Dan Rockwell reflects on this quote from the late George H.W. Bush: “I think history will point out some of the things I did wrong and perhaps some of the things we did right.” He notes that some who refer to the quote overlook Bush’s use of the pronouns ‘I’ and ‘We’, so even misquoting …
It was mostly this quote from Peter Drucker that pulled me up: “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” Dan Rockwell always value adds though and points out some helpful ways of identifying what the problem actually is, so that you can then invest time and …
Dan Rockwell provides some helpful insight about the qualities of leaders and managers. Pastoral ministry isn’t either of these, but it does involve aspects of each. An observation in general is that those who carry out management roles well can often find themselves in leadership roles without having the needed skills to do that role …
As someone who is not naturally positive a brief post in which Dan Rockwell gave his take-aways from someone called Jon Gordon was very constructive. One of the points I need to model better and cultivate among our leadership is: Choose to address negative issues with a positive attitude. Adopt the no complaining rule. Point …
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