By: Sara Taylor Lattimore on March 16, 2023
Peter Northouse wrote the Book Leadership. This book is an in-depth look at the theory and practice of leadership. It is filled with case studies and research round the various aspects of leadership. There is too much to cover in one blog post, so this blog I will focus on chapter 13, Followership. Leaders Require…
By: Troy Rappold on March 16, 2023
The Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz had a brain all along—he just needed to put it into practice. So too every one of us has a second brain at our disposal—we just need to put it into practice so we can experience just how creative and brilliant we really are. In Tiago Forte’s book,…
By: Todd E Henley on March 16, 2023
My father passed away in 1969 when I was three years old, leaving behind me and my younger brother. In 1999, I reflected back on my childhood and discovered something I had never noticed before. For 18 years my mom cooked dinner for me and my brother Troy and we would sit at the dining…
By: Adam Harris on March 15, 2023
A few weeks ago, I attended a community luncheon that revolved around mental health awareness. The goal was to break stigmas around psychological and emotional health issues and provide more resources for churches in our area. During the event, some pastors and members in the community shared their experiences of rejection and shame for experiencing…
By: Mathieu Yuill on March 15, 2023
Lately I have been working on saying nothing. I am chatty, I know that. I like to have conversations, I enjoy asking questions and engaging people in dialogue. I also enjoy being asked questions and sharing my responses to ideas or suppositions; the chance to insert my opinion is insatiable. This is my front stage…
By: Esther Edwards on March 15, 2023
My one-minute gaze into Nelson Mandela’s prison cell had a profound impact on me. That neatly folded prison blanket represented the dailyness of Mandela’s life for 27 years. The consequence of not folding a blanket to perfection in the prisons he was kept in would produce a severe beating. A leader who had already…
By: Roy Gruber on March 15, 2023
I enjoy the show Jeopardy. A series of questions and answers covers a broad spectrum of topics. I tend to do well in answering questions in some categories, such as Sports, Geography, and the Bible. I do poorly in other areas like Opera, Poets, and Art. The answers to questions need to come to mind…
By: Eric Basye on March 15, 2023
Tiago Forte, the author of Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life, is a first-generation Californian born to Brazilian and Filipino parents. Inspired by his personal journey, as a young man he suffered an unknown illness. He was functionally incapacitated, had a terrible memory, and could not engage in everyday…
By: Andy Hale on March 15, 2023
The big day had arrived. It was a big deal. My parents had ordered a multivolume set of Encyclopedia Britannica from a door salesman. They opened box upon box upon box. The large black books were gorgeous, numbering 32, and filled the room with that new book smell. The year was 1987. It’s hard to imagine that…
By: Kally Elliott on March 15, 2023
“Our task, as human beings, as human leaders, is…to grow up, to learn, through the experiences we are given, who we are – what it means to be courageous, what it is to serve, what it is to be loved and to love, what it is to be real, what it is to be fully…
By: Pam Lau on March 15, 2023
“Am I really what others say of me? Or am I only what I know of myself? . . .Who Am I? This one or the other? Am I this one today and tomorrow another? Am I both at once? Before others a hypocrite and in my own eyes a pitiful, whimpering weakling? . .…
By: David Beavis on March 15, 2023
A Familiar Leadership Maxim It has been said that if you are a leader, but no one is following you, then you’re not a leader. You’re just going for a walk. This leadership maxim would align with the definition of leadership according to Peter G. Northouse in his book Leadership: Theory and Practice.[1] “Leadership…
By: Jenny Dooley on March 15, 2023
My missionary career began as a 23-year-old new wife and mother with a fresh university degree in hand. My dream to minister overseas came sooner than imagined. While excited to be heading to Jakarta, Indonesia, I lacked confidence that I was prepared for the work ahead. Nothing magically changed on the 36-hour journey between Seattle…
By: Greg McMullen on March 14, 2023
Intro Peter Northouse book on Leadership: Theory and Practice is an amazing book on Leadership. After reading this book my head is spinning and I feel as if there is many different ways one can lead. Comparing to the Spiritual Gifts in 1st Corinthians 12 we can come to the conclusion that the most important…
By: Cathy Glei on March 14, 2023
Using Food stamps, gathering government commodities and collecting pop cans for extra funds were just a few of the regular survival strategies in my family. I grew up in a low income family. However, I had two parents who loved God, were devoted to one another and loved their children. My dad, a highly intelligent…
By: Jonita Fair-Payton on March 14, 2023
At the beginning of my second semester at Berkeley, my friend and I were invited to attend a leadership training. We were newly selected leaders of a campus student organization that worked with high school students of color to assist with applying for admission into UC Berkeley and providing retention services after admissions. The training…
By: Kim Sanford on March 14, 2023
“A leader leads people from where they currently are to another place, which at first is unknown to them and can only be imagined.”[1] Moses. Hudson Taylor. Abraham Lincoln. Martin Luther King Jr. Every single one of you as you dream about graduation day in May 2025. What do all these leaders have in common? They…
By: Tim Clark on March 13, 2023
“The showman gives you front row to his heart. The showman prays his heartache will chart. Making a spectacle of falling apart is just the start of the show…” (from the song “The Showman” by U2). The congregation I serve includes actors, musicians, athletes, and other “known” people. Over the years that I’ve pastored here,…
By: John Fehlen on March 13, 2023
Our family is a “Lord of the Rings” family. Some families are more “Harry Potter.” No judgement from me, except that you are wrong, and we are right. There, I said it. Cancel me. When all the kids, and by “kids” I mean grown young adults, are home, and by “home” I mean the place…
By: Jennifer Vernam on March 13, 2023
Reading through Leading Out of Who You Are,[1] the behaviors of the “defended” leader (Staging, Power, and Control) made a lot of sense to me. As did the various shapes of ego which relate to our childhood experiences of trust. Learning about the types of egos, and how they impact our leadership practices set my…
