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    001    Lead Something There is great value in going beyond words, thoughts and theories and leading something / anything. This is the beginning place of leadership.    
    002    Proactive Correction Everyone struggles to change! Yet as leaders we still need to implement change when it is needed.    
    003    Change with Vision Change must always be associated with and connected to vision, change for change's sake is dangerous and often destructive.    
    004    The Most Important Thing So often love is an overwhelming underestimated force and imperative necessity. If you lead without love, you are wasting your time.    
    005    Final Destination How can lead anything forward without a vision, which is in fact the preferred final destination that a leader needs to rally her or his people to.    
    006    Culture of Change Cultivate a culture of change within your ministry or organisation that helps you increase momentum and reach your goals.    
    007    Steamrolling There are different ways to lead. Often the best isn't steamrolling over those you are wanting to help go forward, there are other options.    
    008    Motive Check Why do you do the things you do? Are you leading for the right reasons, or are their ulterior motives at play?    
    009    Sharpening Your Edge It is my responsibility to make sure I am developing as a leader and sharpening the edge of my leadership on a regular basis. Part 1.    
    010    Still Sharpening It is my responsibility to make sure I am developing as a leader and sharpening the edge of my leadership on a regular basis. Part 2.    
    011    Criticise Me How does one deal with criticism and if it has to come what's the best method of distribution?    
    012    Filtering Criticism There are certain filters that are helpful to be aware of and use when we are criticised so we have some guidance in how to both respond and act.    
    013    Outside Criticism What do you do when you are criticised by those who are outside of what you are trying to achieve?    
    014    Justification It is tempting to justify ourselves to critics but often it is to our own detriment.    
    015    Anonymity Anonymous criticism is the most hurtful kind. How can we be sure that we only respond to owned and named criticism.    
    016    Higher Ground When we face criticism there is something within us that wants to strike back and take revenge, there is however another way, a better way.    
    017    Leading Through Criticism Criticism will continually be our partner when it comes to leading, but we must lead anyway and regardless.    
    018    Patterns of Detraction This episode addresses that place many individuals and organisations reach where they have great ideas but continually fail to implement them.    
    019    Causes of Detraction What are the causes of our failure to implement the great ideas that we have and generate?    
    020    Finding Traction Getting out of the pattern of failing to implement great initiatives.    
    021    Excuses Deal head on with the excuses you give and the reasons you behind the excuses you tend to fall back on.    
    022    Holding Pattern Don't settle for the status quo when just one more step could lead you to an opportunity that changes everything.    
    023    Connecting With Youth Young people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. Young people are guided by the intensity of relationships.    
    024    Quality Not Quantity So often success rates as this world judges them require everything bigger and better, but what if that bigger and better is shallow and superficial, isn't it all about quality.    
    025    Ability, Practice & Position What is leadership and do you need position to do it? Can you have a position of leadership and not be a leader?    
    026    Generation Y Peeking at what the up and coming generation require in the leadership of today.    
    027    Integrity Cube Looking at how important it is to lead with integrity and how we must always be addressing the weaknesses that appear in our character.    
    028    Why Compromise Why do we so easily compromise the integrity which is required of us if we are to lead with any sort of significance.    
    029    Subtle Slips How subtly our integrity breaks down until we find ourselves one day in a very dark place.    
    030    Integrity Systems The health of our leadership depends on the health of our integrity, just like the health of our bodies depends on the health of the Systems that run our bodies.    
             
    031    Trustworthiness Trust is as important to our leadership as the circulation of blood is to our bodies. So how do we develop trust?    
         

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