What are the biggest challenges you’re facing today? I put this question to Anthony Delaney recently and received a brilliant response: Here’s my quick summary: There are so many! First, go back to the scripture: ‘Above all else, guard your heart, for from it flow the issues of life.’ In other words, before we look […]
17 years ago Richard Gamble had a vision to build a national landmark which would bring prayer into the public consciousness. Roger Fairhead interviews Richard about the leadership lessons he has learned along the way. Timing and Topics Use the slider to find the content you want to watch: 00:00 Welcome 00:45 Calling: Richard shares […]
In this compelling interview, Anthony Delaney speaks with clarity and conviction about the importance of leadership today. Timings and Topics 0:00:00 Welcome from Roger Fairhead, CEO GLN UKI 0:00:37 Who is Anthony Delaney? 0:01:55 Life in the police force; Coming to faith; Calling into ordained ministry 0:10:29 Innovative leadership and church planting through the ‘New […]
As we count down to GLS21, we anticipate much to learn from General Stanley McChrystal, especially when it comes to team building, leading in challenging environments and resilience! GLS Manchester host Anthony Delaney anticipates a powerful session: Here you can enjoy a preview of his teaching in this three-part series, brought to you by the McChrystal Group, on […]
Roger Fairhead, GLN UKI CEO, and James Lawrence, CPAS Leadership Principal Recorded at GLS20, this fascinating interview brings helpful insight on topics such as: Facing the current challenges The importance of vulnerability in leadership ‘Lonely at the top’ The difference between honesty and vulnerability Taking risks and permission to fail Perseverance Recognising you can’t do […]
Given the pace of change in the last year, do you feel able to adapt your leadership? According to GLS speaker T.D. Jakes, you can adapt yourself better through the metrics of migrative thinking: Migrative thinking = your ability to think differently in order to be effective Metrics = your ability to measure the impact In […]
To use your influence well, you need to inspire others’ trust and respect. You need to be friendly, warm and collaborative, but also powerful, capable and dependable. Harvard research summarises this as hitting the sweet spot between warmth and competence: What’s true for most of us is that we lean towards one end more than […]
Dear Friends Giving Permision Recently on a rainy morning a friend and I approached one of our local coffee shops at 8.30am. It was raining hard. We were told in no uncertain terms that the place was shut and would open at 9am. Innocently, we asked whether we could sit at one of the outside […]
Dear Friends Predicting the future is never an exact science. The internet is filled with future predictions stated with conviction that have been shown to be spectacularly nonsensical. One of my favourites is the prediction of H M Warner of Warner Brothers who in 1927 famously said, “who the h*ll wants to hear actors talk?” […]
Dear Friends Change – The Thing We Mostly Get Wrong The world is stacked with organisations, nations and churches that know they need to change but rarely achieve the kind of changes they envisage. Indeed, most of the changes that happen are more often the outcome of unmanageable and external factors (E.g. a pandemic!) than the […]
