I started working with cancer survivors when we began planning our Livestrong Cancer Survivor Program just over 3 years ago. Wow have I learned a lot about life and about people as a result. Since that time the program has sort of taken on a life of its own and I have seen many of [...]
Archive | June, 2012
Four Tools For Leadership
Today I want to follow up on my last post where I talked about humility and leadership as described by John Dickson in his book Humilitas. Humility is a very telling quality of leadership, and there are four important “tools” that are shared by Dickson that are available to leaders that also help them inspire [...]
Humility And Leadership
Humility has a closer relationship to leadership than what you might think. I just finished reading Humilitas: A Lost Key to Life, Love, and Leadership by John Dickson. It was an excellent read and caused me to think about humility in a new way. Dickson defines humility as the noble choice to forgo your status, [...]
Major Shift Coming In Philanthropy
The rules in philanthropy are changing and the pace of this change is accelerating. How do I know? I know because last night I bought two chickens for someone in Kenya. I don’t know the people in Kenya, nor do I know anything about chickens. The question is, “are you ready for the change?” Those [...]
