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I should have seen it coming. After all, communicating persuasively runs through her genes. My husband and I were adamantly opposed to my 16-year-old daughter getting a job – at least during the school year. We were fine with the occasional babysitting gig. What we didn’t want was for her family time/homework availability to be … Continue reading Talk Like a Teenager
Christian Leadership Alliance President and CEO Tami Heim recently interviewed Santiago “Jimmy” Mellado, President and Chief Executive Officer of Compassion International. Compassion International is a Platinum-level member of Christian Leadership Alliance. Compassion International is a Christian charity dedicated to releasing children from poverty in Jesus’ name. Compassion’s supporters help empower local churches to provide individualized … Continue reading Pursuing God-inspired Vision
Vision is the North Star that motivates people to come alongside and go in a new, ambitious direction. It may be at the highest organization-wide level or for a small team within an organization. Vision can bring sweeping organization transformation or focus on improving a small process that impacts just a handful of people. Many … Continue reading Visionary Leadership
In his book, On Becoming a Leader, Warren Bennis observes: “Leadership is first being, then doing. Everything the leader does reflects what he or she is.” Christian leaders resonate with such logic. We understand that our identity in Christ provides the basis for our work as leaders. Because we are deeply loved by God in … Continue reading The Priority of Character in Leadership
BOOKS OUTCOMES CONFERENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR: 1. Healthy Leadership for Thriving Organizations: Creating contexts where people flourish By Dr. Justin A. Irving (Baker Academic, Dec. 2023) Book Overview Christian Leadership Alliance has selected Healthy Leadership for Thriving Organizations by Dr. Justin A. Irving, Duke K. McCall Professor of Christian Leadership at The Southern Baptist Theological … Continue reading Books for Spring 2024
In a world where action comes before thought, it is difficult to be intentional about much of anything. We have become so impatient with thoughtfulness that when we see a post on social media, the pictures fly by so fast that we don’t get a sense for anything of substance. As my team has discussed … Continue reading Building a Platform of Trust
“For just as each of us has one body with many members and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body and each member belongs to all the others. We have different gifts…” (Rom. 12:4) As a leader one of our primary roles is to … Continue reading Our Greatest Asset
I remember the day clearly. I was in my mid-20s and in a veterinarian’s office interviewing the vets about a two-legged dog named Scoots. He received that name because of the hind skateboard he used that enabled him to roam freely through the vet’s office. Why am I writing this story? At that moment, I … Continue reading What’s Your Story?
You own a piece of land and intend to build a home. Will you do it by reading and conforming to the natural flow of the land? Or will you force the land to bend to your design? If it is the former, you nestle the building within the land’s contours, disturbing it minimally. You … Continue reading Building for Succession
I will never forget the moment my adidas colleagues and I got the news: Nike had stolen Michael Jordan right from under our noses. Each of us in the strategy room was stunned with disbelief. It was 1985, and a sneaker war was raging in the United States. It was 1985, and a sneaker war … Continue reading Responsibly Fearless Leadership
