by Gene Wilkes | Aug 15, 2019 | Leadership
The title of this blog comes from Patrick Lencioni’s book, The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business. He describes leaders without hats this way: To understand what this means, it’s helpful to think about members of the executive team...
by Karl Fickling | Aug 8, 2019 | Leadership
I gathered with 12 pastoral leaders for a day of open sharing. I know. This means there were thirteen. I’m not superstitious, so that thought didn’t bother me. I did, however, look to see who might represent Jesus, who might be the inner circle, and who might be the...
by Karl Fickling | Apr 11, 2019 | Carroll Community, Leadership, Ministry
During my hospital chaplain days, I got a call from Sandy, the director of nursing. “Karl,” she said, “there’s a couple in L & D (labor and delivery) getting ready to have a baby. They desperately want to get married before their baby is delivered. Will you come...
by Gene Wilkes | Mar 18, 2019 | Carroll Community, Leadership, Ministry
Last month we introduced the importance of culture in matters of leadership. (Take a moment to catch up if you did not read it.) We concluded that blog with this question, “What about the importance of culture in an organization or group?” Let me pick up my thoughts...
by Stephen Suffron | Feb 21, 2019 | Carroll Community, Carroll Prayer Network, Leadership, Ministry
It is a sobering time for the church right now. As a Southern Baptist, I am sickened by the details of the recent Houston Chronicle report on sexual abuse, cover-up, and inaction within our denomination. Even locally, we have seen ministers leaving their posts...
by Gene Wilkes | Feb 18, 2019 | Leadership, Uncategorized
I’m currently co-hosting a D.Min. seminar at B. H. Carroll Theological Institute with Dr. Albert Reyes of Buckner International. The topic of the seminar is “Leadership and Culture.” (Talk about two broad topics to fit into one sixteen-week seminar!) But both are...
