The reasons why people trust you
“To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.”― George MacDonald George MacDonald, a 19th Century Scottish novelist, once wrote: “To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved.” That’s a pretty bold statement, even by 19th Century standards....
What it means to trust
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway is attributed with these words: “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” I can imagine your response. Easier said than done,...
What Our Strategy Reveals About Us
This is a message for those Trump supporters who claim they don’t condone who the president is, just his policies—especially those who claim to be people of faith. You may think you can get away with pretending that you can separate the leader from the strategy. But...
Optimizing Intra-Agency Collaboration
There is a special cohort of leaders who are spread out across the Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services (FNCS) Division of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) who believe deeply in the power of intra-agency collaboration. FNCS oversees many programs...
Leadership Beyond the Bars
One of my favorite definitions of leadership casts it as an act of persuading others to think or to do things they would’t normally do on their own. I carried this notion of leadership with me last week when I delivered a workshop at the Annual Retreat of the...
To paraphrase: "You can't fail. There are too many people routing for you." @iamwesmoore from @RobinHoodNYC delivers inspiring call to action for @JaneHaleHopkins @cokescholars.
2As the people around us open their eyes to a new interpretation of #history, the search for #truth will involve some difficult and dark moments. We will have to come to terms with what lies ahead.
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