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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Mel Brooks, Ben Stein, Andragogy, and Principles of Facilitative Teaching

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Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Connecting Followership and Transformational Leadership

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Leadership has about as many definitions as there are people. Some of them focus on manipulation and others seem to have no substance beyond morality. I personally agree with one who said "Everything rises and falls on leadership." I feel strongly that leaders are the ones who "stand in the gap" to hold our lives and our world together. Leaders employ certain skills, most of which can be learned, to accomplish their important role. These are some thoughts about those skills and leadership in general.
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  • The Principles of Life
  • Spiritual Warfare: Our Weapons are Not of this World
  • Discipleship with James: Devotionals for Spiritual Growth
  • Guidebook for Curriculum Development and Assessment

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Resources worth checking out

  • The Greatest Management Principle by Michael Leboeuf
  • Leading at a Higher Level by Ken Blanchard
  • The Truth About Leadership by James Kouzes and Barry Posner
  • Switch by Chip and Dan Heath
  • Boundaries by Henry Cloud
  • Scaling Up Excellence by Robert Sutton & Huggy Rao
  • Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson et.al.
  • A Sense of Urgency by John Kotter
  • Influencer:The Power to Change Anything by Kerry Patterson et.al.
  • Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath
  • Leading Change by John Kotter
  • Spiritual Leadership: Moving People on to God's Agenda, by Henry Blackaby
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
  • Good to Great by Jim Collins

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