{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Stephen Braunius","home_page_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","feed_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","description":"<p>Seek | Do | Share</p><p>I have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. This is where I share what I’m learning.</p>","icon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","favicon":"/media/production/images/item-03dca25ffbbc24c77ac4bc2c4d97c965.png","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"language":"en-us","items":[{"id":"nCXgPO9WeDi","title":"Hard-fought leadership lessons – Bill Hybels","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/hard-fought-leadership-lessons-bill-hybels/","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius"}],"content_html":"<p>2014-08-14 9:35 AM</p>\n<h2><strong>“All leadership is intensely spiritual”</strong></h2>\n<ul>\n<li>leadership impacts the spirit of those around us</li>\n<li>leaderships are visionaries to see the future before others see it</li>\n<li>we paint pictures that show the future</li>\n<li>“leaders with the highest level of vision and passion often have the lowest awareness of the spirit of the team” - watch out for feeling that people on the team are expendable because they don’t care enough</li>\n<li>people on the team can sense when the leader doesn’t feel they care or that they are only appreciated for their work and not for who they are</li>\n<li>people are more important than the vision</li>\n<li>“Don’t make your people pay because you are so addicted to the vision”</li>\n<li>5 Key Commitments from Willow to turn culture around</li>\n<li>use an outside objective firm (The Best Christian Workplace)</li>\n<li>for the leader and executive team to own the change - “your culture will only be as healthy as the senior leader wants it to be”</li>\n<li>get serious about training anyone who manages people - “People join organizations. People leave managers”</li>\n<li>raise the level of candor in the twice-a-year performance reviews - every worker wants feedback on how they are doing</li>\n<li>“The kindest form of managment is the truth.” Jack Welch</li>\n<li>3 Words for performance review feedback: Start, Stop, Continue</li>\n<li>3 M’s for Meetings: - Clarify what will <strong>Move</strong> ahead</li>\n<li><strong>Modify</strong> the plan for what isn’t progressing</li>\n<li><strong>Motivate</strong> people before the meeting ends (so they will levitate out of meeting)</li>\n<li>Ruthless commitment to resolve relational conflict - conflict is an opportunity to strengthen relationships</li>\n<li>deeper levels of trust when moving through the conflict</li>\n<li>Book “Reconcile”</li>\n<li>Only 54% of employees in Christian organizations are engaged in their work (30% in corporate world)</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>“Great leadership is by definition relentlessly developmental</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>5 ways to develop emerging leaders (Bob Eidinger) - put in high challenge roles</li>\n<li>short term task force - success or failure must be possible</li>\n<li>full charge</li>\n<li>variety of people</li>\n<li>real pressures and deadline</li>\n<li>be evaluated by senior leader (resourcefulness is the key)</li>\n<li>real time feedback</li>\n<li>coaching and mentoring</li>\n<li>classroom courses and seminars</li>\n<li>Give young leaders a chance to lead</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>“Finding and developing leaders with a legacy mindset”</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 types of workers - Hireling Type: only doing the work but doesn’t care about the organization – long-term - personal ambition</li>\n<li>personal advancement</li>\n<li>Great organizations can’t be built by staff who are hireling types</li>\n<li>Owner Types: actually care about the sheep - Legacy leaders will stay through tough times</li>\n<li>Legacy leaders work for the long vision</li>\n<li>We each only get one chance at this life (2 choices)</li>\n<li>live and lead small, safe, selfishly (easy to drift into this type of life)</li>\n<li>live into the grand vision God has created for us</li>\n<li>“Have you given any real thought to what your legacy will be or what you will leave behind that is beautiful?”</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Legacy leaders must develop endurance strategies</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>James 1:12</li>\n<li>“The grandeur the vision the greater the price tag”</li>\n<li>“It’s hard to hear God at mach 2”</li>\n<li>Solitude allows you to hear God</li>\n<li>Feel exhausted and discouraged? Humble yourself and call for help! God can make a way when there is no way. Ask Him. Psalm 34:18 “He rescues those who are crushed in spirit”</li>\n</ul><p><em>Categories: Leadership · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org</em></p>","content_text":"2014-08-14 9:35 AM\n\n“All leadership is intensely spiritual”\n\nleadership impacts the spirit of those around us\n\nleaderships are visionaries to see the future before others see it\n\nwe paint pictures that show the future\n\n“leaders with the highest level of vision and passion often have the lowest awareness of the spirit of the team” - watch out for feeling that people on the team are expendable because they don’t care enough\n\npeople on the team can sense when the leader doesn’t feel they care or that they are only appreciated for their work and not for who they are\n\npeople are more important than the vision\n\n“Don’t make your people pay because you are so addicted to the vision”\n\n5 Key Commitments from Willow to turn culture around\n\nuse an outside objective firm (The Best Christian Workplace)\n\nfor the leader and executive team to own the change - “your culture will only be as healthy as the senior leader wants it to be”\n\nget serious about training anyone who manages people - “People join organizations. People leave managers”\n\nraise the level of candor in the twice-a-year performance reviews - every worker wants feedback on how they are doing\n\n“The kindest form of managment is the truth.” Jack Welch\n\n3 Words for performance review feedback: Start, Stop, Continue\n\n3 M’s for Meetings: - Clarify what will Move ahead\n\nModify the plan for what isn’t progressing\n\nMotivate people before the meeting ends (so they will levitate out of meeting)\n\nRuthless commitment to resolve relational conflict - conflict is an opportunity to strengthen relationships\n\ndeeper levels of trust when moving through the conflict\n\nBook “Reconcile”\n\nOnly 54% of employees in Christian organizations are engaged in their work (30% in corporate world)\n\n“Great leadership is by definition relentlessly developmental\n\n5 ways to develop emerging leaders (Bob Eidinger) - put in high challenge roles\n\nshort term task force - success or failure must be possible\n\nfull charge\n\nvariety of people\n\nreal pressures and deadline\n\nbe evaluated by senior leader (resourcefulness is the key)\n\nreal time feedback\n\ncoaching and mentoring\n\nclassroom courses and seminars\n\nGive young leaders a chance to lead\n\n“Finding and developing leaders with a legacy mindset”\n\n2 types of workers - Hireling Type: only doing the work but doesn’t care about the organization – long-term - personal ambition\n\npersonal advancement\n\nGreat organizations can’t be built by staff who are hireling types\n\nOwner Types: actually care about the sheep - Legacy leaders will stay through tough times\n\nLegacy leaders work for the long vision\n\nWe each only get one chance at this life (2 choices)\n\nlive and lead small, safe, selfishly (easy to drift into this type of life)\n\nlive into the grand vision God has created for us\n\n“Have you given any real thought to what your legacy will be or what you will leave behind that is beautiful?”\n\nLegacy leaders must develop endurance strategies\n\nJames 1:12\n\n“The grandeur the vision the greater the price tag”\n\n“It’s hard to hear God at mach 2”\n\nSolitude allows you to hear God\n\nFeel exhausted and discouraged? Humble yourself and call for help! God can make a way when there is no way. Ask Him. Psalm 34:18 “He rescues those who are crushed in spirit”\n\nCategories: Leadership · Originally published on stephen.braunius.org","date_published":"2014-08-14T16:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-10-28T20:31:59.251Z","_microfeed":{"slug":"hard-fought-leadership-lessons-bill-hybels","authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"web_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/hard-fought-leadership-lessons-bill-hybels/","json_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/nCXgPO9WeDi/json/","rss_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/i/nCXgPO9WeDi/rss/","guid":"http://stephen.braunius.org/hard-fought-leadership-lessons-bill-hybels/","status":"published","date_published_short":"Thu Aug 14 2014","date_published_ms":1408032000000}}],"_microfeed":{"publisher":{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org"},"authors":[{"name":"Stephen Braunius","type":"Person"}],"microfeed_version":"1.0.13","base_url":"https://stephen.braunius.org","categories":[],"subscribe_methods":[{"name":"RSS","type":"rss","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/rss/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/rss.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"3ruTYsoZVaf"},{"name":"JSON","type":"json","url":"https://stephen.braunius.org/json/","image":"https://stephen.braunius.org/assets/brands/subscribe/json.png","enabled":true,"editable":false,"id":"5nhVQKje4_K"}],"description_text":"Seek | Do | Share\nI have always loved to learn new things and put that knowledge to use. 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