Making a Difference…

February 23, 2011

When one takes time to really listen to the stories of women in Kenya and Africa as a whole, they are changed. It is one thing to intellectually understand the issues of gender violence, the rapes, the beatings, the forced circumcision, and lack of the most basics of human rights; it is quite another [...]

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Losing One’s Way

February 15, 2011

Somewhere along the journey I lost my way. Deep down I sensed it, tried working harder yet the feeling only intensified. I knew I was in trouble as what was so purposeful and as close to following my “bliss” as I had ever come and turned into days and weeks where the energy [...]

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How to Create the Leaders We Wish For

January 26, 2011

I recently ran across a two year old note I sent to a Leadership student who was asking about leaders in today’s world. It is still relevant today so I am reposting it here. Best wishes and may we together, by our individual actions, create something amazing this year… David
After thinking about [...]

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Why Attaining Goals May not be Leadership

July 28, 2010

I think it is good to put to the test from time to time those things we “teach” others about empowerment and self-leadership. I think many in the leadership arena can become complacent with previous “successes” and become trapped into reliving their past as workshops, key notes, webinars, blogs and books [...]

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When Dreams Become Real – Part II

July 10, 2010

For me, I always had a feeling deep within my spirit that I was meant to do something… a special something of some sort of which I knew nothing of the details. I just had a feeling within myself that it was important and that it would somehow help others. As I grew [...]

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When Dreams Become Real…

June 5, 2010

Dreams are a funny thing. When I grew up I knew what dreams were and I, of course, found great comfort and joy in both my dreams and daydreams … maybe too much comfort at times for I dreamed and daydreamed a lot. And as I was growing up, I recall being told [...]

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I am Asking for Help

February 14, 2010

I have learned over the years that the best way to get to where one wishes to go is to understand and believe in the value of this statement, “I need help.” It consists of only three words, but when put together in that fashion great things can happen. And quite [...]

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Of Pain, “au naturale” and Fixes

February 8, 2010

I was reading a dialogue string within a wonderful group of leaders this morning on LinkedIn (LCF or the Leaders Foundation Café). There was a comment by Kwai Yu of the United Kingdom that I responded to there, and I write of here. The overall issue was the world’s economic crisis and that [...]

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A Leadership Moment the World Did Not See

January 31, 2010

A few days ago there was a “Summit-9″ held in Suriname. The Summit was intended to focus on the “findings” from a recently completed study to meet the challenges of the 9 million youth within the Caribbean. Many of the Caribbean leaders who often spoke of their commitment to the youth of the Caribbean were [...]

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The Real Essence of Leadership

January 26, 2010

The phrase that comes to my mind when reading all of the ideas about leadership, each with their own set of merits and demerits, is: When things seem too complex and life seems almost overwhelming, just focus on the next step, and then the next. Soon you will look back and see how [...]

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