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Gavin Adams

Gavin Adams

Getting Back to Leadership

LEADERSHIP and MANAGEMENT may sound the same,
but they are vastly different.

And if you're not careful, management will wipe out leadership.

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What is "leadership?"

Leadership has been called influence, ascribed to charismatics and visionaries, and relegated to organizational positions and titles.
 
We know that leadership isn’t restricted to personality types, executive functions, or relational dynamics. We find leadership in these spaces, but none of that is holistic enough to define leadership.
Unfortunately, most of what we call leadership is actually management.

Leaders innovate, create, and solve problems through people. Managers orchestrate and run the model through systems and processes.

Both are important and required for organizational success, but too often, leadership is left behind. After all, there’s so much to do!

“Gavin has fast-tracked my leadership growth. His unique insights into strategy, vision, and organizational change have been invaluable. His coaching has given me clarity on multiple strategic decisions that ultimately improved our organization. In addition, his coaching of our team has helped develop our overall leadership culture. My relationship with Gavin has been well worth it.”

– Bryant Golden

“Leadership primarily concerns innovation and creation with, in, and through people.“

– GAVIN ADAMS

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There’s a battle happening in your organization between innovation and orchestration.

Unfortunately, the larger the organization, the easier it becomes for management (orchestration) to block out leadership (innovation).

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“Leaders create the future.
Managers maintain the present.
Organizations tend to prefer the latter.“

– GAVIN ADAMS

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Leadership vs Management

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About Me...

Hi. I'm Dr. Gavin Adams, an author, communicator, strategic consultant, and leadership coach helping leaders and pastors work on it, not just in it.

From the marketplace to ministry, I’ve spent my professional life pinpointing problems, innovating solutions, and implementing strategies.

After business school, I spent my first decade working as a strategist and change management consultant. 

During my 15-year ministry journey, I helped plant a church, revitalize a church, pastor a rapidly growing church, lead a mega-church, and lead a campus for a multi-site church.

My unique experiences give me an uncommon understanding of individual and organizational leadership.

I have an M.B.A. from Georgia State University and a Masters of Theology and Doctorate of Ministry from Liberty University.

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