Articles of Faith: A Crisis of Civility

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Dr. Hampton Hopkins

—————————————————————————– This post is part of our Sunday Series titled “Articles of Faith.” We investigate leadership lessons from the Bible. See the whole series here. Published only on Sundays. —————————————————————————– A Faithlink study from 2009 posed the question: is civility dead? Has it gone the way of written thank-you notes and bows and curtseys, practices [...]

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Leadership: The Difference Between Quilts and Puzzles

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Dr. Hampton Hopkins

A recent visit to a quilt show at a regional festival reminded me of an old saying “when life throws you scraps, make a quilt.” This implies such a positive, can-do attitude. While I have never made a quilt, I do understand the commitment, creativity, and passion within each beautiful mosaic of fabric and thread. [...]

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Articles of Faith: Spiritual Leadership

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Dr. Hampton Hopkins

—————————————————————————– This post is part of our Sunday Series titled “Articles of Faith.” We investigate leadership lessons from the Bible. See the whole series here. Published only on Sundays. —————————————————————————– There was a recent article published in a newspaper whereby the reporter asked the question “who are your heroes?” to a group of high school [...]

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The Portability of Knowledge

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Dr. Hampton Hopkins

With the complex and evolving nature of the world today, the paradigm of centralized decision-making is a thing of the past. Gone with this monolithic concept is the vertical orientation of our organizations, replaced instead by a lateral model of inclusiveness and knowledge-sharing. In this organization everyone is a valued member and has the autonomy, [...]

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Leadership Sabotage: Intentional or Not?

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Dr. Hampton Hopkins

There are countless ways every day whereby leaders engage in sabotage. While it can be argued that much of this is unintentional, the proliferation of such acts begs otherwise. But, you may ask, what is sabotage? This is a good question and the simple answer is Sabotage is a deliberate act of destruction or work [...]

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Articles of Faith: Uncommon Courtesy

Posted on April 10, 2010 by Dr. Hampton Hopkins

I know you have experienced it… road rage, abusive language, people on cell phones everywhere you turn! Many of us lament the state of the world today: we are alienated, hurried, busy, stressed, overworked, sleep-deprived, and media-saturated. In short, we are discourteous. Rudeness is everywhere. And we are quick to point out public rudeness when [...]

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The Pursuit of Happiness

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Dr. Hampton Hopkins

How happy are you at work? How happy are those around you? There was a recent article from the Associated Press about employee happiness suggesting that we are steadily becoming unhappy at work because we find our work uninteresting, our pay inadequate, and our benefits declining. Gone are the days when an employee works for [...]

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