Posts Tagged ‘ leadership ’

Sep
19/
09

It's not about a contest.

by Michael Buckingham

Rick Warren quoted this today:

Proverbs 31:8 (New International Version)

8 “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.

Which is ironically what I was doing with my open letter to Rick Warren. I…

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Feb
03/
09

Student vs. Critic

by Michael Buckingham

I’m going to bring some of this to my session at NRB (Escape from Planet Mundane: Flashing Beyond the Haze of Mediocre Media) as we talk about how to break through mediocrity. One of those is how to look beyond yourself…

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Aug
26/
08

Cows Have Innate Sense of Direction

by Michael Buckingham
Cows Have Innate Sense of Direction

Fox news is reporting that cattle seem to know how to find north and south and have an innate sense of direction. Of course I didn’t know that when I first decided on the name Holy Cow…but I’ll take it. I…

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Aug
09/
08

Kem Meyer’s Leadership Summit take-aways

by Michael Buckingham
Kem Meyer’s Leadership Summit take-aways

If you were like me and not able to make it out to Willow Creeks Leadership Summit this year, Kem has her 10 take-aways from the conference. Here are some highlights that caught my attention:

    2. God, please rescue me from all…

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Jul
29/
08

If this is you…stop it.

by Michael Buckingham

This video is SO funny…until it happens to you. Pastors, please lend me your ear. Be a pastor, be a leader…and realize that part of being a leader is letting those you have put in place use the ability God…

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Jun
30/
08

Submit + Recognize

by Michael Buckingham

Can I be honest? Sometimes I skip the last part of the last chapter…the closing remarks…normally, at best, I tend to breeze through them.

Not a good practice.

That was proven today as I didn’t skip the last portion of 1 Corinthians.

You…

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Dec
18/
07

I am an armor-bearer

by Michael Buckingham

And his armor-bearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Do as you wish. Behold, I am with you heart and soul.” 1 Samuel 14:7

I am an armor-bearer. The work that we do, I view as tools,…

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