THE RURBAN FRINGE

Find Your Strengths

To paraphrase W. Somerset Maugham … “There are three rules for creating good leaders.  Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
With the opportunity to participate in a unique leadership development program this year, I’ve had leadership development on my mind a lot recently. 
What qualities define a good leader?  What is the relationship between leadership and management?  [...]

3 Words to Live By

While I love the ‘clean slate’  feeling that a New Year brings … I hate New Year’s resolutions.  With a passion.  Oh, they usually start off well-intentioned enough … but quickly fall by the wayside when real life gets in the way.   
So, last year I decided to try Chris Brogan’s tactic … choose three themes to help provide [...]

Forum For Young Canadians An Opportunity for Youth

The Forum for Young Canadians is a unique opportunity for a young person from your community to learn first-hand how decisions are made nationally in Canada so that they can return home eager to engage in the decision making process in their community.
Four sessions of the program are offered each year.  The 2010 scheduled dates [...]

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