Justin Irving

Lover of learning, leadership, ministry, family, and friends -- #Leadership Professor #servantleadership --

[Justin Irving @lead2purpose]

Finished my final read through of “Healthy Leadership for Thriving Organizations” today and now trusting it to the great team at Baker Academic for their final steps. I’m grateful for the support and encouragement that many of you provided throughout the process. Thank you!

[Justin Irving @lead2purpose]

“Healthy pastors will lead healthy churches and ministries because they have learned to lead themselves first.” - Mark Dance

[Justin Irving @lead2purpose]

"Leaders who last don't stop growing; they continue to stretch themselves." - Fred Smith, Learning to Lead #leadership

[Justin Irving @lead2purpose]

“Everyone is fighting over a relatively small group of stars…. What’s needed, therefore, is an approach that will allow organizations to keep their own leadership pipelines full and flowing.” - Charan, Drotter, & Noel

[Justin Irving @lead2purpose]

“Leadership development is so much more than knowledge acquisition. It’s life change, and life change happens in relationship with other people.” - Michael Fletcher

[Justin Irving @lead2purpose]

“Serving [as a leader] must come from the overflow of who you are as a servant. If you do not see yourself as a servant, then you’ll attempt to serve people out of a sense of obligation, and it won’t seem genuine…. We don’t like insincerity, and neither do they.” - Pace & Pruitt

[Justin Irving @lead2purpose]

“I discovered that Jesus was a master of leadership development, who saw something in people and then patiently walked with them to transform their spirit and their skills.” - Mac Lake

[Justin Irving @lead2purpose]

“A good test of a person’s character is how they deal with adversity. But the best test of a leader’s character is how they deal with power.” - Peter Scazzero

[Justin Irving @lead2purpose]

“Astute leaders use questions to encourage full participation and teamwork, to spur innovation and outside-the-box thinking, to empower others, to build relationships … to develop leadership skills, and to change organizations and communities.” - Leading with Questions (Tiede)

[Justin Irving @lead2purpose]

Leadership “is all about establishing direction, casting a vision, developing strategy, and aligning people to the direction of that vision and strategy.” - McCloskey & Louwsma

[Justin Irving @lead2purpose]

“God raises up [min.] leaders to ensure the gospel is preached, applied, and valued in the daily life of the church. The purpose of ministry proceeds from and orbit around the prized ‘evangelion’, the gospel. Remove the gospel, an authentic biblical ministry disappears.” - Harvey

[Justin Irving @lead2purpose]

“Leadership that fails to put others first ultimately falls short.” - Banning and Christian

[Justin Irving @lead2purpose]

On leadership development: “The key to developing people is to catch them doing something right.” - Ken Blanchard & Spencer Johnson