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Leadership coaching for executives in transition

Arrogant change agents: serving it up badly.

Becoming a Steward Leader: the book is released!

Pie Potluck: a tribute to strategic interim ministry

Art of Agreement: A simple decision making outline

Long-term generosity cultivation

The Muse: Is there a modern version of sabbath rest?

The Muse: Easter

Getting information right! A skill steward leaders need.

A steward leader is more than a servant leader

The steward leader who kneels

The Muse: Aretephobia Apathy Syndrome, a disease of the young

The Muse: A new prayer for dedicating a church spending plan

The Muse: A new prayer for dedicating a church building

Speaking about Money: reducing the tension (10th anniversary)

8 lessons learned from leiomyosarcoma: a spouse's list

Ensuring the success of interim ministry

Process consultation visits Louis L'amour

9 Conveyances of the Credentialed Christian Nonprofit Leader (CCNL)

2012 -- Our next steps as an organizational development firm

Confusion #4 infecting executives of nonprofit organizations

Confusion #3 infecting executives of nonprofit organizations

Confusion #2 infecting executives of nonprofit organizations

Confusion #1 infecting executives of nonprofit organizations

Nonprofit financial management: 4 confusions infecting executives

4 steps in generosity cultivation

Mary's song is a stewardship song

The release of Teaching a Christian view of money

Process Consultation: One Great Client!

Process Consulting: what we mean

Sloppy thinking and Steward Leaders - yes, still thinking about Jonah

Musings: A thanksgiving message from guest blogger Gary Moore

The Penn State Aftermath: Review nonprofit organization's practices

Lorie Vincent speaks on "fighting disease not death"

Here fishy, fishy! The prophet Jonah as organizational leader

Organizational Transformation: a key ministry challenge

Stewardism: Video of a recent lecture from Gary Moore

Organizational development consulting: we might turn you down.

A New Kind of Tribe: The Steward Leader

Musings: God's Own Party? Written by guest blogger Gary Moore

Loop de Loop de Loop: leading toward organizational wisdom

Yes, our organizational development firm got fired.

Stewardship Based Leadership

Musings from Psalm 70: Help! I have an enemy!

Goofy fundraising strikes again!

Steward Leaders are economic disciples of Jesus

"IT" begins with design

Long-lasting organizational consultants

Associational systems angst

Fighting Disease Not Death: 3 FAQ's

Lifelong learning: part of the steward leader's job description

Leadership succession with a twist on 1 Samuel 16

Musings: Chinese Christians have embarrassed me twice now.

Hope: a steward leader's great asset

The Steward Leader embraces transformation

Transformation and the Steward Leader

Investing in the New Normal: economic reflections from Matthew Thomas

Process Design, not Product Placement

Fighting Disease, Not Death is released!

Small (business) is beautiful

The Steward Leader Does Not Know Everything

Keeping the denominational connection. Yes, it includes funding.

Honey! We've discovered organizational clarity!

Small businesses for everything you can imagine

Musings: Being economic disciples of Jesus

The book launch is coming: Fighting Disease, Not Death

Musings: God's Secret Wisdom

Outsourcing: the complete Outcomes interview with Mark L. Vincent

Post-denominationalism: part deux

Musings: Is it the death of denominations?

Celebrating generational differences: a birthday reflection

Who gets to speak for God? Gender and Ministry

Threading three organizational leadership concepts together

The Resurrection Body: An Easter Meditation

Musings: Resurrection reflections -- more with less

Musings: Unfortunately Fortunate

Praying for God’s will: a reflection on the Lord’s Prayer

Long term leadership development: growing with other trees

M&A: organizational development done this way

Becoming a discernmentarian: a little more humility please

Committing yourself to agreement: becoming a discernmentarian

Musings: Keep moving or die

Letting new leaders lead: reflections on organizational leadership

"It" is the value proposition of our consulting firm

The ecumenical network of capital campaign consultants

A consulting firm objects to the RFP

The Beloved Son: A sermon from Matthew 3:13-17

Who exactly is supposed to repent? A sermon from Matthew 3:1-12

Blurring the lines of organizational communication

Musings: Fasting From Demagogues

Musings: The Top 10 Excuses Pastors Use to Leave the Office Early

Organizational Leadership: intricately dancing up the untraveled route

Musings: A ditty while doodling at mass

Musings: Too much spiritual junk food?

Outliers and medical justice: a response to Mr. Henninger

An ecumenical and Anabaptist prayer to close a 4th of July worship service

Musings: The thanks I give

Musings: I blew a call once

Musings: A toast at my son's wedding

Five strategic questions of non-profit organizational leadership

Musings: Inconspicuous Leadership

Process Design vs. Product Development

Musings: The problems of pain (apologies to C.S. Lewis)

Contentment: the fruit of renewal. A sermon on Philippians 4:10-23

Ministry Trek: leadership in the fourth generation

Musings: fundraising or raising funds?

The starting point for stewardship

A small rant in favor of small business

10 reasons people do not give to an offering (reprise)

The limits of organizational leadership

A mission project form letter (I am happy to offer this service)

Becoming an expert with one’s expertise: excellent organizational consulting

A fine, close shave: musings on personal productivity

Musings: A wee world view

Musings: A little more Mendel please

Maestro: A Theology for the Artist

Stewardism

Organizational development: leading a non-profit is not what it used to be

The Giving Project Still Gives: major stewardship lessons

Musings: Marriage doesn’t have to be this hard!

All types of people follow Jesus: a sermon from Mark 6:53-7:8

Musings: The problems of self-interested leaders

Musings: Horribly unthinking and public statements

A little history changes everything, or "I don't know as much as I used to"

The organizational consulting marketplace

Perception Distortion: depth perception for leaders

Trinitarian Descriptions and Guns in Church

Harvard Professors and Cambridge Policemen—leading in the moment

Musings: I am ashamed of the . . .gospel (cringe!)

The real competition: an organizational leadership perspective

Can we talk? Reflection on what gives rise to denominations.

Help! I'm being repressed!

Recessions are good for giving: a stewardship reflection

More nonaggressive than I used to be

Successful Succession: continuous organizational leadership

Celebrating a lady: 25 years with Lorie Vincent

Octomom: a leadership perspective

Musings: Gotcha Journalism

Vaccinated: leadership that benefits society

Musings: Stop that heartbeat!

Inter-cultural church culture

Judgment Calls: dealing with organizational leadership scenarios

A lesson in organizational leadership from visiting McDonald's