Stanley E. Patterson

An article by Anisa Purbasari Horton, in a recent issue of FastCompany Leadership Newsletter,¹ caught my attention with this introduction: “Entering the workforce for the first time can be a shock to the system. Here’s…

Defining “leadership” is a daunting challenge. Max DePree approached it via the responsibilities of a leader: “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between the two, the leader must…

In their book, Spiritual Leadership, Henry and Richard Blackaby speak of two kinds of church leadership. The first one is task driven. Task-oriented leaders strive to “conquer the obstacles immediately in front of them. . . . They…

Leadership in concept and practice lies in tension as we make the journey from the modern to postmodern period in both the secular and the religious realms. Contemporary theory and practice of leadership is moving toward a more relational…

After nearly half a month in space, the seven astronauts on the space orbiter Columbia reentered earth's atmosphere and began colliding with the increasingly compressed molecules that ignited the damaged…

The search for effective spiritual I leaders extends back to the earliest record of God's people. The effort, I of course, continues today now in a world dominated by organizations governed through complex management…