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Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy.

                                   

— General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

— General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

 

 


Featured Articles:

 

Competent Leadership: A Spiritual Perspective

  Dr. Laura Falco

          What types of leadership competencies can be trained over time to improve oneself? Our physical body, mind, soul, and spirit are all aspects to which we can improve our leadership outcomes. Read more to see how Laura specifically explores the role that our spirit plays in helping us to improve as leaders.

 

Written in Stone: The Foundation of Values for Servant Leaders

  Dr. Steven Hays

          The traditional values and morals based on Biblical foundations and Christian principles that founded our country continue to be under constant daily attack—as evident in our government, workplaces, and so many homes across the country. Read more to see how Steve gives us insight on the historical and religious backgrounds of these values and why we must strive to continue using them in order to pass them on to future generations.

  Historical Reflections on the Value of Followership
  Dr. Joel Hoomans

          On October 21, 1805, the historic naval Battle of Trafalgar took place revealing the incomparable leadership of English commander Admiral Nelson against a much larger French and Spanish force under French Admiral Villeneuve. Knowing only one man on either side could occupy one of several ships in his fleet, the focus of this article is on those who followed their Admiral’s commands. Read more to see how Joel incorporates the concept of followership into our everyday situations at home, work, church, or elsewhere.


The Leading Edge is an online journal published by Roberts Wesleyan College’s Master of Science in Strategic Leadership program to encourage ethical and effective leadership in today’s organizations. Our focus is to enhance the leadership skills and perspectives of scholar-practitioners in our increasingly global community.

Photo courtesy of Joanna Heatwole,
RWC Visual Arts faculty member
Volume 3, No. 1, March 2010
From the Editor
 

Happy spring! I trust this season of life brings renewed energy to you in mind, body, and spirit. This time of year is often used as an opportunity to examine the small things in our lives and rid ourselves of the clutter we tend to hoard.

 

Our newest issue of The Leading Edge features articles by professors who teach graduate-level classes at Roberts Wesleyan College. The articles stress having spiritually competent leaders, the importance of the foundational values of leadership, and a historical look at followership and how it still applies today in various situations.

 

I encourage you to read these articles in an effort to cultivate the values and morals so desperately needed in our society today. Above all, make sure these leadership principles are ones you do not throw away during your spring cleaning, but will use time and time again.

Yours in continual learning,

Sarah George, M.S.M. 27 ‘04

Editor