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It is imperative that leaders embrace a stance of “realistic hope.”
By way of realism, this means embracing the inherent difficulty of life and leadership, knowing that we live in a fal...
In our last blog (Part 1 of Leading in the Shadow), we ended with the poem, The Hollow Men, by T.S. Eliot, beginning with the fifth movement.
Here we go around the prickly pear, Prickly pear pr
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LEADING IN THE SHADOW: ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT LAST
Leading in the Shadow – Reflections on the Inherent Difficulty of Getting Anything of Lasting Value Accomplished
Life is hard. And if l
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In August 1978, the first successful trans-Atlantic balloon flight became a reality when the Double Eagle II touched ground in a barley field in the French village of Messery. Between 1873 and 1
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Sooner or later, leaders confront the three hard truths of persistence.
To review:
(1) Initial success is no guarantee of future success.
(2) There are no shortcuts to endur
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A leader’s attention is a precious commodity, perhaps the most valuable of organizational resources.
Others compete for it and seek to direct it. Enormous quantities of information flow across
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British political philosopher Isaiah Berlin once described the perspective that public leaders bring to their responsibility to govern as the difference between the hedgehog and the fox.
" Th...
The term passion is often misused and thus misunderstood.
It is a common misconception that a passion is something we enjoy, or something we are intensely interested in—as in “she is pa
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In this three-part series, we have been discussing the leadership style of Bob Pierce, founder of World Vision. The same emotional dynamics that led Pierce to start World Vision even
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Pierce was a catalyst for change in others, even on a remarkable scope and scale, yet he resented and resisted any attempt by others to make even the smallest change in his personal or professio...
It took only one generation for Adam and Eve’s emotional brokenness to infect the lives of their children. The story of their first son, Cain, and his younger brother Abel highlight the tragic consequ...
In classical Greek literature,faith is akin to fidelity, which signifies an honored agreement or bond of trust.
Fidelity is faithful and lasting devotion to one’s duties and obligations, sacred loyal...