By: Shawn Hart on November 9, 2017
In this week’s reading, Heroic Leadership, Chris Lowney uses his history as a Jesuit priest and a managing director with J.P. Morgan to evaluate the leadership tactics used by the Jesuits for over 450 years; a fascinating historical look at the religious practices interwoven with fundamental leadership skills of the long-lasting Jesuit order. Upon reading…
By: Katy Drage Lines on November 9, 2017
For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. Indeed,…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on November 9, 2017
The mystique surrounding leadership is demystified when one recognizes the characteristics and traits of a healthy leader, and the symbiotic relationship a leader has with its organization. A disordered, unhealthy leader fosters a chaotic, fragmented, or rigid culture that cultivates a dysfunctional system. Similarly, a workplace is successful when it fosters a healthy environment for…
By: Chris Pritchett on November 9, 2017
Chris Lowney’s book, Heroic Leadership, is a unique examination of the relevance of the values and practices of leadership among the sixteenth century Jesuit movement, for our time. Leadership books for both corporate and church leaders are legion in our information age, but most of them merely scratch the surface of the practice of leadership,…
By: Greg on November 9, 2017
“My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.”1 Is leadership simply pretending to do what others expect us to do? How often do we as christian leaders fake it, pretend to know what we are doing. The line between inspiring the greatness in others and hypocrisy, can be very narrow. The…
By: Jennifer Williamson on November 9, 2017
At my core, I’m a Jesuit.* While I may not be a card carrying member of the Society of Jesus, I have practiced Ignatian Spirituality for years by doing The Exercises and meeting with a spiritual director. I understand myself to be a “contemplative in action.” All that to say, most of the concepts presented…
By: Jake Dean-Hill on November 8, 2017
Chris Lowney’s book, Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company That Changed the World, was a fascinating read. I would have never thought I would be reading a leadership book based on the Jesuits, let alone referring to them as a thriving company to take notice of. After reading it, I am now convinced…
By: Christal Jenkins Tanks on November 8, 2017
. (https://ppmpractitioner.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/wpid-tmp.png) You cannot go into any airport bookstore and not find a book on leadership. If you go to Amazon and search leadership you will not find an empty search. So what is it about leadership that motivates authors to write endless books on the subject matter. in its basic form, leadership is…
By: Mary Walker on November 8, 2017
“Obvious as the need for the human factor may seem, a considerable body of research in organizations stands out for its conspicuous neglect of the people who are the principal actors in theses organizations.”[1] Each of us needs time for mental self-renewal. Whit Schultz[2] Manfred Kets De Vries brings his experience as an economist,…
By: Jay Forseth on November 8, 2017
By far the best review I read on this book was from Mike Bassett on goodreads.com who stated this about Heroic Leadership: Best Practices From A 450 Year Old Company That Changed The World, “The thing that resonated with me about this book was it really bridged Sunday to Monday.” Well said! Mr. Bassett went further…
By: Jim Sabella on November 8, 2017
I often have discussions with my colleagues concerning leadership and emotional function or emotional processes. More than a few of my colleague would argue that there is no place for emotion in leadership. Leadership, they argue, should be a logical almost mathematical cognitive process in which the best decisions are made based on the data…
By: Kyle Chalko on November 5, 2017
My Review It’s pretty presumptuous of a book to say, “keep this book with you at each of your classes and in front of you for each of your assignments.” But after reading the book Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking, I’m a believer. It attempts to put forth essentially a formula of study that is…
By: Greg on November 3, 2017
Sitting in Bangkok traffic for over an hour can be frustrating, but it has given me time to ponder how to be a critical thinker without being overly critical, yet emphasize what is critical. I don’t know how many of you would admit with me that you looked at the rising scale on the Elder’s…
By: Trisha Welstad on November 3, 2017
This week marks the 500th year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation of the church. The Reformation was initiated by Martin Luther and his 95 Theses or grievances against the church he loved. Luther longed for pragmatic change to the ways the church interpreted and lived the bible. He thought critically, not negatively but rationally, about…
By: Shawn Hart on November 2, 2017
Dr. Linda Elder and Dr. Richard Paul, two specialists in the area of critical thinking, have created a handbook that can, and quite possibly should be used by all who are focused on higher learning. Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking addresses the highly necessary foundations of thinking concerning higher learning and educated communication. “Critical thinkers…
By: Jean Ollis on November 2, 2017
Paul and Elder are so passionate (and confident) about their guide for critical thinking skills, they encourage students to “get in the habit of carrying it (A Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking) with you to every class”.[1] The guide is sponsored by the Critical Thinking Foundation which is a “non-profit organization that seeks to promote…
By: Jay Forseth on November 2, 2017
Drill Seargant Major Payne [1] Please allow me a little leeway to use a personal real life situation to help write my blog this week. I believe I will be able to connect our most recent book, The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools, by Richard Paul and Linda Elder, with my son…
By: Jason Turbeville on November 2, 2017
As a student over the past few decades I have always thought of myself as a critical thinker. Usually I am not one for group think. I like to see myself as open minded about how others see the world. I am not so sure I have ever been a critical thinker. As I was…
By: Dave Watermulder on November 2, 2017
In an article in Psychology Today, Mark Sherman writes about the idea of the “fundamental attribution error”. He describes the way that, when “we see someone doing something, we tend to think it relates to their personality rather than to the situation the person might be in.”[1] The opposite can also be true, in that,…
By: Mark Petersen on November 2, 2017
My review of the brief pamphlet, Critical Thinking: Concepts and Tools[1], by Richard Paul and Linda Elder, provided me with a sharp set of tools for advancing with research on generational transitions in Christian family philanthropy. How to analyze logic, how to reason, how to approach research, a template for problem-solving, and the problems of…
