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My Friend Gina

August 26, 2010 in Serving and Leadership with 5 Comments

There are two things a High School Principal fears over all others….

Coming in second place is any phone messages, meeting requests, or emails with “Cheerleading” in the subject line. Seriously.

And in first place…the meanest scariest person to walk the halls of any High School….

…the wild eyed Drama Teacher tapping at your door asking if you have a second.

I just got a shiver down my spine….

This was true for me, the principal, and my friend Gina…the wild eyed drama teacher.

I attended Gina’s funeral the other day and I have been doing a lot thinking about some of the lessons she taught me. Continue Reading…

Awkward Conversations

August 5, 2010 in Leading yourself, Serving and Leadership with 6 Comments

I recently had a member of my team ask me for 5 minutes…

We began our conversation and he started with a lot of prefacing. I always know something good is coming when people start prefacing. I used to cut people off and tell them just to get to the point…but I’ve learned not to do that. First, it’s rude. Second, they’re going through a lot of trouble to tell you something, the least you can do is let them tell you the way they want to tell you. Finally, you can learn sooo much about a person from it. Shut up and listen.

So, as you might have gueseed…after the prefacing…He called me on something? I had done something that made him uncomfortable. I had fallen short as a leader in his mind…and he told me about it.

So…How do you react?

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