Nov 3, 2015 | Church Ministry, Leadership
The arrogance of making experience into a theology that trumps Scripture is exceeded only by the arrogance of making lack of experience into a theology that trumps Scripture. In Irvine Welsh’s dark Scottish novel Trainspotting, a bum living in an abandoned train...
Oct 23, 2015 | Book, Business Leadership, Leadership
Excerpt from RELAUNCH: HOW TO STAGE AN ORGANIZATIONAL COMEBACK by Dr. Mark Rutland The late quality expert Philip Crosby offered a definition that changed everything for me. “Quality,” he said, “is meeting expectations.” That hit me like a hydrogen bomb. If quality is...
Sep 13, 2015 | Church Ministry, Leadership
When I designed the Mission-Function Vertical Axis, I was seeking for a way to demonstrate visually the connection between the “lowest” function in an organization and the mission that presides at the top. I have been delighted through the last few years...
Sep 6, 2015 | Church Ministry, Leadership
For use in teaching at the National Institute of Christian Leadership, I designed a model called the Mission-Function Vertical Axis. Many NICL attendees have expressed how important that teaching became to them. Here in The Leader’s Notebook, I will not give an...
