Tag: leadership
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The Gift of Presence
Merry Christmas! This is the time of year when people are scrambling to find the right gift for their loved ones. Yet, in our fast-paced world, it’s easy to let relationships fall by the wayside. Technology takes the place of the genuine and meaningful connections that are essential for our well-being. In our distracted society,…
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How to Connect with Someone Across the Divide
Many cultural commentators would say that people are becoming more and more divided. While virtually no one would argue against the fact that we all desire community, people are also quite adept at separating from each other. It seems that our need for community is expressed to fault. We don’t just appreciate our own culture…
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What is Psychological Safety?
All parents share a core desire for their children. My wife and I share in this as well. Many things are important to us including academic rigor, cultural development, and diversity. But the greatest and nonnegotiable factor for our children is safety. Wherever we send our little ones, we want certainty that they will be…
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Escaping the Matrix
The Matrix is a popular movie from 1999 about humanity being unknowingly trapped inside a digital reality. Once he achieves freedom, Keanu Reeves’ character Neo leads an effort to defeat the machines and free others. The pandemic jettisoned most people to depend on virtual meeting platforms like Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams. And this…
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3 Tips for Successful Diversity Efforts
Is your organization or ministry looking to start an initiative geared towards diversity? That’s a good thing! But, navigating the waters of diversity and inclusion efforts has great potential for miscommunication which can snowball and create more problems than solutions. Here are three thoughts on rolling out diversity efforts in ways that are clear, respectful,…
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What is Diversity?
As I was preparing to write this post I searched the internet for, “most misunderstood words.” Surprisingly, “diversity” was not on any of the lists that I found. I say this because I have seen several instances where one person was using the word (with a certain meaning in mind) and the hearer’s interpretation was…
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