at happens when you put together a humanitarian organization that serves the needs of the children of the world, a dynamic advertising agency, and a leadership development consulting firm? You get the trip I leave for right now. Leaving for the Dominican Republic tonight with a team from the Seattle based ad agency… known as HL2 to serve with Children of Nations. This is one of the coolest things I’ve had the opportunity to be involved in as it’s a team effort between HL2, Children of Nations, and Real Time Development Strategies to respond to the need in the DR, and in the process, help this team be intentional about learning from the experience. See you soon.
http://www.cotni.org/
www.hl2.com
www.realtimedevelopmentstrategies.com

In the book Dying to Lead, Dr. McKenna describes leadership in three ways.

1.  As a choice – on some level, you chose to be a leader or someone told you were going to lead and you accepted.

2.  As responsibility for the work of others.  You are responsible for the work of others on some level.

3.  As responsibility for the development of others.  You are responsible for the development of others on some level. 

In short, a leader is someone who is accountable for the work and development of someone else.  This means that if you are a parent, or a manager, you are accountable and leading. 

Are you a leader?  If so, why?  If not, why not?