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How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge

I heard about a book on Andy Stanley’s leadership podcast called “How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority” by Clay Scroggins. I haven’t read the book but it sounds like it could be a guide for “happening to the world.” If you are committed to “happening to the […]

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Something New, Something Different

John Kelly is the new Chief of Staff for President Trump. Kelly has had a successful military career and is known for his organizational ability and decisive leadership. Many are hopeful he will alter the direction of President Trump’s administration Here’s what appeared about General Kelly’s leadership: Leading up: ask three questions? What does boss […]

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Learn more. Serve more

Struck today by this quote that showed up in my email today: For me, I’m driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You’d be surprised how far that gets you. Neil deGrasse Tyson Two things: Learn more. Serve more. I’m flabbergasted […]

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Great Teachers

This is a blatant cut and paste job on my part of a post by educator Danny Steele. I’ve adopted a couple of thoughts gleaned from reading about Teach for America, an innovative teacher training program that recruits non-traditional candidates to teach underserved students in impoverished areas. The thoughts are: “Teaching is leadership.” This idea […]

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