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Leadership

Guest post: A Tale of Two Leaders

                    It seems appropriate in this the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birth that we look at a tale not of two cities but of two leaders. In our leader-obsessed culture perhaps we should focus not on the leader but their leadership. These two pictures portray […]

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Why Leaders Fail: Shameless Self-Promotion

What’s the top reason leaders fail? It’s not illicit sex, financial mismanagement, or being overpromoted while underskilled. According to a large amount of research — biblical, contemporary, and my own interviews of 80 top leaders with whom I work in a multinational organization — the answer is PRIDE. In many cases, people named isolation and […]

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Leadership Teamwork

Guest post: 3 Essentials for Shared Leadership

Guest blogger Gary Runn has served with Cru for over 30 years. For the past five years he and his family served in Florence, Italy where he focused on leadership development for the national ministry. He currently serves as National Director for Leadership Development of Cru City in Austin, Texas. He’s also my brother-in-law and […]