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What is the first impression I give?
By
Linda G. Howard
My good friend, Malcolm, told me that he attended a leadership class recently. It was both an exhilarating and brutal course. The teacher expertly built up the members. Where needed, she ripped apart each of the participants. At the end of the week-long seminar, the teacher explained that during the first hour of each class,…
Leadership–Sense of humor? Get One
By
Linda G. Howard
There may be nothing that is as potent in leadership than a sense of humor, especially when you allow yourself to become the joke. I’ve watched gifted leaders turn some of their greatest blunders into a time of learning for everyone. Here are some helpful hints that I’ve gleaned from these men and women.…
Leadership–Standing on the backs of older generations
By
Linda G. Howard
Several years ago, Richard Stimson wrote in the Special Gathering newsletter, Networks, something that made a big impression on me. He said that all of us who serve within the disability community stand on the backs of the generations who have gone before us. These are heroes like Corrie Ten Boon, who had a city-wide special…
Leadership–Standing no matter what
By
Linda G. Howard
Making decisions are a part of all of our lives. Each day we make a mulititude of decisions. Whenever the phone rings, I have to decide whether to answer it or not. If I’m in the middle of teaching or lecturing or preaching, of course, I won‘t answer the phone. However, when my mother was…
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