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April 2008

17: Develop Others

The measure of leadership is not the quality of the head, but the tone of the body. The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?
Leadership is an Art (p. 12) by Max DePree, Dell Publishing, 1989

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December 2007

Legacy Lost Part 2: The Second Billionaire

The Tale of Two Billionaires

In this second part of the series, Dan Wooldridge tells the story of the second billionaire who, too, lost his legacy. Out of this story he pulls out a lesson on leaving a legacy in the business you have created.

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September 2007

Egonomics + Servant Leadership

Jim Hancock continues his series on Marcum and Smith’s book entitled “Egonomics”, showing us that “healthy ego keeps us from thinking to highly or too little of ourselves”.

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Egonomics

Jim Hancock draws from Marcum and Smith’s book Egonomics to point out the cost of ego in business.

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June 2007

18: Direct Report

Lesslie Newbigin
Honest Religion for Secular Man (p 136), Philadelphia. Fortress, 1966
We can commit ourselves without reserve to all the secular work our shared humanity requires of us, knowing that nothing we do in and of itself is good enough to form part of that city’s building, knowing that everything — from our most secret prayers to our most public political acts — is part of that sin–stained human nature that must go down into the valley of death and judgment, and yet knowing that as we offered it up to the Father in the name of Christ and in the power of the Spirit, it is safe with Him and — purged in fire — it will find its place in the holy city at the end.

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April 2007

8: Performance Review

Gordon Dahl
Work, Play, and Worship (p 12), Augsburg Publishing House 1972
Most middle-class Americans tend to worship their work, to work at their play, and to play at their worship. As a result, their meanings and values are distorted, their relationships disintegrate faster than they can keep them in repair, and their lifestyles resemble a cast of characters in search of a plot.

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January 2007

Charlie: The Legacy of a Leader (PDF)

Dan Wooldridge reflects on the widespread impact of the life of a single man.

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October 2006

Why Do Businesses Die?

Dan Wooldridge raises the question and points to an answer at the fundamental core of a business

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July 2006

Charlie: The Legacy of a Leader (Part 2)

On the long drive to and from the funeral of his mentor, Dan Wooldridge realized what made Charlie so influential Ã¢â‚¬â€œ beginning with his deep sense of

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