Letter Archive

Abusive Leaders

  • Abusive Leaders #1
  • Security in Christ and Leadership
  • The Role of Insecure Followers
  • The Power of the Supernatural & The Downward Spiral of Exploitation
  • The Effect of Leaders: Developing or Enslaving Others?
  • Abusive Leaders and Vision
  • Abusive Leaders and Alignment & Achievement
  • Personal Qualities
  • The Heart of the Matter
  • To Avoid Being an Abusive Leader
  • Building Healthy Leaders

  • A Summary of the ConneXions Model of Leader Development
  • Context and Content
  • Addressing the Current Leader Development Crisis
  • Addressing the Current Leader Development Crisis #2
  • Addressing the Current Leader Development Crisis #3
  • Addressing the Current Leader Development Crisis #4
  • Addressing the Current Leader Development Crisis #5
  • Three Approaches to Leader Development
  • Building Designers of Indigenous Leader Development
  • A Letter from an Emerging Leader
  • Reflections on the "Be, Know, Do" Model of Leader Development #1
  • Reflections on the “Be, Know, Do” Model of Leader Development #2
  • Reflections on the “Be, Know, Do” Model of Leader Development #3
  • Reflections on the “Be, Know, Do” Model of Leader Development #4
  • Building Leaders

  • The Ultimate Act of Leadership
  • Structuring an Organization for Continuous Leadership Development
  • Building Leaders or Building Organizations?
  • Some Fundamental Realities of Leadership Development #1
  • Some Fundamental Realities of Leadership Development #2
  • Some Fundamental Realities of Leadership Development #3
  • Some Fundamental Realities of Leadership Development #4
  • Some Fundamental Realities of Leadership Development #5
  • Building Leaders Takes Time #1
  • Building Leaders Takes Time #2
  • Why We Must Build Leaders
  • Character

  • The Importance of Character in the Life of a Leader
  • The Role of Discipline in the Forming of Character
  • The Testing and Proving of an Emerging Leader
  • Accountability
  • Establishing Accountability
  • Self-Giving Leadership
  • Abusive Leaders and Alignment & Achievement
  • Choosing Emerging Leaders

  • Leaders are Built a Few at a Time
  • Building the Right Ones #1
  • Building the Right Ones #2
  • Building the Right Ones #3
  • Building the Right Ones #4
  • Community in the Life of the Leader

  • The Divine Community
  • The Twofold Place of Community in the Life of the Leader
  • Four Kinds of Community in the Life of the Leader
  • Healthy Leaders Are Built in Community
  • Healthy Leaders Are Built in Community #2
  • Healthy Leaders Are Built in Community #3
  • Healthy Leaders Are Built in Community #4
  • The Healthy Church
  • Church-Integrated Leader Development
  • Christ Builds Community, Community Builds Christ #1
  • Christ Builds Community, Community Builds Christ #2
  • The Centrality of the Cross in Christian Leadership
  • Does the Leader Need Help or Give Help?
  • Exhortations Regarding Leadership

  • Leaders Act!
  • The World Is Not Changed By People Who Think!
  • Healthy Followers

  • Healthy Followers
  • Kinds of Followers
  • Characteristics of Healthy Followers — Part 1
  • Characteristics of Healthy Followers — Part 2
  • Characteristics of Healthy Followers — Part 3
  • Characteristics of Healthy Followers — Part 4
  • How Followers Influence Their Leaders — Part 1
  • How Followers Influence Their Leaders — Part 2
  • How Jesus Built Leaders

  • He Focused on a Few & He Did It in Prayer
  • He Taught His Leaders To Pray
  • He Formed His Leaders Personally
  • He Demonstrated the Way of the Cross before His Leaders
  • He Taught the Word of God to His Leaders
  • He Demonstrated the Truly Relational Nature of Leadership
  • He Varied His Relationships With His Emerging Leaders According to Their Future Callings
  • The Implications of His Model For Us
  • God Does Not Want Your Training; He Wants You!
  • Leaders Who Know God

  • Leaders Who Know God #1
  • Leaders Who Know God #2
  • Leadership Derailment

  • Why and How Successful Leaders Get Derailed - Part 1
  • Why and How Successful Leaders Get Derailed - Part 2
  • Preventing Leadership Derailment
  • Listening

  • Why Listening Is Important
  • Levels of Listening
  • Barriers to Listening #1
  • Barriers to Listening #2
  • Improving Listening
  • Helping Others to Listen to You
  • The ConneXions Model of Healthy Leader Development

  • The 5Cs of the Healthy Leader
  • The Four Dynamics of Transformation
  • Truly Christ-Centered Leader Development
  • The Preeminence and Centrality of Jesus Christ

  • The Eternal Nature of God
  • Jesus' Fellowship with His Father
  • Living By Jesus' Indwelling Life
  • Jesus Is the Fountainhead of All True Christian Leadership
  • Our Outward Ministry: The Reflection of Our Inner Life
  • The Deception of Religious Activity That Does Not Come From Christ
  • The End of Our Pursuit
  • Prayer and the Christian Leader
  • Transformational Thinking

  • Loving God with Our Minds
  • Looking at God #1
  • Looking at God #2
  • Nurturing the Leader’s Inner Life
  • Passion for the Highest!
  • Understanding Change

  • Resistance to Change - Part 1
  • Resistance to Change - Part 2
  • The Change Process
  • How People React to Change, and The Change Strategy
  • A Model of Planned Change - Part 1
  • A Model of Planned Change - Part 2
  • A Model of Planned Change - Part 3
  • A Model of Planned Change - Part 4
  • A Model of Planned Change - Part 5
  • A Model of Planned Change - Part 6
  • Helping People Through Change
  • How People Adopt Change
  • Change and Stress
  • What Leaders Do

  • Leaders Challenge the Process - Part 1
  • Leaders Challenge the Process - Part 2
  • Leaders Inspire a Shared Vision - Part 1
  • Leaders Inspire a Shared Vision - Part 2
  • Leaders Enable Others to Act - Part 1
  • Leaders Enable Others to Act - Part 2
  • Leaders Model the Way - Part 1
  • Leaders Model the Way - Part 2
  • Leaders Encourage the Heart - Part 1
  • Leaders Encourage the Heart - Part 2
  • The Two Critical Responsibilities of the Leader
  • Pursuing Reality
  • Legitimate Vision
  • The Three Horizons
  • What is Empowerment?
  • Sharing Power with Others
  • Giving Power Away
  • The Power of Affirmation
  • Delivering Correction
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