Common Faults of Leaders

We spoke with author and consultant, Leigh McLeroy. She has a strong warning for leaders: Don't surround yourself with sycophants and loyalists. "Sometimes people reach a position where they're surrounded by people who can no longer afford to tell them the truth, and they end up with a lot of "yes" people and no one who really is fearless enough or has the ability to say to them this is how it really is. And, what happens is they get so isolated and so locked in that they no longer hear the truth, and the people around them, whether it is out of loyalty or love or fear or respect or whatever, no longer say it to them. And, so I think that isolation, pride, arrogance---I think every leader probably has to face that and fight that."

A 60 second grab highlighting a common pitfall for those in leadership

Cultivating a Cultural Imagination

"... where my soul is floodlit by light which space cannot contain, where there is sound that time cannot seize, where there is a perfume which no breeze disperses, where there is a taste for food no amount of eating can lessen, and where there is a bond of union that no satiety can part.

All human beings long for transcendence. The yearning for something holy, something that we currently experience, can be the spark for much of our work. But what if our longing falters and our imagination fades? And how does our common longing for what's transcendent shape communities and industries? Author and cultural commentator, David Brooks, sheds new light on the reality of our common longings and the hope that it bears for our society.

Redefining Work

Watch Tim Keller unfold a theology of vocation at The Gospel Coalition's 2013 Faith at Work Post-Conference at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando. In this video: Tim Keller Permalink: http://tgc.org/resources/a/redefining_work

Tim Keller provides helpful thoughts in working out a Christian understanding of vocation.