Interesting article about a recently departing chief executive at Campbell Soups. There are observations about how groups can fall into cultures that hinder or prevent progress in their stated missions. It also makes me wonder how chicken and sausage gumbo tastes.
What is the space of creativity? Turns out that it’s the Coffee Shop. In the 1600s people started drinking coffee and tea, which are stimulants, to purify their water instead of various forms of alcohol, a relaxant. Ideas ensued. Author Steven Johnson delivers a TED talk in which he speaks about the environments which cultivate …
Will Mancini adapts six key leadership tasks for pastors who make a difference from a chapter of Peter Drucker’s book Management. In avoiding the usual reactions against bringing management theory to bear on a pastor’s workload (praying, preaching, discipling), I think these can be read as perspectives that can be brought to bear on the …
Dan Rockwell’s blog is pretty helpful. 15 Ways to spot humility or arrogance: Arrogant people tell others what they want to hear because it advances their own agenda. Humble people serve higher purposes – not themselves. They do and say what’s best for others. Humble leaders put organizational success before their own. Don’t trust leaders …
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