The Leadership Element in Management

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Tom Atema

Recently I was doing a Q & A session with a wonderful ministry in South Africa called Living Hope. There were a number of great questions, but one in particular seemed to start a longer discussion. It had been awhile since I had heard this question, but it is a question that needs to be [...]

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Your Life Is A Process

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Tom Atema

I work in ministry and thought my life was set at an early age. This is until I realized something that changed my life. It changed my point-of-view about “certainty“, “destiny” and “journey.” Looking back on my life, the word “process” was not even in my vocabulary. Of course, it certainly is now. In fact, I [...]

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Realizing Talent: The Goldmine of Intelligence

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Tom Atema

Here is the BIG question: Why do we spend endless time, effort, and energy recruiting, training, coaching, mentoring, managing, and ultimately paying our employees and then refuse to use their advice? A Case in Point When Colin Powell first took over as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1989, he inherited a structure [...]

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Articles of Faith: The Number One Trait of a Leader Today!

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Tom Atema

—————————————————————————– This post is part of our Sunday Series titled “Articles of Faith.” We investigate leadership lessons from the Bible. See the whole series here. Published only on Sundays. —————————————————————————– You and I, we live in disruptive times. But not unprecedented times! For even back in Jeremiah’s day they asked the same questions as we do [...]

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Articles of Faith: Leaders Take Responsibility

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Tom Atema

—————————————————————————– This post is part of our Sunday Series titled “Articles of Faith.” We investigate leadership lessons from the Bible. See the whole series here. Published only on Sundays. —————————————————————————– Everyone is a leader… No matter if you are a one day-old or 121-years young, you have influence over someone else. So everyone is in [...]

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