Influencing Innovation Response

Making change is central to who leaders are. Leaders get people moving by energizing them, mobilizing them, and taking them places they have never been (Kouzes and Posner, 2012). It is change that is the province of leaders and where they feel alive and effective (Kouzes and Posner, 2012). Leaders should be seeking opportunities to …

Servant Leadership for Innovation

Transformational leadership may be positioned as a strategic advantage in the area of innovation. However, it is not the only leadership style that may provide a strategic advantage to organizational leaders. Because leadership involves influence and is concerned with how the leader affects followers (Northouse, 2012), it would stand to reason that servant leadership is …

Transformational Leaders Motivate Innovation

Organizational innovation is tied to organizational success and sustainability (Davila et al., 2012). Transformational leadership is directly related to performance, organizational commitment, innovation, and employee empowerment (Northouse, 2012).  The mistake some organizational leaders make is thinking that employees are driven primarily by monetary gains, but what is quickly found is that monetary gains may strong-arm …

Leading for Innovation

Growth depends on robust, sustained innovation (Davila et al., 2012). Whether the conversation revolves around a company, church, team, or individual, growth does not occur without change, risk, faith, and an appetite for innovation. Innovation is a part of all aspects of society (Davila et al, 2012), and individual attitudes determine their potential for innovation, …

Big Data in Ministry

The future of organizational success lies within big data and the use of analytics. In 2011, IBM surveyed 4000 IT professional in 93 countries and 25 different industries, and what they found was that big data and business analytics is a major business trend across the board along with mobile, cloud computing, and social business …

Servant Leadership for Consultants

Christians are called to serve. Christ modeled servanthood throughout his ministry (Mt. 20:28) in such moments as the washing his disciples’ feet (Jn. 13:1-17), going with Jairus to heal his daughter (Mk. 5:21-43), and saving an adulterous woman (Jn. 8:1-11). Being a servant is central to the Christian faith and anyone professing to be a …