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Drinking From a Fire Hydrant
1share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Follow @TimElmore Last Friday, we took our Growing Leaders team to Leadercast, a simulcast event broadcast live to over 100,000 leaders worldwide. The lineup was spectacular — each speaker focused on one element of bravery and its role in effective leadership. From Seth Godin to Peyton Manning to Rudy Giuliani,…
Continue ReadingWhy Leadership Comes with a Microphone
2shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn I’m excited to share a guest blog from Jeff Henderson, one of our speakers at our 2015 National Leadership Forum. Jeff is the founder of PRIMED, a company created to teach presenters how to be primed and ready for their next presentation. He has worked with leaders in both the for-profit…
Continue ReadingFour Truths About Spirituality and Faith on Campus
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn This fall, a study was released informing us of how U.S. college students view faith, religion, morality, and spirituality. Trinity College, in Hartford, CT, best known for their “American Religious Identification Survey,” partnered with the secular non-profit Center for Inquiry and asked students about their spiritual, moral, and political views.…
Continue ReadingFour Ideas to Lead This EPIC Generation of Students
For years I ‘ve been teaching that students today are from an EPIC generation. The letters of that word aptly describe who they are and how they learn.
Continue ReadingA Leadership Lesson We Can Learn From the New Pope
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. There are some great lessons we can learn from this leader.
Continue ReadingFive Leadership Lessons from Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world last Monday by stepping down from his sacred role as leader of the Catholic Church.
Continue ReadingIs Everyone a Leader?
I get this question often: Is everyone a leader? It all depends on how you define leadership. Here are 8 excuses given to avoid leadership.
Continue ReadingWhat’s at the Root of All Young Leader Development?
Young leader development is a critical undertaking. Training doesn’t really take effect until there is a transfer of responsibility.
Continue ReadingAre You Seeing Artificial Maturity in Your Students?
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn The following article is a taste of my new book, Artificial Maturity: Helping Kids Meet the Challenge of Becoming Authentic Adults. It is a sequel to Generation iY: Our Last Chance to Save Their Future, and is literally a solution book for the challenges we face as we teach, lead…
Continue ReadingHow Much Do You Believe?
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn I have been asking myself a question for years that I’d like to ask you. How much do you have to believe in something before you talk to someone about it? Seriously. That question is a great grid for determining how deeply you believe in an idea or a principle…
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