Category: VST
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God the Negotiator
Negotiation was the focus for one of the VST Studio sessions dealing with essential skills for leaders. The text was the famous passage in Genesis 18:20-33 where Abraham negotiates with God. The initial position is that God will not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah if Abraham can find 50 righteous people within the city. By the…
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Weak and Safe Stories
The power of stories to shape our lives is known but seldom attended to until we are off the rails and wonder how we got that way. Who wrote the story that we live? Sometimes I wonder just how complicated are those basic narratives or whether the plot lines actually sprout from dead simple mottos…
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Reframing the Day: Tuning Out to Tune In
Most of us have a lot going on in our day. My wife, a congregational minister, usually leaves home a little after 8am and is not back until after 6 pm, later if there is a meeting of the Board or some other group. Even me – for the next couple of months I shall…
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The Trouble with Self Awareness
The trouble with self-awareness is that we aren’t aware that we don’t have it! Self awareness remains one of the key components of effective, excellent leadership. Since leaders deal in relationships all the dynamics applying to good relationships apply to leadership. At least three energy loci – for lack of a better word – operate…
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What’s the big deal about leadership? How hard can it be?
No one ever says it out loud but sometimes the question hovers. What really makes leadership such a challenge in these times? I have been making a list. This is what I have so far. Clarity Whether people choose to use the Ron Heifeitz language of adaptive challenge or not, the key observation remains that…