by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 12, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Community, Leadership, Relationships
empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. (Oxford Dictionary) The October issue of Fast Company features an article on Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft. Nadella has done well. . . . he’s generated more than $250 billion in market...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 14, 2017 | 2017, Articles, Church, Family, Leadership, Parenting
If I were deciding on a career today and did any sort of vocational testing, I am sure I wouldn’t have done dentistry. I would probably have ended up in law, or management or mass communication, but no, not dentistry. Fine detailed handwork is just not me,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 31, 2015 | 2015, Articles, Battling Sin, Christian Living, Church, Leadership
I am not sure if it is a good thing or a bad thing but I am no longer shocked when I hear of a pastor/church leader falling into serious sin. Whether it is the hubris of pride and arrogance, sexual sin, and/or financial impropriety, I take it that church leaders do...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 15, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Church, Gender, Leadership, World Issues
“Are women allowed to be leaders in this organization?” I knew I was being naughty but I did want to know. We were having a discussion on vocation and I had tried to make the point that both men and women should be encouraged to discover and pursue their...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 26, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Church, Leadership
I have long come to realise that team leadership is norm. Perhaps, when I was younger, I held to the individualistic, heroic, bigger than life model of leadership (and maybe believed I was on the road to being one.) But life, and the Word, have taught me that the norm...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Sep 11, 2009 | 2009, Articles, Church, Leadership, Preaching & Teaching
Think of a few leaders you admire. How many of them were effective leaders as a result of some formal leadership training they received? Ruth A. Tucker has this to say about leadership training: Enrolling in a seminar to learn how to be a leader is as unfeasible as...
