Category Archives: Leadership

Is it good to tell the truth?

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Richard Heyduck

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Walking Around

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

One of the books I’m reading on right now is William A. Cohen’s, A Class with Drucker. Here are some good points on “Managing By Walking Around” he shares from Harry K. Jones (interspersed with some of my own comments): … Continue reading →

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“That’s nice, preacher”

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

I’m a knowledge and information junkie. I read piles of books. If I had the time and money I’d go to a ministry conference every month. I used to go to more conferences and read more ministry books, but I’ve … Continue reading →

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Cross Cultural Ministry in the US

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Guy Williams has been blogging lately about ministry in the United Methodist Church, particularly on itineracy and matching churches and pastors. David Brooks’ column today sheds some light on the phenomena we’re seeing, particularly the gap between urban, suburban and … Continue reading →

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A Church with vision

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

I like learning from a wide variety of people. In just the past couple of days I’ve posted comments on what I’m learning from a Pakistani Muslim college professor and two leadership types from out west. Another person I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Starfish and the Spider, part 3

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Brafman & Becstrom, authors of The Starfish and the Spider, offer some “New Rules for the Game.” Here are their rules along with my comments. New Rules to the Game Diseconomies of scale – larger is not always better: Bill … Continue reading →

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Starfish And Spider, part 2

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Continuing my interaction with the book, The Starfish and the Spider, I’d like to see what relevance their discussion of discerning the one from the other might have for the United Methodist church. The authors give these questions to ask … Continue reading →

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Starfish and the Spider

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

We had a stormy day Tuesday, so I took it as an opportunity to read a new leadership book (new to me, anyway), The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman & Rod A. … Continue reading →

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Making Disciples

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

Our purpose as a church is to make disciples. My personal take on that (for my own life) is that I’m here (wherever God has me at any given moment) to make disciples who become disciple makers. I realize that … Continue reading →

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Leadership Addiction

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Richard Heyduck

A few days ago, in my first post on the Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations, I noted that one of the strengths of the book was that it didn’t major on offering new ideas. One of my weaknesses is that … Continue reading →

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