Leadership UpsideDown

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Bringing together an immersive experience to show young and emerging leaders how to lead with grace through the power of servant leadership!

Hall of Fame

In one way or another, every servant leader in this Hall of Fame demonstrates the profound impact we can make when we take to heart the words of the 19th century Arab Prophet Bahá'u'lláh:

"Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge. Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be unjust to no man, and show all meekness to all men. Be as a lamp unto them that walk in darkness, a joy to the sorrowful, a sea for the thirsty, a haven for the distressed, an upholder and defender of the victim of oppression. Let integrity and uprightness distinguish all thine acts. Be a home for the stranger, a balm to the suffering, a tower of strength for the fugitive. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be an ornament to the countenance of truth, a crown to the brow of fidelity, a pillar of the temple of righteousness, a breath of life to the body of mankind, an ensign of the hosts of justice, a luminary above the horizon of virtue, a dew to the soil of the human heart, an ark on the ocean of knowledge, a sun in the heaven of bounty, a gem on the diadem of wisdom, a shining light in the firmament of thy generation, a fruit upon the tree of humility."


This is the secret of happiness which Goethe formulated in the "Rule of Life":

Would you model for yourself a pleasant life?
Worry not about the past
Let not anger get the upper hand
Rejoice in the present without ceasing
Hate no man ....

And the future? Abandon it to God.

(This wisdom brought to you from Colin Ude-Lewis, on Twitter @ColinLewis)

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  • Monica Diaz
  • Thomas Waterhouse
  • Carolyn Kline
  • Stan Faryna
  • Joseph Alex Taylor
  • Jasmine Broe
  • Dr. Steve Broe
  • Bonnie Squires
  • Sarah Munz
  • Jared Kline
  • Mike Henry Sr.
  • Jerry Kaltenbach
  • Brian Foy
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Abel D Cotten is now a member of Leadership UpsideDown May 27, 2010
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Monica Diaz is now a member of Leadership UpsideDown May 26, 2010
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Thomas Waterhouse replied to Dr Jack King's discussion 'Picture Yourself'
He simply encouraged one heart.
Apr 21, 2010
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Wow! This is pretty stunning...
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Picture Yourself 2 Replies

I borrowed this exercise from Marion Chapsal's blog post, "…Continue

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Just in Time for 2020 1 Reply

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Voice: Yearning to be heard 1 Reply

For most of us, a large part of our uniqueness is shaped in our early years. As a child, I was involved in an auto accident that came precariously close to taking my life. I essentially recall every…Continue

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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

Many people love you in many ways.  Most love you because you are , well, you!  With that in mind, have you given much thought to your true abilities?  Do you have a sense of your own flaws,…Continue

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Set apart?

In all cultures, great leaders emerge first as servants.Who are you serving?Continue

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See the Outcome!

March 15, 2010[Original post, by Ken Blanchard, can be found here.]Ken Blanchard recently heard a wonderful speaker named David Cook,…Continue

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Choose Your Path

An extract from Socrates at his trial tells us what was important to him (Plato, Apology 36B):I care nothing for what most people care about: money-making, administration of property, generalships,…Continue

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Fail Better

Samuel Beckett, the Irish author, dramatist, novelist, and the 1969 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, wrote, “Ever tried. Ever failed. No…Continue

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You Rock

A blog post by Seth Godin, best selling author.[The original post can be found, in its entirety,…Continue

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“Things to be Desired” 1 Reply

According to Wikipedia, "'Desiderata' (Latin for "desired things") is a prose poem about attaining happiness in life.  Max Ehrmann (1872 – 1945), a poet and lawyer from Terre Haute, Indiana, is its…Continue

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PARADOXES OF A SERVANT LEADER

Strong enough to be weak

Successful enough to fail

Busy enough to make time

Wise enough to say “I don’t know”

Serious enough to laugh

Rich enough to be poor

Right enough to say “I am wrong”

Compassionate enough to discipline

Mature enough to be childlike

Important enough to be last

Planned enough to be spontaneous

Controlled enough to be flexible

Free enough to endure captivity

Knowledgeable enough to ask questions

Loving enough to be angry

Great enough to be anonymous

Responsible enough to play

Assured enough to be rejected

Victorious enough to lose

Industrious enough to relax

Leading enough to serve

~ 16yo Shelley Chan, Singapore


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