Seacliffs Blog
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My Vision for Seacliffs
The idea of Seacliffs came from my three-year involvement in a leadership development program with Dave Rider of Rider Leadership Solutions. He has been a long-term mentor of mine and invited me into his program that was part of the Townsend Leadership Program. John Townsend is a leading Chrisitan Psychologist who wrote, along with Henry…
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Are you confusing marketing tactics and strategy?
When we think about marketing, we often think about things we are going to do to get our message in front of potential customers to grow revenue. This is an important part of marketing, but it is not where we should start. The problem with focusing just marketing efforts to grow a business is that…
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Palm Sunday and the Leadership Paradox
When you think about leadership, what character traits do you think of? I see good leaders as assured, confident, strong, authoritative, inspirational, enthusiastic and challenging…come, let’s take the hill! But for too long strong leaders have shown themselves to be: domineering, forceful, manipulative, controlling or overbearing. What does Palm Sunday show about leadership? Palm Sunday…
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Who are you trying to change?
After writing my Customer Vision Statement, I gave thought to why the process was so difficult for me. My hang up is that I want to be all things to all people. I arrogantly believe that I’m good enough to persuade anyone and turn them around. Or that everyone could benefit from what I have…
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Finding Freedom
Last week I was a Church revival and leadership development event at Angola – Louisiana State Penitentiary. We have held the event annually since 2014. If you can believe it, there are 30 different Churches, serving the 6,000 inmates, most of which are serving life sentences. Let the groans of the prisoners come before you;…
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Rest In Peace, Dr. Billy Graham
Today is the funeral for Billy Graham. He was laid to rest in a casket made by inmates at Angola Prison in Lousiana. I have visited that wood shop and heard about the caskets that were made there for both Billy and his wife, Ruth. It amazes me that such a prominent leader would give…
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