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Our Say & Our Do Should Never Part Ways
Sep 21, 2008
All of us who lead generate an organizational culture. By that I mean a collective way of perceiving reality. It is a set of assumptions – or a worldview – that is shared by a group of people. It boils down to assumptions adopted over time by people and reinforced by us leaders as the ‘acceptable’ way to think, feel and behave.
The tricky part is keeping what we do and how we do it in line with who we say we are and why we exist. All of us have been part of a team or organizat...
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Shocking Culture: In The Steps Of Jesus
Sep 21, 2008
A funny thing happened on the way to the coronation. The King took off his clothes … how embarrassing, how unexpected! It does not really matter what culture you are living in, this would be shocking. It was then. So it would be today. But then again, this King did not look toward the crown; He looked to the cross.
Should we be any different?
It does not really matter what continent you are from, what country you call home, or what culture you prefer. Jesus’ way of lead...
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Losing Life to Save It by Rese Hood
Jun 21, 2007
I was brittle and spent at the beginning of my two day silent retreat. As I walked in the chilly woods, a ‘personalized’ verse from Luke came whistling through the trees and slammed into my heart, “Whoever wishes to save her life will lose it, but whoever loses her life for my sake she is the one who will save it. For what does a woman profit if she gains the whole world and loses or forfeits herself?”
I was driven into the wilderness as it were – thinking much of what ail...
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Walls and Ladders
Jun 21, 2007
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been intrigued with the subject of leadership. Whatever the setting – from Boy Scouts to the church – I saw the leader as being the most influential person. He was the one who got things done as he climbed the ladder of power.
While going to business school, I got a job managing one of Ray Kroc’s original southern California McDonald’s. Ray himself would drop in, so I had to be relentless. This drive was not only internal but external. I...
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