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Archive October 14, 2010
A Few Quick Lessons on Leadership from Our New Interns
This week we’re expanding “Team FYI” from 4 to 6, and we couldn’t be more excited. We are adding two new part-time interns…
Differences in Leadership Across Cultures
We at FYI are big fans of Dave Livermore and his Cultural Intelligence work.
Using Failures as Stories
Stories are valuable resources that we need to use productively and wisely.
Lesson #2 from Disneyland: Shared Experiences
So last week, our family enjoyed a day at Disneyland. And lucky for us, so much of the world was back in school that we didn’t have very long lines after rides.
Lesson #1 from Disneyland: Correcting Too Late
So our kids are still not back in school. They start tomorrow, September 8. So we have been enjoying this last week when most of the world is back in school as our chance to hit amusement parks. Notably Disneyland …
Telling Stories to Overcome Fear
One of the big lessons we’ve seen proven over and over in our Sticky Faith Cohort churches is the power of story.
Steve Jobs’ Seven Insights for Leaders
Yesterday I read a handful of blogs that either touted the future strengths of Apple after Steve Jobs’ resignation, as well as those that predicted its demise.
Collaboration, especially for women
I’m a huge fan of collaboration. We will never change kids’ lives without working together.
How Do You Do Conflict?
Catalyst Leadership magazine recently used research by the Barna Group to assign animals to different ways of dealing with conflict.1 Most pastors, they wrote, take the Sloth (avoid at all costs), Skunk (pass the stink on to someone else), …