Helping People Make Smooth Transitions During Change
April 28, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsIt’s not so much that we’re afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it’s... Continue Reading
Author Archives for Jim Baker
Minimizing the Tyranny of Change
April 21, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsThe root word for “tyranny” is the Latin word tyrannia, from which we derive the word tyrant. A tyrant is... Continue Reading
A Five Step Approach To Inside Out Change
April 14, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsWithout inner change there can be no outer change – Angel Williams A popular theory is that change happens... Continue Reading
How Executive Pastors Inhibit Change
April 7, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsOver twenty plus years as an Executive Pastor I found myself frequently using words like………routinize, systematize and equilibrium. I have... Continue Reading
The Impact of Personal Change on Organizational Change
March 31, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsRarely have I heard a church leader say, “That change didn’t happen because I failed to model the change myself”... Continue Reading
Inspiring Change Quotes and Sayings
March 24, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsIn recent blogs we have been examining the impact of change and how to lead and manage change in... Continue Reading
Three Ways To Use Church History to Lead Change
March 17, 2015 6:06 am Leave your thoughtsSpanish American Philosopher George Santayana famously wrote in The Life of Reason, “Those that cannot remember the past are condemned... Continue Reading
Traditionalism – You Cannot Move Forward with Nostalgia
March 10, 2015 7:07 am Leave your thoughtsTradition is the living faith of the dead. Traditionalism is the dead faith of the living…..Jaroslav Pelikan Political, social and... Continue Reading
Synergism – The Correlation Between Movement, Change and Improvement
March 3, 2015 7:07 am Leave your thoughtsMovement is an overriding theme of the Hebrew Scriptures. Adam and Eve are removed from the Garden of Eden. Hagar... Continue Reading
How Personality Impacts Leading and Managing Change in the Church
February 24, 2015 7:07 am Leave your thoughtsIf you were a carpenter and didn’t know the difference between a hammer, screwdriver or saw do you think you... Continue Reading
The “Secret Sauce” of Leading Organizational Change
February 17, 2015 7:07 am Leave your thoughtsThere is an old adage that states, “Organizations don’t change; people change and they change organizations.” It is well documented... Continue Reading
The Burning Platform – A Metaphor for Organizational Change
February 10, 2015 7:07 am Leave your thoughts“It was fry or jump, so I jumped.” — Andy Mochan In a previous post, Motivation – Dissatisfaction; No Dissatisfaction,... Continue Reading
