Power

Power, Siblings, and Identity

November 9, 2011

Here’s a 30 second video illustrating power dynamics and identify formation from the sibling perspective. Good reminder that some are in a position to get comfortable exercising power and others develop in situations where they are used to adapting to power. I took this video at a park about a year ago of my two [...]

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Servant Leadership & Bathrooms

April 16, 2011

I’m thieving these images from a friend of mine who goes by @destinoeric on twitter. Last week we were at a team leader training for new or soon to be team leaders in an ethnic minority context. We had sessions on servant leadership, power, men & women working together, and many other things. Eric found [...]

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Is God Free to Oppose Your Leadership?

March 28, 2011

Have You Ever Thought God Might Be Against You? Have You Considered That Depending On A Decision or Action You Make, He Might Oppose You? The leadership learning group I’ve been facilitating has been focusing lately on themes of power and leadership and one of the resources we’ve been engaging over is Walter Brueggemann’s The [...]

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Blaming Multiculturalism

February 11, 2011

It’s been far too long since posting last, though it’s not been from a lack of wanting to. Most of my blogging time has been taking over by “Kaelyn Time” as I hang out with my night owl infant daughter during those hours where I typically do most of my reading and writing. But every [...]

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Empowerment and Voice

January 19, 2011

I’ve enjoyed somewhat of a vacation from blogging over the past couple weeks, but looking forward to getting some posts up in the near future.Leaders frequently talk about empowerment and servant leadership – whether they are able to live it out or not. Each year over the last 4-5 years I’ve learned more and more [...]

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Siblings: Beyond Birth Order

July 17, 2010

I have two siblings – two sisters. They are both younger. One of the thoughts I’ve had from time to time over the course of various family dynamics over time has been – “Why does it matter so much what I think?” Whether 5 years ago or 15, my sisters have always been quite capable [...]

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When Giving Goes Bad

May 11, 2010

Here’s a challenging thought from Robert Greenleaf in Servant Leadership… “In this regard I see no middle ground between arrogance and humility. One may not safely give unless one is open and ready to receive the gifts of others, whatever they may be. Scripture holds that it is more blessed to give than to receive. [...]

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Conflict, Peace, and Power

April 13, 2010

You can still participate in the blogference, just head over to this link.While “researching” some blog stuff, I found a new web site that I got a few laughs at. I wouldn’t worry about going to it since there’s some raw stuff over there, but I found this demotivator poster that made me think of [...]

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Power in Groups: Limited or Unlimited?

September 29, 2009

As I continue to read Making Room for Leadership: Power, Space, & Influence I was struck by the author’s discussion of how a diversity of economic perspectives can influence how we steward power in groups. I’m going to include a moderately long quote that captures the issue well and its implications for servant leadership and [...]

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