“Trust is not granted due to your position.  It is earned due to your behavior.” – Tim Kight If behavior earns trust, it starts by creating relationships. I have a grandson just under two years old. As he is growing, he goes through periods his mother calls “stranger danger.”  In other words, he appropriately keeps […]

“Weak leaders make people weaker. Strong leaders make people stronger.” – Adam Grant PalletOne leaders happen to the world. We show up. We make a difference. We leave the places we go better because we showed up. Dr. Henry Cloud says we all leave a “wake” behind us. Imagine you’re in a boat cutting through […]

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 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.” The teacher is committed to […]

“What the New Year brings to you will depend a great deal on what you bring to the New Year!” My cousin Nancy Schneider posted this. It’s the truth. To be sure, the year ahead will have all sorts of things happening beyond our control. Will we and those we care about be healthy? Will […]