by jay | Aug 13, 2012 | Feature |
Just returned from the Willow Creek Leadership Summit and was struck again by the power of personal and leadership development. Bill Hybels mentioned several times the truths that leadership matters and that: “Everyone wins when a leader gets better.”...
by jay | Jan 23, 2012 | Pilgrimage |
On July 4th, 1863 a resident of Gettysburg emerged from his basement, profoundly aware of the carnage surrounding him, realizing that the Battle of Gettysburg might well be the turning point of the Civil War. He said to his neighbor, “Gettysburg will one day be...
by jay | Feb 22, 2011 | Language |
The Language of Leadership: Think Pink! We spend several sessions discussing the “language of leadership” at Gettysburg, arguing that the leader has a “palette” of words by which he paints visions in people’s minds. Our primary examples...
by jay | Feb 3, 2011 | Lee |
I’ve been working my way thru General Lee’s Army by Glatthaar these last three weeks during our Gettysburg student leadership conference. I was struck over and over again by the critical nature of leadership in the battle between “flesh and...
by jay | Feb 3, 2011 | McClellan |
Building a movement always challenges the status quo. Leaders must act, they must willingly risk the things they love. Unfortunately, many leaders are frozen by the lethargy of indecision. They fail to move. I’m convinced that this indecision in leaders–the...
