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The Importance of Stating What You Believe
Tweet And standing for it… All too often in our society trying to figure out what a political leader believes is about as easy as keeping track of a teenager. Just when you think you understand where...
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Professional Christians
Tweet In building my current business venture I was revisiting some of the business culture writings I have read in the past. I have been pushing my staff to be professionals, to focus on goals and...
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Stop Common Core!
Tweet Over the past weeks the number of conservatives approaching me about Common Core has skyrocketed. As a school board member and someone actively involved in education I take notice of this. I am,...
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What Education is getting Right
If you read my writings you know I am passionate about this upcoming generation. I personally invest in them as I have the opportunity. I also serve our public education system as an elected board...
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Coaching Effectively
Many people confuse coaching with leadership, often thinking of them as synonyms. I am a firm believer that this is not the case. Coaching is actually a subset of Leadership. Leadership is a very...
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It Takes A Community
I spent the last 2 ½ days with school board members from across the state. School board members (seven per school district) are elected and serve free of charge to their communities. School board...
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Entrepreneur or Profiteer?
Over the years I have become increasingly frustrated with the misuse of some terms in our business culture. It is very stylish to characterize yourself as an Entrepreneur in America today, and it...
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A Personal Reflection
Flying back from South Carolina last week I had a lot to reflect on. The plane was dark and quiet and I could choose what to think about and spend my time on. I could think about my daughter’s...
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Iterative Thinking is a Lifestyle
A student in a recent JIRA Boot Camp commented on how I described agile processes differently than a consultant her company had brought in. She noted that what I described seemed to make more sense....
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It Takes a Village
Many of you that know us are aware that we often have teenagers living in our home, and many more that regularly drop by the house. We have found the investment is substantial, but the rewards are...
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Why We Teach Workshops
At Oasis Digital our core business is to build custom software that helps our customers thrive. Everyone that works here has a technical degree and solves challenging technical problems every day. Our...
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When am I fast?
This weekend was fantastic. The weather was cooler, the leaves are turning and I got to spend it with a pile of friends at a camp in southern Missouri. Our church family held our annual weekend away,...
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The Foster System and Adoption
I was recently reading a report on Child Welfare and Adoption put together by the US Department of Health and Human Services and presented to Congress¹. The most recent report covered data up through...
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The Subtle Evil of Generalization
As a society we have been well educated about the evil of stereotypes related to race. Even with all the reminders, we still have issues in this area. Much less obvious are the broad generalizations...
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