Here is another excerpt from Overcoming the Dark Side of Leadership by Gary L. McIntosh and Samuel D. Rima. In this brief portion of chapter one, "Blinded by the Dark Side," the authors provide an overview of what they mean by "the dark side of leadership." The dark side, though sounding quite sinister, is actually a natural …
Key Assumptions on the Dark Side of Leadership
As part of my ongoing reflections on pastoral ministry, ministry in the North American evangelical church, and questions of ministry integrity (see my posts "Real Discipleship in a Consumer Church," "Five Themes of Resilient Ministry," and "Recovering Holiness"), I pulled a book off the shelf that I read over ten years ago entitled Overcoming the Dark Side …
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A Leader’s Greatest Fear
This past Tuesday at our staff meeting at Eastbrook Church we watched an outstanding message on leadership drawn from the book of Esther by John Ortberg, Senior Pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. Ortberg's message explores what he calls the leader's shadow mission, or what others have called the dark side of leadership. I believe …
Oscar Muriu on Viral Leadership
This week, our Leadership Team at Eastbrook viewed an inspiring and informative message by Oscar Muriu, Senior Pastor at Nairobi Chapel (Nairobi, Kenya). The message was entitled "Viral Leadership: Multiplying Impact Exponentially" and was given in August 2013 at the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit. In this message, Muriu shares his five convictions about leadership development: The …
Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders Today by Mac Lake
Here are my notes from a pre-conference session at the Exponential 2014 conference given by Mac Lake on leadership development. It was a great session for me personally, and I shared it at the Leadership Forum on May 5 at Eastbrook Church. Six keys to developing tomorrow’ leaders: 1. Look for willingness rather than readiness Develop, but …
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