Dare to Lead<\/em>, \u00a0by Bren\u00e9 Brown[1]<\/a> is highly referred to by many in the leadership field.\u00a0 Within our DLGP02 Cohort, there seems to be a cult following.\u00a0 Primarily because it touches chords in all the leaders who read her book.<\/p>\n Part 1 \u2013 What others are saying. <\/strong><\/p>\n Brown has been around since 2018.\u00a0 Her impact is reported in several spaces.\u00a0 She is on YouTube. Dare to Lead By Bren\u00e9 Brown: Animated Summary<\/em> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HoPsRM08bRg<\/p>\n In Book reviews. Len Lantz, \u201cBook Review \u2013 Dare to Lead,\u201d The Psychiatry Resource, June 28, 2021 [2]<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/psychiatryresource.com\/bookreviews\/dare-to-lead-review<\/a>.<\/p>\n Within the Cohort she has many fans…..<\/strong><\/p>\n DLGPO2 \u2013 Tim Clarks writes, \u201cShe \u00a0(Brown) writes \u201cSome of the most daring leaders I know have incredible vulnerability\u2026and yet disclose very little.\u201d \u00a0(Brown, 35). I have always wanted to be a vulnerable leader, but I can also be a private person. I\u2019ve been wrestling lately with how to pull off both without seeming, or being, inauthentic.<\/p>\n I have been told that dogs in a pack have an Alpha Leader.\u00a0 Let\u2019s call him the \u201cdomineering leader.\u201d Unknowingly, I have sought to have that title in my nonprofit <\/strong>www.goodsportsinternational.org<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 That Domineering Leadership works when forging into new territory (i.e. Ukraine) but works rather poorly in more established setting (Hungary 26 years and Slovakia 28 years). \u00a0Sadly, I have burned some relational bridges in this \u201cdomineering\u201d mode.\u00a0 My response? In the last 3 months,\u00a0 I have made myself vulnerable on a personal level (various issues) that reminds me of subordinate dog revealing his throat to the \u201calpha leader.\u201d\u00a0 This vulnerability hopefully will put an equal balance of \u201cpower\u201d to those who I have offended. <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>DLGP 02 \u2013 Esther Edwards writes, \u201cAnother takeaway was Brown\u2019s acknowledgment of the helicopter parent syndrome where parents swaddle their children \u201cin armor out of their own lack of confidence as parents and people.\u201d<\/a>[4]<\/a>\u00a0By coddling children by \u201cfixing, praising only results, and intervening\u201d they neglect to prepare them for a pathway forward \u201cby teaching courage, praising effort, and modeling grit.<\/p>\n I am living through this right now with my 23 year old daughter who moved out of the house last week.\u00a0 She was tired of being monitored.\u00a0 We do so perhaps because has been diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (her Hungarian mother died from cancer and many people self medicated with alcohol).\u00a0 While highly functioning, my daughter is a 15 year old trapped in a 23 year old body. She wants adulthood, but lacks the understanding that car insurance, phone usage and education have to be paid for. All the budgeting classes etc\u2026bounce off of her \u201cI will do it my self armor.\u201d\u00a0 Sigh.\u00a0 I remember that the prodigal son had to eat with the pigs before he came back home.\u00a0 Weeks, months, years?\u00a0 I pray that it is sooner than later. <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>Part 2- What I learned from Bren\u00e9 Brown<\/strong><\/p>\n Until this program I had never heard of Brene Brown.\u00a0 Her writings are interesting and provocative.\u00a0 In her introduction she lists 10 behaviors and cultural issues that leaders identified as getting in our way\u2026(obstacles). Number 4 \u201cNot enough people are taking smart risks or creating and sharing bold ideas to meet changing demands and the insatiable need for innovation. (p.8).<\/p>\n As GoodSports International (www.goodsportsinternational.org<\/a>) enters Ukraine, I am made brilliantly aware of the body of Christ thinking outside of the box.\u00a0 Eric has a refrigerator truck that moves Samaritan purse food up to villages up and down the spaces facing Russian aggressors.\u00a0 Coach Sasha (and Andrew) plus their 19 soccer coaches and 3 chaplains minister to 300 children on a weekly soccer program.\u00a0 Todd and Yevhven have engaged with 70 Ukrainian schools in their American Flag Football program. Kevin and crew in Odesa are ministering to widows and seniors.<\/p>\n I am exposed to a fraction of the work that GOD is doing in this war zone with Ukrainian and American Christians.\u00a0 The need for the Gospel is now.\u00a0 The attention of those suffering tragedy upon loss and then more tragedy, need the hope we have in Christ.\u00a0 These Christians have taken “risk” to a whole new level.<\/p>\n Still \u2013 my U.S. based International Board initially stopped me from exploring the possibilities in Ukraine. \u00a0I was not surprised, but incredibly saddened as it confirmed what Brown said, \u201cNot enough people are taking smart risks or creating and sharing bold ideas\u201d, \u00a0Fortunately, God is in control and when I am told \u201cno\u201d I usually act anyway.\u00a0 Especially, if stands in the way of expanding ministry.<\/p>\n Brown has coined BRAVING acronym, representing seven pillars of trust (Boundaries, Reliability, Accountability, Vault, Integrity, Non-judgment, and Generosity), that Brown sees as essential for effective leadership (p.225).\u00a0 In the coming summer I hope to establish trust with new Ukrainian ministry partners.<\/p>\n Epilogue I have burned some relational bridges in my organization by pursuing Ukrainian projects, but once again God has honored \u201crisky thinking.\u201d\u00a0 As an example, we have identified a need for water filters at the individual (to include soldier level) and larger water filters (think 300 soccer kids).<\/p>\n An \u201coutside of the box thinker\u201d suggested we invite people to buy water filters for Ukraine.\u00a0 Individuals and churches are responding now.\u00a0 GoodSports is a SPORTS ministry, but Christians who think outside the box in Ukraine, are \u201cloving God, loving people\u201d are making a difference.<\/p>\n Selah…<\/p>\n P.S.\u00a0 I will spend about a month in Ukraine this year.\u00a0 Prayers that I connect with Ukrainian Christians who are doing the “heavy lifting” and that I can find support for their efforts upon my return in August.<\/p>\n Shalom…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [1]<\/a> Brown, Bren\u00e9. Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts<\/em>. New York: Random House, 2018.<\/p>\n [2]<\/a> Len Lantz, \u201cBook Review \u2013 Dare to Lead,\u201d The Psychiatry Resource, June 28, 2021, https:\/\/psychiatryresource.com\/bookreviews\/dare-to-lead-review<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u0424\u0456\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0440\u0438 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0432\u043e\u0434\u0438 \u0442\u0430 \u043b\u0456\u0434\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e – Water Filters and Ukraine. Introduction Part 1 What others are saying. 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