Monthly Archives: March 2017
We Are All Masonic Ambassadors
(Richard H. Ryder, 2017) Each day in your many roles you have the opportunity and the responsibility to serve as Masonic Ambassadors, within and outside the lodge, to promote Freemasonry and your lodge. That leaves one important question – how? … Continue reading
Action Items and Budget Planning
(Richard H. Ryder, 2017) By now I hope you have read the Trestle Board series articles in the January and February editions of The Maven’s Journal, where I reviewed how to create effective vision statement, goals, and objectives. In this … Continue reading
Leaders are Visionaries – Lessons from Lincoln
(Richard H. Ryder, 2017) In January I contrasted management with leadership, quoting Admiral Grace Hopper when she said “managers manage things; leaders lead people”. Things don’t have emotions, dreams, thoughts of failure, joys of success, or egos. But people do, … Continue reading