As I reflect on my emergence as a leader over many years, I can discern a personal Time-Line that has progressed through various developmental phases which has given me perspective and the ability to see my present situation at any time in terms of my whole lifetime. In addition it has given me a sense of God given purpose which has guided me when making strategic career decisions along the way.
This has led me to believe that leaders are always emerging over a lifetime. Studies reveal that our most productive decades may be found in our fifties, sixties and seventies. This of itself does not guarantee that leaders …
Policemen in a certain town were called to a house where people were found to be stealing possessions from that house. Surprisingly, the policemen stayed on the footpath outside of the house and began to sing about the authority that had been given to them to arrest lawbreakers. As they declared their authority to one another, the robbers completed the task at hand of robbing the house of all its possessions and departed the scene.
In preparation for a new year, I spent a recent December on a retreat at home to get perspective from the Lord for the coming year.