By: Chad Warren on April 17, 2024
Coaching Little League baseball in the United States is both a challenging and fascinating sociological experience. On the one hand, you have the challenge of breaking down the complexities of baseball into “bite-sized,” understandable chunks. Seeking to find a clear and compelling way to explain to a 10-year-old that they cannot just keep running around…
By: Scott Dickie on April 17, 2024
We have just started a new sermon series on modern-day idols at our church and this past week I spoke on the idol of ‘success/achievement’. Like most preachers, it took me 35 minutes to essentially say a relatively simple truth: we will always be tempted to bow down to the idol of success as a…
By: Nancy Blackman on April 17, 2024
INTRODUCTION Chris and I were at Target looking for something, I can’t remember what, and I spotted a t-shirt that had the words, “Bad Choices Make Good Stories.” Knowing that Chris would understand the double entendre, I grabbed it and held it up for him to see. He smiled. “Would you wear it?” I asked.…
By: David Beavis on April 17, 2024
It was a Wednesday night. I preached at our young adults’ service at church. I felt encouraged by the response, but I was tired and eager to get home. I was feeling under the weather. But I wanted to push through and deliver the sermon I had worked hard on. Driving home at 9:15 PM…
By: Elysse Burns on April 17, 2024
Shane Parrish begins his book Clear Thinking by revealing a common misconception we often hold. We mistakenly believe that the future will work out if we get the big decisions right. Guilty as charged! However, Parrish argues it’s the ordinary moments that determine our future. [1] In Clear Thinking, Parrish draws lessons from the wisdom…
By: Graham English on April 17, 2024
A few years ago, Wendy and I put on our backpacks and walked the Camino de Santiago. The Camino Frances is an 800-kilometre journey beginning in St. Jean Pied de Port, France and ending at the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. How do you walk 800 kilometres? One step at a time. One day…
By: Chris Blackman on April 17, 2024
The one thing I do know about myself is that I will take responsibility for my actions. The other thing that I know about myself is that I have lived in a fantasy land where everything is going to be okay, and I made decisions based on positive thinking rather than reality. So, this is…
By: Jean de Dieu Ndahiriwe on April 17, 2024
Welcome to the Wounded Healers, (Resilient) Leaders Club! In Rethinking Leadership: a Critique of Contemporary Theories, the author shares fantastic insights on Leadership: “I believe that Kurt Lewin was right, “there is nothing as practical as a good theory.”[1] For justice’s sake to this book, I will only share a few insights that I found…
By: Pam Lau on April 17, 2024
In Daring to Lead: Brave Work, Tough Conversations and Whole Hearts, researcher and storyteller, Brene Brown, inspires her audience and readers to lead bravely through her accessible insights. As I write my last post for the semester, I am reflecting on how profoundly grateful I feel for who we are as a doctoral student cohort extraordinaire. Thinking back…
By: Diane Tuttle on April 16, 2024
Shane Parrish has a lot of information packed into his book Clear Thinking. His premise is that individuals have the ability to shape their future by taking control of their actions one small step at a time.[1] As a businessperson and entrepreneur, he draws on his many and varied experiences. Throughout the book he relies…
By: Becca Hald on April 16, 2024
My last blog post. We are getting close my friends. What an incredible journey this has been. As I look back over the past three years, I am so very grateful. I know I am biased, but I think we have the best cohort ever. I have learned so much from each of you and…
By: Kally Elliott on April 16, 2024
“What, if anything, about the way people are leading today needs to change in order for leaders to be successful in a complex, rapidly changing environment where we’re faced with seemingly intractable challenges and an insatiable demand for innovation?”[1] This was the question Brene Brown and her researchers started with when conducting interviews with senior…
By: Adam Cheney on April 16, 2024
Clear Thinking was a great book to end the semester on. It was a quick, easy read and applicable to many different situations. Shane Parrish builds on his experience within the Canadian Intelligence Agency and shares how to think through problems clearly, allowing oneself to make good, consistent decisions. He encourages good decision making by…
By: Joel Zantingh on April 16, 2024
Every day there are decisions that require the application of wisdom, or good judgment. Do I say yes or no to this speaking engagement? What 2 or 3 things are most important for me to accomplish today? What personal rules guide me away from impulses? Ultimately, there are so many decisions that we have to…
By: Glyn Barrett on April 16, 2024
Before recalling five moments in this book that make it the best read of the semester, let’s deal with the author’s introduction. I am writing this blog on a long-haul flight and notice that the airline does not boast about its quality, service and experience, it lets the current flight and personnel try to convince…
By: Kim Sanford on April 15, 2024
There have been a couple of overarching themes running through our doctoral learning. We’ve read and discussed a great deal about leading out of who you are[1], leadership and differentiation and being a non-anxious presence[2]. I’ve felt this internal work deeply, to the extent that I’ve joked with a couple of close friends that I’m…
By: Greg McMullen on April 15, 2024
Annabel Beerel is a consultant who specializes in leadership and ethics. She has written many books on various subjects and on leadership. Rethinking Leadership is a comprehensive book about leadership’s interdisciplinary and multifaceted requirements and how to attain those capacities to develop effective leaders.[1] As great as this book was, it did not capture my…
By: Jenny Dooley on April 15, 2024
Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts., by Brené Brown came just as I was hit with a wave of self-doubt while making the final decision for my doctoral project. My husband and peer group have borne the brunt of my doubts and confusion. I appreciate their patience. Dr. Brown came through for…
By: Russell Chun on April 15, 2024
Фільтри для води та лідерство – Water Filters and Ukraine. Introduction Part 1 What others are saying. Part 2 What I learned from Brown Epilogue – Ukraine bound Introduction Dare to Lead, by Brené Brown[1] is highly referred to by many in the leadership field. Within our DLGP02 Cohort, there seems to be a…
By: John Fehlen on April 15, 2024
In the spirit of Bobby Duffy’s Why We’re Wrong About Nearly Everything, let me begin with a confession to all my doctoral peers* that I was wrong about something: Brene Brown is amazing. In a previous blog post I made an arguable statement: “I’m not a huge Brene’ Brown fan. Go ahead, crucify me. I…
