We need hero-leaders like Rodger, who find inspiration amid rubble and broken glass. ![]() Talking about living out Philippians 4:11-13!!! My hope was to be a blessing and encouragement to others, and I left as the one blessed and encouraged! Thankful that everyone in his group had been accounted for, he sent them a heartfelt, stream-of-consciousness e-mail:īoth ladies were praising God and thankful for all their blessings. Inspired by these tenth muses, Rodger returned to his work as a technology leader with thoughts of not just the financial systems in his domain, but the programmers – the people - he led who lost loved ones and lost their homes. They were resilient and grateful to be alive. There, he met two ordinary ladies who lost all their worldly possessions in a few brief minutes. He worked with his church to serve hot sandwiches, cold water, encouragement, and prayer to people whose lives had been turned upside down, many of whom lost everything. Setting aside the challenges of technology integration in a complex organization of 18,000 employees and leaving an oasis of diesel-generated electricity, he rolled up his sleeves to help people in Athens, Alabama. When an F-5 tornado devastated parts of Alabama in April 2011, Rodger’s world of extraordinary technical leadership in developing business software became ordinary and unimpressive. But it is worth it.Ĭonsider the story of Rodger, who leads a large software-development group which creates applications to support the day-to-day business functions of its clients. But, how do we find our way in this darkness and turn our leadership nightmares into manifested dreams of the possible? Facing these impossible situations where all hope is lost and it hardly seems worth the effort to try. We need hero-leaders who have a vision for a different outcome and can take action to transform their invisible courage and faith to substance and reality.ĭo you have these aspirations? We all do I think. More than ever, we need our 21 st century leaders to do more than wring their hands in despair. Today’s aspiring government leaders find themselves too often facing impossible challenges with few resources available to help them. “Just as the visible world is sustained by the invisible, so too do the manifestations of man find nourishment in the visions of our solitary dreamers.” – Wayne Dyer, author of The Power of Intention
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