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A Deeper Look at ‘Income Inequality’
If that increasing divide is to be bridged, leadership solutions need to be proposed and practiced which support environments that create meaningful work which provides for a stable family life, healthy respect for cultural mores which strengthen moral and ethical living, relationships grounded in promises and commitment rather than convenience...
Towards a Practice of ‘Faithful Presence’
Authentic leadership that changes lives most often happens during the moments when very few people are looking or listening. It’s seeking the welfare of the city…or the team…or the division…or the department…or the neighbors wherever they might be and in whatever condition we might find them.
Edwin Lacy Leads Wild Goose Christian Community
Edwin Lacy, an alum of the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, is a great example of what it means to lead within one's own sphere of influence. With subtle, yet remarkable, changes to the traditional worshiping community, Edwin has provided his community with an opportunity to grow more deeply in...
Generalities Beget Generalities…Not Solutions
Many of the people providing the solutions in this national discussion, whether they be scholars, politicians, or policy wonks, have been privileged enough to be admitted into hospitals that primarily admit healthy people, whereas those who would benefit most from the best physicians and medical care that money can buy...
Today’s Workforce is not Tomorrow’s Workforce
My colleagues will tell you that I am certainly no expert on this topic, as I’m not an expert on a lot of topics. I do know, though, that the members of “Tomorrow’s Workforce Which is Here Today” want at least two things in their work environment; two of the...
Leadership Matters for a Changing World
From my perspective, there are at least two fundamental problems with most discussions on leadership today. First, there is an implicit assumption that the world is divided between leaders and followers.......Secondly, there is another model of leadership that I would like us to think about, together.
