By: Jason Turbeville on March 1, 2018
In reading Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership: How to Become an Effective Leader by Confronting Potential Failures by Gary McIntosh and Samuel Rima, I could not decide what scared me the most. The fact that I could see in myself all five of the unhealthy leadership patterns, or the examples given in each of those…
By: Jay Forseth on March 1, 2018
I don’t normally read my fellow Elite LGP8 Blogs before writing my own, but this week I confess, I did. I wish I had half of Dan’s courage–brutal honesty, open transparency, personally laying it out there like he did. His is an example of not just trying to get a degree, but actually striving to…
By: Mark Petersen on March 1, 2018
At first glance the life of a leader in Christian family philanthropy has it made. Not only is there apparent spiritual peace and integration through one’s faith commitment to Christ, but the resources to effect change in the world are also present in abundance. Many gaze longingly at the role I undertake, for example, declaring,…
By: Christal Jenkins Tanks on March 1, 2018
Our reading this week, Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership by Gary L. McIntosh and Samuel D. Rima, I felt was timely (at least for me). I tend to read books like these with caution due to the fact that they attempt to put people in a box and reveal all of their issues while…
By: Lynda Gittens on March 1, 2018
Authors McIntosh and Rima wrote this book to open our minds and eyes to our truths. We all have a dark side (issues) that affect our lives, negatively and positively. We must acknowledge our dark side first in order to effectively address it. As leaders in the spiritual realm, we will be faced with opportunities…
By: Jim Sabella on March 1, 2018
Leader: don’t let the title deceive you. The dark side of leadership is not in the leading. The epicenter of the dark side is located within the leader! I begin with a quote and some questions every leader should ask themselves. “Why is it that we always assume that our leadership is good? Why do we believe…
By: Jennifer Williamson on March 1, 2018
The USAmerican Evangelical world in which I was raised frowned upon things like self-awareness and introspection, considering them to be akin to navel-gazing at best and self-absorption at worst. But the idea of self-awareness isn’t a novel concept. In his famous work, Institutions of Christianity, Calvin wrote, “Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge…
By: Dave Watermulder on March 1, 2018
I was driving in my car this week when a country song came on the radio. It’s a song called “Most People Are Good” by Luke Bryan, and I have to admit, it’s pretty catchy. Some of the lyrics say: I believe most people are good and most Mama’s oughta qualify for sainthood. I believe…
By: Jean Ollis on March 1, 2018
Acknowledge – Examine – Resist – Self-Knowledge – Identity in Christ[1] Gary McIntosh and Samuel Rima’s compelling text Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership: The Paradox of Personal Dysfunction spells out harmful leadership traits (and examples to examine) and preventive measures to avoid creating harm as a leader. “The point is not that leaders have…
By: Mike on March 1, 2018
My Dad used to paraphrase Proverbs 3:5-6 as I was growing up. He would say, “Son, I’m proud of you, trust God with all your heart and He will always show you the path to follow.” Regarding leadership my Dad said, “Always do your best, don’t follow the crowd, and keep a few close friends…
By: Stu Cocanougher on February 28, 2018
Working in my office today, I stumbled across a live feed from the U.S. Capitol Building. The deceased Billy Graham, the most well-known preacher in the modern world, was given the privilege have having his body “lie in honor” in the Rotunda. I had already read that Graham’s coffin was handmade by inmates in Louisiana’s…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on February 28, 2018
There is a Native American legend that speaks to the warring of good and evil within us. It is said that within each of us is a white dog and a black dog, and you feed the one you want to grow stronger. “The reality is we can never completely eradicate our dark side”[1] but…
By: Katy Drage Lines on February 28, 2018
You know that feeling you get when someone speaks glowingly about a person that you think very little of? You roll your eyes a bit, and if you’re a grace-full person, try to think of some polite way to respond. To be honest, it was difficult for me to work my way through Overcoming the…
By: Dan Kreiss on February 28, 2018
Some of you already know. Many of you will understand more after this post. This book was written for me and about me, it simply came into my hands several years too late. The ‘dark’ or ‘unexplored’ side of leadership has already spewed out, causing havoc to family, friends, colleagues, and people I serve in…
By: Mary Walker on February 28, 2018
It is unfortunately true that in our day the ministries of many prominent leaders have been compromised by moral and ethical failures. This is not only tragic for the people involved in these problems, but it is a black mark on the church. It is also very sad to think of how we are letting…
By: Jake Dean-Hill on February 28, 2018
So many statements in Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership: How to Become an Effective Leader by Confronting Potential Failures by Gary McIntosh resonated with me and my work. The author’s definition of the Dark Side is what keeps me in business as a therapist. McIntosh defines the Dark Side as “the inner urges, compulsions,…
By: Chip Stapleton on February 25, 2018
I was first assigned the seminal book, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind by Mark Nol l as part of an undergrad religion course and I knew after reading the now ubiquitous opening sentence of the book, ‘The Scandal of the Evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind.’ I knew that I didn’t…
By: Greg on February 23, 2018
I love being unique when finding a gift for birthdays or Christmas. Distinction in the midst of conformity is what calls to me. As an American, we fight to be individuals or fight to be recognized as someone special-more than an award for participation. We like to find our individualism believing we have overcome any…
By: Christal Jenkins Tanks on February 23, 2018
“Fundamentalist naiveté concerning science was matched by nineteenth century traits that undercut the possibility for a responsible intellectual life…included a weakness for treating the verses of the Bible as pieces in a jigsaw puzzle that needed only to be sorted and then fit together to possess a finished picture of divine truth; an overwhelming tendency…
By: Kristin Hamilton on February 23, 2018
The only thing I love more than teaching is learning. Some people love jewelry, I just want more books. And book discussions. And journal articles. And classes. I admit it, I am completely addicted to learning. I’ve been in grad school longer than most people are in high school and college combined, and I still…
