PART 6 » Promod Haque explains why humility, teachability, and collaboration are among the most important qualities leaders can possess in high-stakes environments.
Articles
Wisdom for the Next Generation
PART 5 » Promod Haque shares practical leadership advice for the next generation, highlighting the importance of operational experience, learning from failure, and building strong teams.
When Centralized Models Fail
PART 4 » The dot-com crash exposed the dangers of concentrating too much knowledge, authority, and investment in a single area. Promod Haque explains how diversification created resilience.
Trust Across Differences
PART 3 » Promod Haque shares why humility, mentoring, collaboration, and trust are essential ingredients for distributed leadership and healthy polycentric organizations.
The Power of Diversification
PART 2 » How can organizations thrive through disruption and uncertainty? Promod Haque explains how intentional diversification helped Norwest Venture Partners build resilience and embody polycentric leadership.
The Unexpected Path
PART 1 » A conversation with Promod Haque reveals how God uses unexpected opportunities, setbacks, and career turns to shape leaders for lasting influence.
Leading from the Margins: Polycentric Transition in Cross-Cultural Ministry
In this reflective case study, Joe Handley and Dr. Marv Gibbs explore the challenges and opportunities of transitioning from centralized, leader-dependent ministry models to polycentric leadership in cross-cultural contexts. Drawing on experiences from Latin America, Asia, the Caribbean, and the United States, they examine how patron-client cultures, gift-based leadership, public empowerment, and long-term cultural change shape the journey toward shared leadership. The article also offers a deeply personal reflection on leadership relinquishment, highlighting how mature leaders can foster growth by leading from the margins rather than the center.
One Seed Many Soils: Remembering Sadiri Joy Tira
A tribute to Sadiri Joy Tira and a review of One Seed Many Soils: Polycentric, Polymorphic Church Planting & Multiplication. Joseph W. Handley reflects on Joy’s legacy as a champion of diaspora missions, polycentric leadership, and church multiplication, exploring how the book’s vision of many centers and many expressions of the church can shape the future of global mission.
How the Assemblies of God Rediscovered the Peoples of the World
Drawing on the journey of Assemblies of God World Missions, Joseph W. Handley, Jr. explores how organizations can rediscover their founding vision through prayer, collaboration, and a renewed focus on unreached peoples. The story highlights how listening to pioneers on the margins, embracing distributed leadership, and adapting to new realities can help mission movements remain faithful to their purpose while navigating change.
What COMIBAM Teaches Us About Polycentric Leadership
By examining Latin America’s growing missionary movement, he highlights how networks of churches, agencies, and leaders can work together across cultures and contexts to achieve greater collective impact. The COMIBAM movement offers a compelling model for kingdom collaboration in an increasingly interconnected and multipolar world.
