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You Don’t Have to Be Rich to Be Generous
4shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Today is Giving Tuesday—but I don’t plan to ask you to give to our philanthropic work at Growing Leaders. Instead, I want to tell you a story and challenge you to do something in response to it. Dozens of you responded to my request for stories of generosity. Below is…
Continue ReadingExpressing Gratitude This Thanksgiving
1share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a gift and not giving it.” —William Arthur Ward Let’s give the gift away today. – Tim 1share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn
Continue ReadingThe Results of John Maxwell’s Generosity
4shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn When I think about generosity—my mind tends to go backward in time to my season working under Dr. John C. Maxwell. He is the most generous person I have ever met. I joined John’s staff shortly after graduating college in 1983. He’d only met me twice but took a chance…
Continue ReadingThe Impact of One Generous Leader
11shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Leading up to “Giving Tuesday” and Thanksgiving this year, we thought we’d do something different. I plan to post simple stories of leaders I know who’ve encountered generous people during their lifetime. This first is from my friend, Glen Jackson who tells of his first encounter with Truett Cathy. Our…
Continue ReadingThe State of Today’s Students Around the World
3shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Three years ago, our organization, Growing Leaders, hosted focus groups of international leaders called Global Voices Gatherings. More than 30 leaders of youth organizations and educational institutions from 10 countries (including Singapore, Great Britain, Brazil, Ethiopia, Mexico, Canada, Egypt, South Africa, Italy, and the United States) joined us in Atlanta.…
Continue ReadingA Powerful Leadership Lesson from a Super Bowl Athlete
38shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn You don’t have to love football to know—the 2019 Super Bowl will take place this Sunday. The NFC champion Los Angeles Rams will take on the AFC champion New England Patriots in my hometown, Atlanta, Georgia. Two great teams will square off to determine who will be the champion of…
Continue ReadingNine Creative Ways You Can Support Teachers
22shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn The numbers were just released. Government data shows “Teachers and other public education employees, such as community-college faculty, school psychologists and janitors, are quitting their jobs at the fastest rate on record,” reports The Wall Street Journal. Due to a tighter labor market and historically low unemployment rates, many teachers…
Continue ReadingWhen You Change a Student, You Change the Future
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn May I tell you a great story? This year, we began working with a partner organization in the Domincan Republic, called “Global Effect.” They exist to empower local residents to bring about sustainable transformation to their communities, addressing economic, social and physical needs in those communities. A few years ago,…
Continue ReadingThe Unexpected Outcome of the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
18shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Every now and then, you hear a story that takes your breath away. A true story that defies human logic, but displays human nature at its very best. Such a story took place a few weeks ago in Pennsylvania. By now, you’ve heard various accounts of the tragic shooting that…
Continue ReadingHow a Pig Increased Initiative in Students
0share Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn With Thanksgiving upon us—I’d love to tell you about something I am thankful for. The story below fills me with both pride and hope. Paoli High School is one of the schools The Growing Leaders Initiative collaborates with. We’ve granted Habitudes® resources, to help them learn leadership as teenagers. (The…
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