Tag Archives: leadership

thoughts: My personal breakdown of the parts of Royal Rangers

Posted on May 7, 2010 by silenteagle

This is no rehashing of my Gold Medal essay, rather a white board of a post breaking down the big parts of Royal Rangers back when I was a boy and teen in this ministry program. The big parts: (no … Continue reading →

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thought: It's not (gonna) work(ing)

Posted on April 27, 2010 by silenteagle

You can… Have all the program/ministry resources Have a complete staff Have the right curriculum Have a good schedule in place Have a great training backbone Have awesome speaker/communicators in place Have your administration and organization down Have all the … Continue reading →

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Diversity of Tribe and Culture within various Organization Contexts

Posted on October 2, 2009 by silenteagle

[My desk at work almost looks like this.] Things I don’t like that I think are (very) unhealthy:

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Perry Nobel: 16 Signs That A Leader Has Lost His Mind

Posted on September 9, 2009 by silenteagle

On Jeff Leake’s blog, I stumbled on this link on Perry Nobel’s blog called “16 Signs That A Leader Has Lost His Mind“. I am not going to repost the list of 16 items here, yet will highlight a couple. … Continue reading →

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RePost: How to Destroy Your Outpost

Posted on August 31, 2009 by silenteagle

A new year is beginning for just about every Royal Rangers Outpost, with all the behind the scenes work in full swing! I just wanted to re-post this old post of mine as a reminder where our focus and perspective … Continue reading →

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reThink: Outlining Feedback

Posted on July 20, 2009 by silenteagle

Yes, I’m making lists, outline, notes, and so forth for this upcoming “Penn-Del District Royal Rangers Assessment” meeting.  I am not planning on attending that meeting, since I’m on my “Zero Leadership” sabbatical, yet I could possibly make the trip.  … Continue reading →

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Expedition Rangers: Notes on the Silver Rappelling Merit

Posted on July 16, 2009 by silenteagle

Expedition Rangers: Notes on the Silver Rappelling Merit I love that finally some much needed merits, like paintball and rappelling are finally out.  Still some missing, yet we won’t get into that, plus I’m sure those should be processed soon. … Continue reading →

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reThink: A New "Schedule of Events" canvas

Posted on June 25, 2009 by silenteagle

Ideally, plans will work. Ideally, people will respond as they should and with the right level of participation. Ideally…

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Failures & Frustrations

Posted on June 4, 2009 by silenteagle

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.“ – Samuel Beckett, “Worstward Ho”, 1983

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Why don't we do what we're built to do?!?!

Posted on June 1, 2009 by silenteagle

Why don’t we do what we’re built to do?!?! Royal Rangers Pet Peive #1: Why don’t we do what we’re built to do?!?! Royal Ranger Pet Peive #2: Commander’s Gut (And how it is formed)

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