2011

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Dear Joe Paterno – One Alumni’s Letter to Our Fallen Coach

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Our Weeping Nittany Lion. Dear Joe, In addition to others, especially the victims, I am praying for you and Sue. You could not have stopped it, but you could have mitigated this catastrophe. Therefore, I want you to know, while I may not agree with the method, I must support the university’s decision to let you go. As a Christian, I forgive you.

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Cleaning Baby Poop Helps Make Great Leaders

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Yesterday, our youngest son (2 month old Gabriel) had a “blow out” You parents know what I mean and the rest can probably figure it out from the title. It was a mess. By the way, if you’re eating while you read this, you may want to come back later… Getting Your Hands Dirty. The Martin Luther King Family. While scrubbing the dirty onesie, I found myself contemplating a key business decision.

Crisis 226
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2 Critical Phrases to Handle Haters

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Jon Acuff Method. Jon Acuff wrote about Loving Your Own Dream Too Much to Hate Somebody Else’s. In the post, he explains how he deals with haters: When ever someone attacks me and the books I write, I always ask them a simple question: “How did you write your book differently?”. That response is so powerful, I want to share and expand on it here.

Tactics 209
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Don’t Confuse Accountability With Responsibility

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Danger Will Robinson, Danger! One symptom of a leader caving to her own ego is one who begins to confuse accountability with responsibility. Accountability is when you own the ultimate result – pass or fail. Responsibility is when you are the one to deliver the result. Too often, I’ve seen good managers cave to their ego and confuse these roles.

Follow-up 206
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Top 10 Servant Leadership Tweeters in 2011

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Part of my mission is to spread servant leadership awareness. Therefore, I greatly appreciate folks on Twitter who spread servant leadership content. Last year, I highlighted 5 individuals to whom I was especially grateful for their ongoing support and promotion of these principles. This year, I’ve expanded the list to 10 and created a more formal recognition.

Greenleaf 197
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My Great Failure, Part 1: Overconfidence & a Humility Lesson

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The Scenario: Overconfident. I was hired to deliver a new back office software suite. Prior to my arrival, the project had struggled to get off the ground, so expectations were high. They placed a lot of hope in me and perceived me as the “hero” outside hire. What was worse, I knew and believed the hype (insert foreshadow music here). After meeting with our customers, I compiled a business requirements document (to tell programmers what the software must do).

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5 Tips for Practical and Helpful Passwords

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We all have a growing number of accounts, websites and other security measures which require an endless number of passwords. However, a primary rule of good password practices is to never use the same password twice. Another standard password practice is to reset your passwords every 30, 60 or 90 days. So how in the world do you keep all those passwords straight?

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