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The Truth About Leading From Any Level

November 28, 2018 By Ron Kitchens 1 Comment

The Truth About Leading From Any Level

What Do You Need to Lead? The biggest leadership myth out there is the unspoken misconception that you need to wait for a promotion before you start leading. The truth is that plenty of people with elaborate titles are terrible leaders (think dictators), while many of history’s greatest leaders, like Gandhi, had no title at all. The difference between a dictator's leadership and Gandhi's is the difference between leading through authority and leading guided by a set of values. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Posts, Leadership Tagged With: Axioms, development, leadership, values

Axioms Worth Noting

April 26, 2016 By ron kitchens Leave a Comment

Axioms Worth Noting

All the world is my school and all humanity is my teacher. ― George Whitman Today, Amanda and I decided to do something a little different on the podcast. We thought it would be fun to go over some of the axioms, idioms or clichés – whatever you like to call them – which we hear most often and discuss the leadership takeaways they each contain. We also tell you the etymology or the origin of their meanings when we can. The axioms we cover today include: The Early Bird Gets the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: Always Forward, Axioms, Bill Hybels, Catalyst University, Cliches, George Whitman, Idioms, Kalamazoo, leadership, Ron Kitchens, Southwest Michigan First

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