“We succeed out of our shame.” -Mike Tyson I’ve listened to a couple interviews with former heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson in the last month and I’ve been really fascinated by learning…
Tag: Empowerment
Last to Know
It has occurred to me over time that very often the person in a given emotional system or community or organization with the most power is frequently and probably even consistently THE…
Paternalism and When Helping Hurts
Not too long ago I finished When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert. If you aren’t familiar – it’s an exploration of…
Green Zone Leadership: Breaking Rules to Serve
This is a much delayed post in the series I’ve entitled “Green Zone Leadership,” which is a compilation of reflections and insights from reading Imperial Life in the Emerald City – the…
Cross-Cultural Detachment: When Majority Folks Don’t Engage
As a white advocate in an ethnic minority context, I spend a disproportionate amount of my time trying to wrap my mind around why it’s so hard to mobilize majority culture leaders…
Capacity Building Decisions and Empowerment
Have you ever seen an example of a group of people or an organization succeeding in something that everyone else is struggling with? People usually want to find out “the secret” so…
Why Ethnic Minority Leaders Leave Ministry Organizations
This article/ebook is a specific treatment of a specific context – the organization that I have served with over the past 15 years and that I have been involved with in different…
Why I Didn’t Tell My 7 Yr Old Who I Voted For
As people are still digesting the results of this week’s Presidential election I thought I’d post a couple of times related to some moments that were part of my “election experience.” Before…
Seeing Clearly Seeing Whole
A few weeks ago we were on vacation with my family. One of the most memorable moments for me was watching my son (4) start to learn to swim a bit. But…