Chris Brady

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Featured Rascal: Mother Teresa

Chris Brady

"   Her charity grew from a tiny concern ina Calcutta, India, into an enormous, world-wide organization.   With such a growing organization focused upon the lowest strata ofexistence, Mother Teresa and her Missionaries of Charity garnered internationalfame.   She was featured in booksand a documentary.

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Working at the Roots

Chris Brady

  What are the top five problems assailing you and/or your organization at the moment? " But a leader does not have the option of avoiding this difficult work. In fact, this IS the work of a leader.  Have you done the hard work of (continually) thinking through these issues?

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Author Chris Brady's Leadership Blog: Multum, Non Multa

Chris Brady

They exist in the gaps between the things we have scheduled, planned, organized, and orchestrated. .  One of my favorite sayings comes from the movie Hitch:  " Life is not the amount of breaths you take, it's the moments that take your breath away." " Those moments are available to us all.

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Mob or Team?

Chris Brady

Just because one isn't the titular head of an organization of people doesn't mean he or she cannot lead. Leadership is the force that prevents the mob tendencies of any group of people and instead channels those energies into productive alignment. And this leadership can come from any and all levels.

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Rascals

Chris Brady

  Inspiredby Jongh's example and empowered by her organization, new volunteers seemedalways ready to step into gaps created by arrests and murders. .             Incredibly,the Comet Line lived on.

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World Cup Predictions Contest

Chris Brady

I think the copy should be donated to the USA Soccer World Cup Organizing Committee. (Or Posted by: Jeff & Laura Mann | August 21, 2010 at 02:12 AM Speaking as one of those few who did actually pick Spain and The Netherlands to be in the top 3 (I just had them reversed!), Or US Olympic Soccer, if that fails!)

Letter 50
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The Best Leaders Have Fun

Chris Brady

" However, it will often take a lot of work (that may not be much fun) to get to the point where the organization is correctly arranged and people have earned their way into positions of their gifting. Learning, striving, and climbing are often arduous and difficult activities.

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