Work can reward much, but it also requires much. We are made to work, but work can be altogether frustrating.
Twelve days ago, I started a series of posts I called the 12 “Leadership” Days of Christmas. In it I said that for each of the next 12 days, in keeping with the song, I would offer you a leadership assignment, designed to be a gift to both you and...
In the song 12 Days of Christmas, on the second day, the gift is two turtle doves. This is likely familiar to you. In the 12 “Leadership” Days of Christmas, the second day’s gift is the gift of improvement.
Accountability is a desired trait for any ministry or business. If you’re running a business or any ministry, expect your staff, team, volunteers, members, boards, and employees, to desire it. Why is accountability such an important leadership principle?
Since asking questions is essential in discovering answers and by them growing ourselves and our ministry or business, I looked to Lakeisha Ethans for her article on the Eleven Reasons Why It’s Important to Ask Questions and found it very helpful. Maybe you will too.
The 12 Days of Christmas song says that on the 5th day, the gift is five golden rings. Few things in our culture today have a more significant symbolic meaning than the golden ring as a symbol of marriage. A successful marriage requires effort to align the goals of both...
When I thought about “six geese a-laying,” in the context of today’s post, I envisioned something like the image to the left. Six geese, sitting on their eggs, patiently doing what they need to do to nurture their eggs. In the end, that isn’t entirely different from people sitting in a...
I’m not a swan expert, but if I watch them, I don’t see them worrying about other swans (unless a mother with her young). Swans usually swim by themselves, on their own – focused on their surroundings and needs. Given that observation, they aren’t a good model for our assignment today.
I’ve tried so far to connect the day’s assignment/gift to the 12 Days of Christmas song – since I don’t have a close linkage between 8 maids a-milking and thinking about our “Customers,” I’ll do the best I can.
The ninth day in the lyrics of the longest-song-ever-except-Stairway-to-Heaven focuses on 9 ladies dancing.
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