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On Faith & Work

TheHighCalling.org seeks to connect people with the faith that undergirds and sustains all that we do. That’s why it is the high calling of our daily work. Daily work embraces all aspects and activities of daily life—including home, community, leisure, and occupation.  

www.thehighcalling.com . 

The Yale Center for Faith and Culture:

www.yale.edu/faith. 

On Innovation in the Church

Since 1984, Leadership Network has fostered church innovation and growth through strategies, programs, tools and resources that are consistent with our far-reaching mission: to identify, connect and help high-capacity Christian leaders multiply their impact.

www.leadnet.org. 

 Articles of Interest

The Problem is Leadership!

American business professionals are uninspired. Only 10% of employees look forward to going to work and most point to a lack of leadership as the reason why, according to a recent Maritz Research poll. But it doesn't have to be that way...

CLICK HERE to read the whole article:  "The Seven Secrets of Inspiring Leaders" by Carmine Gallo.  

 Scapegoating in Business and Organizations

Scapegoating is a common problem in businesses, institutions and families.  The responsibility for the failure of a project, task or business is placed upon an individual disproportionately, taking blame away from the systemic problem.  It satisfies short-term cathardic needs but creates significant long term problems in the organizational culture and avoids facing the real core problems at stake. 

Resources:

Brahm, Eric.  "Scapegoating."  CLICK HERE for the article.

Dalton, Catherine M.  "The Culture of Blame," Business Horizons (2005) 48, 367-369.  (Dr. Dalton teaches at The Kelley School of Businees at Indiana University.)

Morris, Jack.  "After the Deluge, the Scapegoats."  Wall Street Journal. New York, N.Y.: Mar 14, 1972. p. 24.

Examples of Exceptionally Well-Run Companies and Organizations

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Books of Interest

Ministry today requires seeing reality in a new and different way.  Old patterns of "doing church" are giving way to exciting new movements and organizations that resemble the early church in the Book of Acts.  Here are books to help you "see" differently.

Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom team up to write a marvelous book on different kinds of organizational structures and their relationship to cultural trends:

The Starfish and the Spider:  The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations.  Ori Brafman and Rod A. Beckstrom.  Penguin Group, New York, 2006.

Rosamund Stone Zander is a family systems therapist; her husband, Benjamin, is conductor of the Boston Philharmonic -- they help us see new possibilities!

The Art of Possibility:  Transforming Professional and Personal Life.  Penguin, New York, 2002.

James Surowiecki wrote a fascinating book in the vein of Freakonomics about the ability of crowds to find the best solutions when certain conditions are present -- a must read for any leader who seeks to manage through collaboration.