Tim King Leadership

More and more in the media we are hearing about the damage we humans are doing to our environment, through our use of Single use plastics and our polluting habits in our oceans and wilderness areas. Our children are being bombarded with green and environmental issues at their schools. Many children bring those issues and concerns home and expect parents and even their peers in church to give a lead and have a view, which helps them understand what is going on. Do we as Christian Leaders have a responsibility to shoulder some of the ecological burden to look after our planet? When God told us to subdue and to rule over the earth in Genesis 1 verse 28, was he giving us an ecological responsibility to sustain our world? Please don’t get me wrong, I am not one of these enviro warriors or radical greenies. I also believe that there is some uncalled for hysteria about our use of plastics, not all plastic is bad. However I do feel that as Christians and especially as leaders, that we do...

This weeks ramblings. I was asked this week if it was OK for Christian employers to fire other Christian staff.  Firstly let me state that it is always important to follow the laws of the country that you live in, but the question should be; Do I as an employer have the right to fire other staff Christian or not. The short answer is YES! Let me give you two examples I have come across; Case Study 1; The CEO of medium sized Christian organisation dealing in books and other Christian Literature had a problem with one of their staff. The person concerned, let’s call him Pete, seemed to push everybody’s buttons. Pete had been with the company 2 years, his first six months were just great but after that everything went downhill. He always complained, he bad mouthed his managers. At company social gatherings, when sport was played, he never played with any great sportsmanship; it seemed that every decision was wrong or somebody had a beef with him. But, Pete went to the same c...

Today's rambling. Looking over some of my old school reports the other day and was amused at how some of the comments, that teachers made about me have shaped my life and in many respects made me who I am today. One teacher wrote that I didn’t play well with others, I was 5 at the time maybe I had an excuse. Another teacher in my high school years, the wood working teacher or wood shop teacher for my American friends wrote; “If you value your life you will keep him away from power tools and other dangerous equipment. I can’t remember why he wrote this, obviously I did something that made him fear for his life. Today as an adult I have to say that I don’t do well in committees, for most of my life I have been self- employed. I have steadfastly stayed away from power tools and other wood working equipment, basically anything that can cut something off and is a danger to life and limb. Over the last 10 years I have been looking at and teaching about Emotional Intelligence ...