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posted on February 27, 2012—by Kenney Grigg
How Deep the Father’s Love for Us
My two sons are precious to me. If you are a parent, you know what I am talking about. Despite the sometimes horrific exceptions that we hear about in the news media, the “default” for almost all parents in this world is that they want the best for their children.
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posted on August 18, 2011—by Kenney Grigg
Stepping Forward: Positive Change or Status Quo?
In his book Developing the Leaders Around You, John Maxwell writes that “Leaders see what is, but more important, they have vision for what could be. They are never content with things as they are… Dissatisfaction with the status quo does not mean a negative attitude or grumbling. It has to do with willingness to be different and take risks. A person who refuses to risk change fails to grow. A leader who loves the status quo soon becomes a follower.” Maxwell defines the term status quo as Latin for “the mess we’re in.”
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posted on April 18, 2011—by Leadership Edge
Student Workshop at Leadership Institute Symposium
A little over a week ago, John Hawkins led a workshop at the first Annual Symposium put on by the Leadership Institute at Harvard College. Other speakers at the event were CEO of Hollard-Mark Chris Colbert, Senior Brand Manager for Lipton Iced Tea Stacy Taffet, and the keynote was given by Cynthia Trudell, PepsiCo’s executive vice president and chief personnel officer. The Harvard Crimson, Harvard’s daily college newspaper, posted an article about the event.
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posted on March 15, 2011—by Kenney Grigg
Stepping Forward: Holistic Leadership
Leadership is a process of stepping forward in each of our spheres of influence to have a positive, God-honoring impact. This holistic view of leadership may sometimes seem like a “stretch”. So often, people tend to view their influence as constrained to a narrow set of circumstances, people, or situations. We may “lead” at work, but not at home or in our community. We may have tremendous influence with our family, but perhaps feel like our status in the workplace limits our options to influence others. And, there is always the issue of whether we are even “the same person” as we move between work, home, community, house of worship. So often, we can find ourselves having a “public” face and a “private” one that are very different.
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