http://www.leadershipletters.com Bringing glory to Jesus by helping Christians to be better leaders in the church, business, education and government. Thu, 22 May 2008 23:58:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The world is not changed by people who think. The world is changed by people who act. The world is changed well by people who think and act. Have you ever met the top leaders of large, successful organizations and been struck by their lack of thoughtfulness? Not that they were ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2008/05/22/the-world-is-not-changed-by-people-who-think/ I am an emerging leader. You are an existing leader. I’m so grateful that God has placed you in my life. I really need you! First, please teach me the Word of God – because the Truth is life. The Truth can change my thinking. It can transform my life. But ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2008/04/12/a-letter-from-an-emerging-leader/ In our last Letter, we looked at “Three Approaches to Leader Development”: the three ways that a leader development ministry might work with indigenous leaders. The third of these, and the most recommended for achieving true indigenization and contextualization, is the “Build the Designer Approach.” In this approach, the outside leader ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2008/02/07/building-designers-of-indigenous-leader-development-2/ In the last decade or so, there has been an increasing realization in the church around the world – especially in areas of fast church growth – of the need to build leaders. In response, there has been a steady growth of “leader development ministries.” But, what exactly does a ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2007/12/06/three-approaches-to-leader-development/ Paradigm Shifts Our last several Letters presented significant paradigm changes regarding leader development that are necessary to deal with the crises of quantity and quality of church leaders around the world. It is clear that these all require significant changes of thinking – or, “paradigm shifts.” http://www.leadershipletters.com/2007/11/02/addressing-the-current-leader-development-crisis-5/ A New Paradigm Our last two Letters set forth several significant paradigm changes regarding leader development that are necessary to deal with the crises of quantity and quality of church leaders around the world. http://www.leadershipletters.com/2007/10/17/addressing-the-current-leader-development-crisis-4/ As we have seen, we need a new paradigm of leader development. We cannot keep building leaders the same way while merely trying to do it faster and on a larger scale. More of the same will not do! We need to transform the way leaders are built. We need ... http://www.leadershipletters.com/2007/08/24/addressing-the-current-leader-development-crisis-3/ In our last Letter, we saw that over the last 20-30 years, there has been considerable focus around the world on evangelism and church planting, producing an extraordinary number of people coming to Christ and new churches being planted. Of course, this is great cause for rejoicing. http://www.leadershipletters.com/2007/07/26/addressing-the-current-leader-development-crisis-2/ For the last 20-30 years, there has been a great deal of focus around the world on evangelism and church planting. http://www.leadershipletters.com/2007/06/20/addressing-the-current-leader-development-crisis/ By definition, leaders have too many responsibilities on their plate. This is what distinguishes leaders from non-leaders – the ability to think it through and then act. And the courage to do so. http://www.leadershipletters.com/2007/04/28/leaders-act/