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The Problem With Zigzag Leadership

For years I believed a common myth about alligators. According to this popular misconception, alligators are so fast that they can outrun humans. So the only hope for someone chased…

Jim Buchan September 12, 2013

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Leadership Politics & Culture

Barack Obama, World Parent

6 Parenting Principles We Can Learn from the Syria Dilemma By all accounts, President Obama is an excellent dad to Malia and Sasha. That makes it puzzling that he has…

Jim Buchan September 11, 2013

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Leadership Politics & Culture

The Leader of the Free World

But Who Is Really Following? Ever since the end of World War II, the President of the United States has been acknowledged as "the leader of the Free World."…

Jim Buchan September 7, 2013

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Leadership

Preaching Like Jesus Preached

I recently had a dream that really got me thinking. In the dream, a pastor was describing a very common dilemma in the American church today. "Jim, a few years…

Jim Buchan July 21, 2013

Leadership

George Zimmerman and Me

A revealing personal look at life & leadership I find myself sympathetic to George Zimmerman, because I made some of the same fundamental errors many years go. No, I didn’t…

Jim Buchan July 15, 2013

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Leadership

Do You Have Skin in the Game?

Attributed to renowned investor Warren Buffet, "skin in the game" is a term describing the willingness of a company’s top executives to invest some of their own money in a…

Jim Buchan May 8, 2013