Ron Edmondson writes about the need for leaders entering a new situation to have the skill set to learn the unwritten rules; the unstated (and generally unconscious) culture that a leader seeking to cultivate growth will encounter. Leaders who don’t develop the skill of learning these unwritten rules will constantly feel blind-sided as their attempts …

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This self-diagnostic question from Dan Rockwell interested me: “If we were replaced tomorrow, what would the new team do?” I read it as: If you can identify what a successor would have to do, then why aren’t you attempting to do it? There’s nine more questions at this post at Leadership Freak.

Eric Geiger points out that those who lead should examine themselves and their leadership regularly. He offers six questions that aid this self-examination. “Leaders are merely stewards. We don’t own the people, the ministry, or the organization we lead. We merely steward the opportunity for a season. Someone will come along after us. Because our …

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