The discussion on discipleship must begin and end with the greatest discipler of all, Jesus Christ. The gospels show the key components of effective mentoring in how Jesus discipled His followers. These components are relationship, influence, and...

Recently, I wrote an article entitled Coaching in the Bible: A Scriptural Argument for Coaching As a Transformational Process. It was published in the Spring issue of Enrichment Journal. You can access it...

I recently read “The Power Of Servant Leadership” by R.K. Greenleaf. While considering what leadership style to use when, it occurred to me that Greenleaf’s Servant Leadership Model is the perfect environment to allow a leader to engage many or...

Sometimes, as leaders, we are called upon to be interventionists. In his Intervention Theory and Method, Argyris asserts thatan interventionist has three primary tasks: to generate validinformation, to foster free choice, and to achieve...

What does a leader do when change is unavoidable? John Kotter in his book Leading Change lays out a process to implementing change in an organization. He places an emphasis on the processes by encouraging several steps to be followed by...

Usually, when change is in the air there is resistance to that change. In an earlier post, I spoke of Lewin’s model of change that is found in his Unfreeze-change-refreeze theory. Lewin encourages leaders to beware of two kinds of...

It seems as though every time I watch the news, in the United States, the emphasis is politics. This caused me to wonder; What role does organizational politics play in leading organizational change? There are two schools of thought. First, the...

If we are to affect real change we must keep moving forward. John Kotter offers a “What’s next” by laying out a process to implementing change in an organization. He places an emphasis on the processes by encouraging eight steps to be followed by...

There are many ideas afloat in the arena of effective leadership. In addressing the question of why it is important to know all the theories of leadership, a historical perspective must be applied. In the past, most researchers believed in a “one...

One thing I have learned in this process is that leadership requires different approaches, methods, skills and tasks for different situations. We must resist the temptation to view leadership in a narrow and oversimplified way. Certainly various...