Bonem Roger Patterson Brief Summary: The core of the book is in the three paradoxes.  A second chair leader is a “subordinate-leader.”  They have a wide perspective (the organization as a whole), while also maintaining a deep perspective relative to […]

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The New Breed: Understanding and Equipping the 21st Century Volunteer Jonathan McKee Thomas W. McKee I read the first edition in March 2012.  A second edition is out now linked above. Brief summary: Empower volunteers to serve in ways they feel serve their needs as well as your needs.  The New Breed wants to do it […]

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I preached this sermon at Valley UMC on June 10, 2012.  The text was I Samuel 8:4-20. One author who writes about leadership says this, Sabotage is the terrain of leadership.  Let me say that again, sabotage is the terrain of leadership.  In other words, leaders with a vision usually run into someone who’s trying […]

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