Leadership & Ministry Lessons from a World War One German Officer (Part 5)
When you lead people into battle, there are going to be times of intense stress and anxiety. One of the things Captain Von Schell was good at was finding ways to put his soldiers at ease when their lives were on the line, “I noticed that my men were uneasy; they were now waiting for […]
Leadership & Ministry Lessons from a World War One German Officer (Part 4)
People want to follow a leader who has made a name for himself. Captain Von Schell talks about how much of a moral booster it was to his troops when they knew they were following the orders of a famous leader. “[The experienced soldiers] said, ‘We are fighting now under Hindenburg who has already beaten […]
Leadership & Ministry Lessons from a World War One German Officer (Part 3)
Leadership requires making decisions without all the information. Combat leadership prior to the advent of satellites and advances in communication technology meant that decisions had to be made without all the relevant information. Even with all the advances in technology that is still true in war and it is true in ministry. You may think […]
Leadership & Ministry Lessons from a World War One German Officer (Part 2)
As Eric mentioned in the previous post’s comments, this has a lot to do not only with leadership but also with discipleship. How do you get people from pew to carrying crosses? Here is a quote from Von Schell that offers a solution, “The men, although well trained and of a high morale, were inexperienced […]
Leadership & Ministry Lessons from a World War One German Officer (Part 1)
My brother recently pointed me to a book by Captain Adolf Von Schell called “Battle Leadership“. Based on the forward it looks like recommended reading in the United States Marine Corp. Schell fought for the German army in WWI and shares his insights on the psychology of war, combat readiness, and leadership. There are a […]
Book Giveaway – Spiritual Leadership by Henry & Richard Blackaby
This blog has been going for six years and is going to hit 1 million pageviews sometime in the next couple months. I cannot tell you how appreciative I am of that and how appreciative I am for each and every person who has visited, commented, contributed, and been impacted by what has happened here. […]
Steve Jobs’ Quotes on Innovation and Design That Are Helpful Perspective in Leadership and Ministry
Here are some selected quotes from from Steve Jobs (thanks to BrainyQuote.com) that I think are helpful to people in leadership positions and in ministry. Steve Jobs knew how to lead, innovate, and do things with an exceptional level of quality. Too often in ministry we do things to get them done rather than only […]
Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership by Ruth Haley Barton
I have been reading Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership and wanted to recommend it to any of you who are in ministry or church leadership of any sort. This is one of those books you feel like is speaking right to you. Just about every page has something I want to try to remember. […]
Something Deeper Than “Know How”
Do you ever read something and feel like the author is talking right to you? I think this quote does a great job of telling me something that I really needed to hear. Maybe it will do the same for you, “Many of us have reached a place where we have acquired a lot of […]
Sunset’s School of Leadership Development
Jerry Starling posted a while ago about Sunset’s new venture in Leadership Development training. The reason I bring this up is that there is a large barrier that most congregations have when it comes to equipping leaders – many of the programs that do so are inaccessible due to geography, finances, time, etc. So if […]