Hire People With Strong Personal Values
A major difference between personal and organizational values is that organizational values should speak for the diversity of the employees of the organization while also focusing on the objectives and…
The Church Needs Leadership
Leadership is first and foremost a spiritual endeavor. Though the field of study of leadership is only a century old, the concept of leadership is rooted in the personhood of…
Don’t Be a Pseudoleader
For over a hundred years, leadership theories have been diverse and wide ranging in their perspective, approach, and understanding of what leadership is. One thing that has been constant is…
Call to Interdependence for the West
In the Old Testament, Yahweh set out to make his name known to the entire world by establishing a people group he would call his own. This required structure and…
Is Leadership Without Change Really Leadership?
Leadership is synonymous with change, because one of the most important aspects of leadership is change. (McCabe, 2008, p. 32) It is the leader who is at the center of…
Why Leadership Doesn’t Change the World
Over the last century of studying leadership, a myriad of definitions have surfaced, all having variations that range from subtle detail differences to opposing perspectives all together. Scholars and practitioners…
Biblical Values in Various Cultures
Values are directly connected to an individual’s beliefs about what is important in life (Hultman, 2001) and the desire to meet the basic needs of physiological, safety, social, esteem and…
Value of Theoretical Development of Leadership
A theory in a given field of study is “an idea that is intended to explain facts or events”. (Merriam-Webster, 2004) By nature, theories are presented as possibly true but…
Organizations Need Values…To Survive
According to Rokeach (1973), values are enduring beliefs “that a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of…
Your Future Is Found In Your Values
The future of any individual, or organization, can be determined and understood by the recognition and acknowledgement of the values held by an individual or organization. Values are the social…