Author: Paul Alexander
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Thankfulness through the eyes of a child
When it comes to being thankful, often times as adults we have a way of turning a very simple idea into something overly complex. So this week I asked my girls (Kennedy and Mia who are 6 and 5 respectfully) to star as guest bloggers and do their best to explain their thoughts when it…
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a game changing weekend at north metro
Left to themselves organizations…including churches, drift. It can happen to the best of us if were not careful. As organizations and churches grow they seem to naturally become more complex. There are more assets to allocate, decisions seem to have more far reaching consequences attached to them than they once did when you were smaller…
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when darkness delivers
In the blockbuster-hit movie, “The Dark Knight,” Harvey Dent, the District Attorney of Gotham City, is quoted as saying; “The night is darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you, the dawn is coming.” While it was a good line in a great movie, this idea appears to have first been penned in 1650…
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evaluation made simple
Volumes have been written about the process of evaluation. In fact, some people make a pretty good living off of the evaluative process and the data that it can produce. I don’t have the time to always dig into everything as deep as I may like to so I’m always looking for clear, simple, and…
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Emotional Intelligence
Leading has much more to do with relationships than most hard driving, task driven, get it done leaders will ever admit. This is one the factors that makes leadership more of a complex art than simple set of skills. That is why the best leaders have the ability to make people feel heard, valued, as…