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What Makes People Stay
Paychecks attract talent. Benefits keep them comfortable. But what makes people stay is knowing they matter. Most organizations say they value their people. Then their…
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Ready For Take Off
Power is a complicated concept that I have a mixed relationship with. With a lens of being in service to others, I have built a…
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The Reciprocal Symphony of Service
In a world that increasingly measures and celebrates importance by what we can gain, the idea of being in service to something other than personal…
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In Service To Equity
In our professional and personal lives, courage and vulnerability (two related yet seemingly different ideas) often appear unexpectedly. And while these concepts may make us…
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Building Bridges Through Service
We’ve all heard the phrase “us versus them.” It is a tribal instinct that has been hardwired into our brains over thousands of years of…
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A Love Story
Our first Service in Action story has – deservingly – received a lot of media attention about this powerful story of love and service. Here…
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Home Sweet Ever-Evolving Home
In early 2001, I was a young, single, self-employed dad with two kids starting over. At the time, the house I now call home was…
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Serving Helps Me Belong
I have been thinking about belonging this week. Work-wise, I’m spending time with an employer trying to build a culture that embraces it. Another client…
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Living A Life For Joy
March was a fun month in our house growing up. In addition to St Paddy’s Day’s (Mom LOVED to decorate for the ‘seasons’), we had…
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300 Years Is A Long Time
In an effort to better understand and connect with the rooms I am facilitating or coaching, I now make an effort to consciously absorb and…
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मैनु सेवा कारन तो नहीं रोक्या जावेगा
मैनु सेवा कारन तो नहीं रोक्या जावेगा While the literal translation of this Hindi is “Will not be stopped due to menu service” I think…
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Service Leadership Lessons from Kaja & Adam
As much of an Apple fan as I am, their Podcast interface on iOS is painful. I am usually listening in the morning, half awake…