Here is the first 5 for Leadership for 2014. This week we will concentrate on posts that will aid you in looking ahead to improving your leadership for the coming year.
2014 Leadership Trends Here is a glimpse into the new year of leadership development from the Center for Creative Leadership. “What’s on the horizon for leadership development in 2014? Here, we touch on a few trends we’ve been exploring and investing in at CCL. As you think about the coming year, pick one or two topics to pursue for yourself — or your team or organization. We’ve included a list of books and free white papers at the end.”
Questions That Make A Difference ”As one year comes to close and another begins, we are drawn to making new plans, setting new goals, and assessing whether we have made a difference. For many of us, that assessment begins with questioning everything that we have done, everything we are about to do, and everything we might do.” Lolly Daskal gives us 9 great questions to get the new year off and running.
8 Life and Leadership Lessons from Arianna Huffington This is an older post from this past September. But it provides some timely principles as you consider what you want your leadership to look like in 2014. “We need to become wiser about what/who we let rule our lives and take charge of our own success. But before we do, we need to make sure we have our own very clear definition of what “success” truly is.”
The Millennial Man This article is from Leadership Journal and offers up Rick Dunn’s thoughts on how to lead and engage Millennials in ministry. This is written in an interview format and is quite good. “To be effective with emerging adults, pastors need to think of ministry as work with, not work at or work for. This generation is deeply drawn to places of passion and authenticity. They want to be part of something that’s meaningful, that is more than what they experience in other places.” All leaders need to pay attention to next generations as we lead effectively.
What I Wish I’d Known: Reflections On Nearly 40 Years of Pastoral Ministry This is a great post by Sam Storms that gives us 10 lessons Sam wishes he had known when he first began as a pastor. There are some gems here for any leader in ministry. These will help you assess where you are and where you want to grow in the coming year.
There are the 5 for this week. I hope each of these posts will help you be a more effective, learning leader in 2014.
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