Every organisation already has a culture. The question isn’t whether you have one — it’s whether you shaped it on purpose. And that starts somewhere most leaders never look.
Category: culture
Leave No Trace: How Japan’s football fans are leaving a trace we all need
“Japanese football fans brought bin bags to the World Cup. They were trying to leave no trace. Instead, they left the most significant trace of all.”
The Language of a Leader: What Your Words Reveal About Where You’re Going
“Before you look at your strategy, look at your language. What your team says on a Tuesday morning is more diagnostic than any values document you’ve ever written.”
The Disruption of Community
“We live in the most connected generation in history and one of the loneliest. The gospel has something to say about that.”
What Got Us Here Will Get Us There
You’ve heard it said: What got you here won’t get you there. It’s one of those phrases that gets repeated in leadership circles until it loses its edges. And there’s truth in it. There are […]
Why “Fake It ‘Til You Make It” Is Not a Sustainable Leadership Strategy
“The business world told us to build the brand first and figure out the substance later. That strategy has quietly crept into church leadership — and it is costing us more than we realise.”
How to be Happy
Harvard confirms what the Bible already knows. Everyone wants to be happy. That’s not controversial. The question isn’t whether we want it — it’s whether we know how to find it. Arthur C. Brooks is […]
Here Comes the Team Again part 6
Sent, Not Self-Sent Paul was sent, he didn’t commission himself. That’s worth sitting with for a moment, because it challenges an image many of us carry without realising it — Paul the maverick, the lone […]
Here Comes the Team Again part 5
The Women on Paul’s Team Open Romans 16 and start counting. Of the twenty-six-plus individuals Paul greets by name, at least nine are women. Not wives mentioned in passing. Not silent supporters. Women Paul names […]
Here Comes the Team Again part 4
When Teams Break If apostolic teams were only ever a story of triumph, we’d have reason to be suspicious. The New Testament is too honest for that. The previous posts in this series have painted […]
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