2. Voice the Vision Inspire a shared vision and mission and communicate it regularly and consistently I am a firm believer in measuring and accountability. Isn’t it true that if we don’t know where we’re going we won’t know when and if we get there? I learned a lot from Jim Collins monograph “Good to [...]

3. Equip One Another Foster a culture of leader equipping and replication VBS is a little less than two weeks away here in Tonawanda. You can tell because VBS volunteers are in the building more than ever, supplies are stacking up, daily tallies of registrations are being shared, excitement is brewing. I love it. Except… [...]

4. Spur One Another Challenge others to develop as servant leaders 29 WAYS TO STAY CREATIVE from TO-FU on Vimeo. Some people think they aren’t creative. Turns out everyone is. So God created man in his own image,    in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. – Genesis [...]

Read a great post today by Tim Stevens called “Your Boss Needs You to Be…”. He lists twelve things your boss (no matter where you work) needs you to be. It’s a helpful list. Some of them that stood out for me: Your Boss Needs You to Be: A Straight-Talker: don’t engage in triangle conversations [...]

KINDLE Strand: Leadership of Leaders KINDLE servant leaders are maturing as they implement effective leadership development approaches in their ministry and equip other servant leaders to the same. ___________________________________________ I read this blog post by Tim Stevens called “Managing Subordinates”. I had to get past the title because there’s something about the word “subordinates” that [...]

  Zanmi (sounds like “zombie” without the “b”) is my six month old Havanese puppy. “Zanmi” means “friend” in Creole–and it is the perfect name for him. I am learning a lot about leadership from trying to be a good master to Zanmi. Today’s leadership lesson from Zanmi is “All Leaders Are Not Alike” When [...]

KINDLE Strand: Leadership of Leaders KINDLE Practice: 5. Encourage One Another Celebrate and recognize accomplishments that help achieve the vision and mission. I totally get that part of leading leaders is encouraging them: watching for the things they do that demonstrate excellence or clearly contribute to mission and telling them how great they are. This [...]

The blog will often have posts that are related to the KINDLE Strands and Practices. These are four strands and 20 practices (five practices in each strand) that help develop Servant Leader Skills. To see a current copy, click here: SPO-Version02. But don’t get too attached—they’re under revision! We’ll share the new set as soon [...]