From Christianity Today By Lee Eclov When I accepted the call to the church I now serve, I knew things had been bad. I knew things were still bad. But I never reckoned how bad it would feel. None of the six elders who had called me to this position three months before...
By David Brubaker Nearly every congregation has a hushed story about one. That “awful meeting” in which participants said terrible things, relationships were shattered, and permanent scars resulted. In their 1999 study of “Breakaway Organizations,” Dyck and Stark...
By Danielle Shroyer I’ve been interested in the work and writings of Margaret Wheatley for many years now. I just read her book, with Deborah Frieze, Walk Out Walk On: A Learning Journey Into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now. They used the title “Walk Out,...
From U.S. News By Laura McMullen What’s more frustrating than speaking without being heard? We’ve all been there: confiding in a friend as she paws at her phone; pitching an idea to a co-worker as he interrupts with his own; telling your mom about your day...
From Center For Creative Leadership Change is inherently stressful. But it doesn’t have to be negative. Each new workplace change — new technology, new co-worker, new job responsibilities — requires you to invest time, effort and energy into adapting. Sometimes, it’s...
