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Dignity: “Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8.”  The title of this post came from a speech I heard from Denzel Washington. It made me think about all the times I have fallen and made the decision to get back up. Often, I would get up right away but there were times when I madeContinue reading “Dignity: “Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8.””

As a child I learned many valuable lessons from my mother, one of them was when she was talking, I was to listen. I learned that lesson the hard way most times. What I did not realize was that my mother was teaching the value of listening. The strength of a leader is their abilityContinue reading “Dignity: Listen Twice as Much as You Speak. “

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin  I love this quote by James Baldwin. It reminds me that nothing can change unless we take the chance to change it.   One of the many things that has stuck with me when IContinue reading “Dignity: The View from the Balcony “

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Maya Angelou  Have you ever said anything out of anger and wished you could take it back? I think we all have at some point in our lives. Most ofContinue reading “Dignity: I am still Learning”

“The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stands in the moments of comfort, but where They stand at times of challenge and controversy.” — Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil rights Leader and Minister When we accept the title of leader, we all know that there will come a time when our leadershipContinue reading “Dignity: Leadership, Taking a Stand”

“As my sufferings mounted, I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation — either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course. – Martin Luther King Jr.   “I always wanted to be someone better theContinue reading “Dignity: A Moment of Silence “

Dignity: Pushed to the Limit  I struggle today to write this post. I am running on empty. As a leader that is difficult to admit because you are expected to always stand strong. You must be the rock because how you present will dictate how your team will respond. I think to myself if I am running on empty imagine what our frontline staff areContinue reading “Dignity: Pushed to the Limit”

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”  “I can’t control what happens to me, but I can control how I respond to it.”  Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Oct 07, 1931 – Dec 26, 2021  My you Rest in Peace.  The world lost a great leader this month Archbishop DesmondContinue reading “Dignity: Hope”

In Dr. Dona Hicks’ book on Leading with Dignity chapter 2 is titled “How to Avoid Violating Dignity.” Out of the nineteen chapters in this amazing book I have listen to and read chapter 2 the most. I did this because I wanted to begin to understand how our biology and inherited instincts guide usContinue reading “Dignity: “I” and “Me””

I gave a talk on Dignity about a month ago and someone asked me a very important question. “Charles, how do we convince staff that this is not just another program or another thing they are asking us to do?” My answer to that was when we look at the 10 Essentials of Dignity anyone of us can relate toContinue reading “Dignity: It is Part of Our DNA “