Though this article is about leadership in an academic setting at a college or university, the principles can be generalized: 1. Listening. 2. Inclusiveness. 3. Delegation. 4. Sincerity. 5. Decisiveness. 6. Accountability. 7. Optimism. 8. Realism. 9. Frankness. 10. Self-Effacement. 11. Collegiality. 12. Honesty. 13. Trustworthiness. 14. Morality. In a sentence, a good leader gets under others to lift them up, not over them to enjoy ego gratification. Here's a related article on developing leadership potential. … [Read more...] about What Makes a Good Leader?
Archives for February 2013
Howard Hendricks (1924-2013)
Denny Burk offers a great testimony to the life and legacy of Dr. Howard Hendricks, professor at Dallas Theological Seminary for over 60 years. Hendricks was a masterful, passionate teacher, and a remarkable mentor to many. … [Read more...] about Howard Hendricks (1924-2013)
John Piper – Future Grace – Revised Edition
Last year Multnomah released a revised edition of Future Grace. In the Preface, Piper writes: Since publishing the first edition of Future Grace in 1995, I have walked through extended controversies surrounding the nature, ground, and instrument of justification. These controversies have sharpened my own grasp of what the Bible teaches. Some of that sharpening is captured in Counted Righteous in Christ: Should We Abandon the Imputation of Christ's Righteousness (Crossway, 2002), The Future of Justification: A Response to N.T. Wright (Crossway, 2007), and Finally Alive: What Happens When We … [Read more...] about John Piper – Future Grace – Revised Edition
It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk
Sad article in the NY Times on the problem of degree inflation in a down market: Employers have the luxury of being choosy, and can require that secretaries, file clerks, even $10/hour workers, have college degrees. The unemployment rate for workers with a bachelor's degree is only 3.7%, whereas for workers with only a high school diploma, it's 8.1%. It seems the college degree is becoming the new high school diploma: Consider the 45-person law firm of Busch, Slipakoff & Schuh here in Atlanta, a place that has seen tremendous growth in the college-educated population. Like other … [Read more...] about It Takes a B.A. to Find a Job as a File Clerk
Mohler on The Intolerance of Tolerance
Dr. Albert Mohler interviews Dr. D.A. Carson on his book, The Intolerance of Tolerance (which I've mentioned before). You can read the transcript or listen to (or download) the podcast. … [Read more...] about Mohler on The Intolerance of Tolerance
Dr. Ben Carson on Rejecting Darwinian Evolution
Yes, the same Ben Carson who recently delivered a message at the National Prayer Breakfast. In this 10-minute interview with David Boze, he explains why he rejects Darwinian evolution. An excerpt: I think one of the most damning pieces of evidence against evolution is the human genome. You can see that you have very complex, sophisticated coding mechanisms for different amino acids, and various sequences that give you millions of different genetic instructions — very much like computer programming, which uses a series of zeros and ones in different sequences, but gives you very specific … [Read more...] about Dr. Ben Carson on Rejecting Darwinian Evolution