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LEARNING ABOUT EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP The following is a summary of a study done at University level in Australia. The extracts are from An Exploration of University Leaders' Perceptions of Learnign about Leadership by Glenys Drew, Lisa Ehrich and Brain Hansofrd from QUT Kelvin Grove Campus Brisbane Queensland Transformative leadership is about motivating and inspiring staff as well as satisfying their higher needs. It is also stimulating and encouraging thinking and bringing out high performance in staff, beyond normal expectations. A key aspect of transofrmational leadership is the idea of 'enabling others to act' which refers to leaders who encourage and empower others to act, take ownership and strengthen their performance. Building an inclusive culture that supports genuine collaboration and effective team work has been identified as an important leadership practice within organisations. Pounder (2001) argued that transformational leadrship is ...276 days ago
THE SONG OF MEMORY When someone we love passes on beyond life in the world that we know and is gone. A beautiful sense of their presence, like music remembered by heart, lingers on... When someone we love finds a wonderful home in a world only faith can reveal, Our memories can be like a song in the heart with the power to comfort and heal. In quiet moemts, I feel your presence and the healing power of memory. In honour of my gentle, peace filled, intelligent and honourable father who went Home , to rest eternally, on 29 January 2009. The beautiful memories I will treasure forever. Dear God, I know you are taking care of a very precious angel for us. Until we meet again, rest in peace, Dadxox!315 days ago
The 11 Best Foods You Aren’t Eating Maybe you should be eating more beets, left, or chopped cabbage. (Credit: Evan Sung for The New York Times, left (This post was originally published on June 30, 2008, and recently appeared on The New York Times’s list of most-viewed stories for 2008.) Nutritionist and author Jonny Bowden has created several lists of healthful foods people should be eating but aren’t. But some of his favorites, like purslane, guava and goji berries, aren’t always available at regular grocery stores. I asked Dr. Bowden, author of “The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth,” to update his list with some favorite foods that are easy to find but don’t always find their way into our shopping carts. Here’s his advice. Beets: Think of beets as red spinach, Dr. Bowden said, because they are a rich source of folate as well as natural red pigments that may be cancer fighters. How to eat: Fresh, raw and grated to make a salad. Heating ...323 days ago
JOURNEY FROM HOME TO HOME My smooth twenty-one hour flight from Ireland got me into Brisbane on Friday morning with Singapore Airlines. Emirates still rates as number one for hygiene and catering. Celebrated the New Year, two hours into the trip, somewhere over Germany: Mother earth was suddenly sparkling with radiant colour. It was an awesome feeling: viewing fireworks from the other side. My three days and three weeks in Ireland just seemed to melt into oblivion, yet so much got done. I arrived in Cork city on a cold windy Winter's morning, December 6. Mum, my sister in law Maria and my soon to be wonderful companion, three year old niece, Alya, met me at the Airport. Raced off to see Dad in hospital. Yes, I cried when I saw him. I met a fragile and frail yet chatty old man. Dad was suddenly transformed from the strong man I knew to a very unhealthy shadow. Our four hour daily trip to the hospital would last for five days: a day after the visit from the Oncology ...354 days ago
TRIBUTE TO MY FATHER At 5.20am this morning (Tuesday 2 December) the phone rang. It was my brother and mother in Ireland, ringing me to confirm the dreaded news. Dad has been diagnosed with bowel cancer and will hopefully go into hospital tomorrow. My beautiful big strong brother left the phone on that note: wailing. My dear mother would take over from him, saying that we need to stay strong; “ No point being down in the dumps,” were her words of wisdom. She did say that she thinks he hasn’t got long to go. I was sort of prepared for this as Dad has not been well for the past three months. My mother and brother rang on Sunday night to wish Claire a happy 11 Birthday and they warned me that things were not good. Dad had lost interest in eating most things (except the potato and fish) due to his inability to hold it down. He had lost lots of weight and had gone blue and white in the face. That was enough for me. I have taken the day off ...
