Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’

Building The Next Generation vs Building A Monument

Ryan | July 6th, 2010 | 1 Comment »

2 Samuel 18:18, “During his lifetime Absalom had taken a pillar and erected it in the King’s Valley as a monument to himself, for he thought, “I have no son to carry on the memory of my name.” He named the pillar after himself, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.” 
No matter who you are, how famous or powerful, one day somebody will replace you. One day it will be over. One day someone else will be doing what you are doing. One day you will be replaced. Whether you have an exit strategy or not, you will ultimately exit. And on that day, everything you’ve done, everything you’ve dreamed, and everything you’ve built will be placed in someone else’s hands. You have two choices:
1.You can desperately hold on to your job (role) until someone inevitably replaces you; or
2.You can prepare someone to do what you do and

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Speed Up Or Move To The Side

Ryan | July 5th, 2010 | 2 Comments »

I love driving. Here are some of the reasons why: 
-I can relax and listen to at least one preaching a day from some of my favorite preachers
-I can choose the route to take especially during rush hour
-I don’t have to wait long hours for a train, fx, or taxi (jeep, tricycle, pedicab, boat, etc) 
-I can come early to my meetings 
  
Some of the things i don’t like about driving:   
-Occasional Heavy Traffic
-Reckless drivers
and finally..
-Drivers of slow vehicles (expressway) who stays in the fast lane
Instead of moving to the side to give way to other fast moving vehicles they would insist on staying in the fast lane. As a result: they slow down other motorist who can travel faster to their destination. As i think about that, We can do that as leaders to the people we’re leading.
We can slow down emerging leaders if we don’t speed up or move to the

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What Breaks Trust?

Ryan | August 8th, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Trust is very important in any kind of relationship. Without trust, relationship will cease to exist. One thing we need to be reminded of: “Relationships are built on trust not love.”
Got This Great Blog about trust From Pastor Paolo Punzalan. Read On..
“As a leader, trust is the primary currency you and I have.
People can follow because of titles.  They can follow because of incentives.  Others will follow because they might get fired.  Some will follow because of your position.  But people love to follow people they trust. Daniel was trustworthy.  People falsely accused him and did their best to discredit him yet they couldn’t. Daniel 6:4 says that “he was trustworthy… neither corrupt nor negligent.”
2 Things that break trust:
1. Saying one thing and doing another. Corruption in not just about taking someone’s wealth.  The dictionary defines it as someone who is dishonest, unprincipled and crooked. When we say one thing,

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