Bringing faith to leadership and leadership to faith! Dare Great Things for Christ equips Catholics to lead with conviction in every sphere of life. Drawing from Scripture, the wisdom of the Church, and decades of leadership formation, Father Nathan Cromly offers practical tools for discerning your mission, developing authentic leadership, and making a lasting impact on the people entrusted to your care.
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In 1999 the book “The 48 laws of Power” emerged as an amazing example of the thinking of the world regarding leadership. These 48 laws were rules that were taken from history about what made leaders great in the eyes of the world and what kept them in power. But what happens when we hold them up to the law of the cross, the way Christ leads the world? Today will look at law 32 and see the…
Leading from our faith and in the light of faith has many advantages for leaders. In particular Christian leaders are allowed to shine to give the best of themselves in unique ways without fear of incurring jealousy from their boss since their boss is Jesus Christ. What would our world look like if we allowed those who worked for us and under our authority to shine in the same way? In the seventh…
In his book “The 48 Laws of Power”, author Robert Green says that people who desire power should play on people’s need to believe to create a cult like following. This is very different from what Jesus Christ did and yet Jesus Christ arguably created the most powerful movement in human history. Any Christian who’s exercising power today needs to understand the dynamics of people’s belief and…
Robert Green, the author of 48 Laws of Power, presents a challenge to us: how do we perceive leadership, what are the rules that we play by, how much do we really want to succeed, and what does success look like? Jesus Christ gives us answers to these questions which are very different from the answers that Green comes to. By comparing the two we better understand our vocation as leaders in Christ…
One of the most enigmatic phrases of our Lord is his command to the apostles to be as coy as serpent and simple as doves. Anyone, however, who is in the realm of leadership knows the importance of this balance. In the third law of power by Robert Green, Green insists that keeping power means hiding ones true intentions by being duplicitous. Christ obviously intends something different from us. He…
When it comes to leading something, we can’t avoid is that we leaders are in the limelight. Being in the limelight means that what we do and say is often measured in a worldly standard. How do we reconcile this with the importance in Christianity to be hidden, to look for the hidden things as the most important? The teaching of Christ shines out brilliantly and contrast with Robert Green’s sixth…
All of us who lead are men and women of action and being men and women of action we’re responsible to create changes to make something out of nothing. To change status quo into something new and doing this in a social setting means that we will often encounter competition. How are Christians supposed to deal with competition? In this third of our series of 10 on “The Rules of Power” by Robert…
In 1999 Robert Green published a book called the “48 Laws of Power”. The book was a sensation. It’s sold over 1 million copies and has been translated into over 25 languages. At its root the book is practical. This practical book gives 48 lessons from history on how to grab and keep power. It’s a helpful example for Christians about both what not to do and what to understand about the way people’s…
Christian leaders need help to lead just like anyone else. We usually return to the gospels or the lives of the Saints or other Christian leaders for inspiration but sometimes it’s important to read those whose positions are antithetical to Christian leadership. Sometimes we can learn a lot more from those who operate differently from us to show us just how special our position is. One of these…
In 1997 and the year 2000 Pope John II sent a letter to all the priests in the world as was his custom and in both of these letters he emphasizes a very important truth: the priest has to lead out of who he is. As important as this might be for priests to remember it’s also important for all leaders to remember Jesus doesn’t lead in abstraction. He asks us to give ourselves. Learning how to do…
