Bob Turner

A Question of Leadership

December 11, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Answering questions can be challenging. Some questions make us very uncomfortable.

How will we answer for our leadership? To whom will we answer?

The truth remains! We are going to lead, the question is where will we lead?

Are we leading others to a better life in this present world, or in relationship to God?

Will others view our leadership as serving others or serving ourselves?

Why are we leading?

Leadership is not intended to be disheartening or discouraging. We are challenged to lead in the greatest arena, with the greatest motive, for the greatest cause.

Where will we lead?

A Leader’s Walk

December 10, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Paul refers to a way of life or conduct as our walk. He instructs Christians to conduct their lives with certain qualities or attributes, not a one time action, but a lifestyle.

Where do leaders walk? What do they think about as they walk?

Walking characterizes the whole of our leadership. Leadership is a way of life demonstrated by our conduct lived before others in a way that influences the direction of others, eternally.

When we are told to go for a walk, maybe we need to consider changing our conduct of life to lead as God wants us to lead.

A God Thing

December 9, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

You read it correctly, “A God thing.” Think about the power behind this thought.

We face challenges in life. Difficulties often hit when we least expect them. Through the providential working of God, we may not see how we avoided a catastrophic event until we get past our frustration and look back.

We may not understand it at first, but maybe it’s a God thing.

How about our leadership? Is God doing a thing, His thing? Are we frustrated with the challenges or difficulties we encounter in leading others?

Sometimes we need to trust it may just be a God thing.

A Rut and a Grave

December 8, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Change challenges us to the core. Anytime we encounter something different it makes us uncomfortable.

Bill Thrall made this amazing statement, “The only difference between a rut and a grave is the length.” I also heard a man once say, “A rut walked in long enough becomes a grave.”

These thoughts should move us to realize we need to constantly learn, grow, and make the needed changes to improve.

We must avoid doing the same thing in the same way at the same time simply because we do not like change.

If we stop growing and learning, what is the difference between the rut and the grave?

AARP

December 5, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

If you are old enough, you probably remember receiving your first AARP application.

Perhaps you threw it away, denying the reality of aging. Maybe you were excited to receive the benefits associated with an older lifestyle.

While AARP stands for American Association of Retired Persons, if you are like me, you may not feel quite there at any age. Consider a leadership angle.

Accomplish: Leaders make things happen.

Attitude: Leaders set the tone for everyone.

Respect: Respect is earned and given. To receive it, be willing to give it.

Presence: Show up! Presence provides security and direction.

Perspective

December 4, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Apart from academic definitions, perspective brings several thoughts to mind when viewed by two different parties.

A Christian perspective views life from a biblical foundation. When we contrast the physical versus spiritual, what God says provides hope in an eternal promise.

However, a worldly perspective tends to view life with uncertainty, fear, and doubt. The world’s philosophy can only paint a picture that is temporal and hopeless.

This is why spiritual leadership is so important.

Regardless of the pleasant or unpleasant possibilities in life, a Christian perspective always leaves us with the courage to face uncertainty with hope!

Hope

December 3, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Have you seen the news lately? Is morality as bad as it seems? Can the economy be as poor as we are told?

With increasing negativity, we tend to fear the present and future. Combined with an awareness of disease, death, war, natural disasters, and more, we question Why? or What should we do?

Napoleon said, “Leaders are dealers in hope.” 

As leaders, our work is to provide hope that no matter what happens now or 20 years from now, there is a reason to rejoice.

We rejoice in the Lord. We rejoice in His promises. The world needs something more and we have what it needs. Deal out hope!

Effective Leadership

December 2, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

One of the greatest dangers for a leader is the desire to please everyone, or at least as many as possible.

Peter Drucker said, “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.”

Decisions that produce results are often challenging because of the “fallout” from those who may see the decision unfavorably.

However, If we spend our time trying to make decisions that please everyone around us, our leadership will suffer and so will God’s kingdom.

Be decisive and put the naysayers in God’s hands. Lead as God would desire.

Know Yourself

December 1, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Perhaps you are familiar with the statement, “Know yourself.” But how does this connect to leadership?

Mainly, we need to know our strengths and weaknesses and spend an appropriate amount of time on each.

The basic idea is to spend the majority of our time working on our strengths, keeping them strong and growing.

Then, find others who are strong in areas where we are weak and use their strengths to fill the gaps.

When we focus on our strengths and find others who maximize our weaknesses, we build a team for success.

Accountability

November 28, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Accountability introduces a number of thoughts.

There is the implication of what is required. We are required to be trustworthy, faithful, examples, and people of integrity.

There are certain expectations. If we expect little/more, we get little/more. When leaders make decisions, we expect to be held accountable.

There is an understanding of responsibility. If we are accountable, then certain responsibilities are connected to our decisions and actions.

We will all give an account for what we do in this life, good and bad. How much more so for leaders who answer to God for leading His people.

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