Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman » Greatness http://www.northwestleader.com Mon, 28 Aug 2023 15:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 Lent Day 34… Maybe You Weren’t Made For Greatness http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-34-maybe-werent-made-greatness/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2017/lent-day-34-maybe-werent-made-greatness/#comments Sat, 08 Apr 2017 13:00:14 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=6057 Question: does a palm tree have to be “great” in order for it to be valuable, useful, beautiful, or special? Does it matter if it is the tallest or fastest or largest? Do we need palm tree competitions and palm tree awards to validate their existence? God does not demand that I be successful. God […]

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]]> http://www.northwestleader.com/2016/necessary-slow-unnoticed-work-must/feed/ 2 Doing Great Things Without Becoming Darth Vader http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/great-things-without-becoming-darth-vader/ http://www.northwestleader.com/2014/great-things-without-becoming-darth-vader/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2014 17:01:33 +0000 Brian Dolleman http://www.northwestleader.com/?p=4225 Leadership—specifically Christian leadership—is a messy business. It’s messy because it’s never pure. The motive behind what we do is a mixture of Ego, Ambition, & Holy Calling. And there is this shadowy dark side that goes along with our leadership strengths – what I call the Underbelly of (Christian) Leadership. Is it possible to do […]

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