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Leadership

4 Temptations of Leadership

Self-Leadership

Pride Don’t start believing the hype.  We live in a culture of hero worship. The great leaders we’ve become to idolize in our American History have been morphed into invincible men and women without weaknesses. However, you can study any leader and discover their weaknesses.  Athletes and performers are instant role models but yet some [...]

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Independence: One Tough Decision

Leadership

My favorite scene from HBO’s 2008 mini-series “John Adams” – the drafting of the Declaration of Independence: The fragile alliance between the colonies would have disintegrated  if the issue of slavery was brought into the decision to separate from Britain. To make the choice to focus on independence, while leaving the slave trade and ownership [...]

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Absolute Values of Leadership

Servant Leadership

In mathematics, an absolute value is the numerical value of a real number regardless of its sign that is regardless if it’s positive or negative. A leader must live by certain absolute values. These values cannot be adulterated based on circumstances. We also cannot afford to live by emotions or opinions – which are never [...]

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Turning Criticism into a Game Plan

Personal Development

One of the most difficult things I have learned is how to take and process criticism.  Nobody likes to be criticized, but if you are a leader – criticism will come.  Part of the leadership identity is determining who to take criticism from and what to do with it. Those of us with a job, [...]

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After the Choice is Made

Encouragement

We all have moments that change our lives forever. These can range from tragic events to moments where you are so awestruck that you are speechless. 1997 Game 5 of the NBA finals is a moment that left me awestruck. It has become known as the Michael Jordan Flu Game. I’m a huge MJ fan!  [...]

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Everyone Needs a Scarlett Moment

Leadership

A Life Lesson from “Gone with the Wind” December 15th marks the 70th anniversary of the opening of “Gone with the Wind”. It is still the all time highest grossing revenue movie ($400 million – not bad when it only cost a 25 cents to see a movie, adjusted to today’s dollars that’s $1.45 billion!) [...]

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