Tag: Future

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!

Summarizing Leadership

November 24, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

To summarize is to use fewer words to encompass the whole of a previous message.

If we were to summarize our leadership in a few words, what would we say? Could we express it in a word or two? A sentence or two? Would our leadership be summarized by…

An “others interested” or “self interested” perspective?

A spiritual or physical focus?

Our past, present, or future?

In reality, the fewer words we use the more challenging it can be to summarize leadership.

It is worth your time to think about how you would summarize your leadership.

Building Bridges

November 12, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Transitions are sentences that build bridges between any two sections of communication. These bridges make it easier for people to follow what we’ve said and the direction ahead.

As leaders, these transitions are critical.

We build a bridge in relationships. Establishing and maintaining quality relationships requires effective communication.

We build a bridge for future leaders. Leaders are always needed. We make this transition smooth through mentoring.

We build a bridge to eternity. The task before us is to transition from the physical to the spiritual realm by example.

Are we building bridges with the right purpose and in the right direction?

Rule of Life

November 7, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

What is your “rule of life.” The idea involves your purpose for life.

Why should you pursue the course in life you are pursuing?

What do you want to achieve and get out of life?

What implications would exist with having a written purpose for life?

Knowing and reminding ourselves of our purpose in life keeps us focused on the impact of our words and actions.

Having a rule of life gives us meaning and hope for what the future holds.

It changes the way we see God, develop family, and influence others.

Transformational Leadership

September 5, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Styles of leadership are numerous, one of which is transformational leadership. The idea is leadership that transforms the people around them, shaping the direction of the future.

Transformational leadership characterizes leaders who have integrity and exemplify consistency in their example. They encourage, support, and help followers look beyond their own self-interests and focus on the good of the team.

Of all leadership styles, this one connects to the heart of spiritual leadership.

Are we transforming others to live closer to God?

Are we striving to transform the lives of others by the character we demonstrate?

Perpetual Learners

August 22, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Leaders must be perpetual learners.

Donald Norris, president of Strategic Initiatives, identifies perpetual learning as “much more than lifelong learning on steroids. It is different from lifelong learning in every way.” He clarifies by stating that it involves learning every day, viewing growth in knowledge as a way of life rather than an activity of life.

This type of learning produces three benefits:

…a better understanding of leading people.
…a better vision of the future.
…a better love for life.

When driven to learn from every person we meet, book we read, and experience in life, we grow as leaders.

Succession Planning

August 21, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Christianity is a learned, taught system. This duplication process is how Christianity grows.

The same is true for leaders, especially spiritual leaders.

John Maxwell calls this the “Law of Reproduction.” He says, “If you want to grow, lead followers. If you want to multiply, lead leaders.”

Are we planning, grooming, and mentoring someone to lead when we are gone?

Too often, we find a lack of qualified men to lead God’s people. Why? There are several reasons, but one falls on the need for leaders to reproduce themselves.

Let us rise up and change the future by preparing others to lead today.

Seeing the Unseen

August 12, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

This statement deals with more than just “seeing” God. What exactly is involved? Consider a little background.

We must consider where we have been. Consider the past year. What mistakes were made? What successes were enjoyed? Was God part of the equation?

We must also consider where we are right now. Are we where we need to be at this time? Will this place provide a basis for where we need to go? Is God part of the equation?

Now we can formulate plans on where to go from here. Seeing God’s part in our past and present allows us to see His hand in our future.

If God is not part of the equation, we do not have a clear vision!

Who Motivates You?

July 31, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Consider three questions:

What motivates us to lead? Leaders experience discouragement and discontentment. When this happens, a fire-lighter is needed, someone or something to motivate us.

How can we motivate followers? Leaders need a vision built on possibility thinking. Morale builds when impossibilities fade.

What is needed to keep followers motivated? Establish short-term goals that motivate followers to focus on achieving long-term goals.

Leaders need to develop plans that keep the fires lit. We must know how to keep ourselves and others motivated, both now and for the future.

Leading or Drafting?

July 29, 2025 bobturner Daily Leadership, saltJournal 0 Comments

Jon Acuff learned the following lesson from his father who had taken up cycling, “It’s easier to draft than it is to lead, but when you lead, you help somebody else go faster than they ever could have on their own.”

It might be easier to draft, coast along without much struggle. However, it does not bring the change needed for the spiritual success of others or ourselves.

Leadership provides a foundation for the future success of everyone, and it empowers others to achieve greater work without them.

Leadership makes it possible for others who cannot or will not step up and change the future.

Lead!

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