Forget Family Trees, I Found Myself

All of these wonderful pieces of my background were found, rediscovered, and uncovered. In the end, I had completed my family tree. I could see all of the branches clearly: who was in it, where they originated from, and how we came to be here in the great state of Minnesota. 

But, what did it really change? For me, it really changed absolutely nothing.

Leading with Purpose: The Benefits of Servant Leadership

Taking the leadership mantle for a mightily struggling organization, Bachelder and her leadership team began by committing to a leadership philosophy that would guide everything they did.

“We quickly agreed that this servant leadership notion would guide us going forward. But there was one more thing. We believed that servant leadership would deliver superior results. The performance of the enterprise would be the evidence that we had served others well.”

Deion Sanders Ought to Take his Leadership "Personal"

By all accounts, little--if any--consideration was given to these former players on their way out. Reports circulated that Sanders and his staff did as little as possible to help those former players after abruptly dismissing them from the team, while Sanders bragged about “bringing (his own) luggage with (him), and it’s Louis (Vuitton).”

In the wake of Colorado's upset victory on Saturday, however, those concerns are all but forgotten. They are seen as a regrettable, but insignificant cost of the new normal in college football.

Humility's Essential Whisper

One of the strategies Dalio shared with Redditors was embracing the art of thoughtful disagreement, which offers the opportunity to be “worlds smarter and raise your chances of making better decisions” by being humble and considering the possibility of being wrong…

The importance of humility is not just a product of the modern era, either.

The ancient Romans, one of the most formidable empires the world has ever seen, even had a specialized way of reminding victorious generals to be humble.