May 19, 2025 | By Dr. Brian Simmons | Status Quo has implications both from a personal and an organizational context. Status quo refers to the way things currently are and implies contentment and a corresponding resistance to changes of any kind. On personal level, I’ve been thinking about this quote from the speaker at the Christian Leadership Alliance CEO breakfast… “To seek the rule of God in our lives is THE key principle in the Bible guiding faithful steward leaders! Apart from the Lord interrupting our lives, we will maintain the status quo.” -Dr Abe Jaquez. What is wrong with the status quo? A rut is a grave with the ends knocked out! There is no personal growth there! Living things grow, and growing things reproduce!

May 1, 2025 | By Dr. Brian Simmons | Dissent, in the context of organizational leadership, is the expression or holding of opinions at variance with those held by other organizational leaders and especially the ones at the top of the organization. Effective leaders mine out, like precious gold in the organization’s veins, dissenting opinions of others with the fierce determination to ground decision-making on the bedrock of ideation. These leaders refuse the mistaken and proud notion that they always know what is best for the organizations they lead. Disloyalty, on the other hand, defines a traitor and his/her treacherous, dangerous or deceptive acts in opposition to the mission, belief statements and core values of the organizations they help lead.

Apr 17, 2025 | By Dr. Scott Rodin | Dissent, in the context of organizational leadership, is the expression or holding of opinions at variance with those held by other organizational leaders and especially the ones at the top of the organization. Effective leaders mine out, like precious gold in the organization’s veins, dissenting opinions of others with the fierce determination to ground decision-making on the bedrock of ideation. These leaders refuse the mistaken and proud notion that they always know what is best for the organizations they lead. Disloyalty, on the other hand, defines a traitor and his/her treacherous, dangerous or deceptive acts in opposition to the mission, belief statements and core values of the organizations they help lead.

Apr 8, 2025 | By Dr. Brian Simmons | Dissent, in the context of organizational leadership, is the expression or holding of opinions at variance with those held by other organizational leaders and especially the ones at the top of the organization. Effective leaders mine out, like precious gold in the organization’s veins, dissenting opinions of others with the fierce determination to ground decision-making on the bedrock of ideation. These leaders refuse the mistaken and proud notion that they always know what is best for the organizations they lead. Disloyalty, on the other hand, defines a traitor and his/her treacherous, dangerous or deceptive acts in opposition to the mission, belief statements and core values of the organizations they help lead.

Apr 1, 2025 | By Dr. Brian Simmons | Dissent, in the context of organizational leadership, is the expression or holding of opinions at variance with those held by other organizational leaders and especially the ones at the top of the organization. Effective leaders mine out, like precious gold in the organization’s veins, dissenting opinions of others with the fierce determination to ground decision-making on the bedrock of ideation. These leaders refuse the mistaken and proud notion that they always know what is best for the organizations they lead. Disloyalty, on the other hand, defines a traitor and his/her treacherous, dangerous or deceptive acts in opposition to the mission, belief statements and core values of the organizations they help lead.

Mar 17, 2025 | By Dr. Brian Simmons | Dissent, in the context of organizational leadership, is the expression or holding of opinions at variance with those held by other organizational leaders and especially the ones at the top of the organization. Effective leaders mine out, like precious gold in the organization’s veins, dissenting opinions of others with the fierce determination to ground decision-making on the bedrock of ideation. These leaders refuse the mistaken and proud notion that they always know what is best for the organizations they lead. Disloyalty, on the other hand, defines a traitor and his/her treacherous, dangerous or deceptive acts in opposition to the mission, belief statements and core values of the organizations they help lead.

Mar 12, 2025 | By Andrea Capuyan | Stewards are those who have been given a trust. That’s why a synonym for a board member is a trustee! So, all board members are steward leaders! There are the faithful and the other kind! What are the primary responsibilities of board members? Board members of organizations have three responsibilities: fiduciary, strategic and generative. At the end of the day, it is board members who are ultimately responsible for the finances of the organizations they lead. Not the CEO, not the President but board members!

Mar 10, 2025 | By Dr. Brian Simmons | Stewards are those who have been given a trust. That’s why a synonym for a board member is a trustee! So, all board members are steward leaders! There are the faithful and the other kind! What are the primary responsibilities of board members? Board members of organizations have three responsibilities: fiduciary, strategic and generative. At the end of the day, it is board members who are ultimately responsible for the finances of the organizations they lead. Not the CEO, not the President but board members!