Articles about the Relationship Model™

Have you ever had the experience of being really unhappy at work, but you just can’t quite put your finger on the reason?  Or maybe you can easily identify what is causing your frustration or unhappiness, but you are powerless to do anything about it.  Imagine what it would be like if you could identify […]

Imagine that a friend of yours described his experience of working in a Christian organization this way: “Ten years ago I was at the bottom of the organization, but I was determined to climb the ladder until I reached the highest position I could.  I never expected that I would be the top dog in […]

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” High on the wall of the Johannesburg, South Africa, airport terminal is this African Proverb that has a lot to say about today’s organisations and churches, and the styles of leadership that are so very different. Many of us […]

Here are three very different scenarios, each of them repeated hundreds of times in Christian organizations.  There is a common thread running through them. 1. Imagine that CEO who was extremely successful.  Charismatic beyond what you experienced anywhere else you worked, he was a visionary, a good listener, an effective fundraiser, dependable, honest.  Did he […]

Governance and management are two processes that run on the universal operating system of relationships. Governance is the process of directing and controlling an organization through policy. Management is the process of developing programs to deliver the services to the beneficiaries within the limits of resources. The key difference between a governing board and a […]