Mother’s Day Disaster — Is Finding Balance Possible?

by Lt. General (Ret) Ken Keen

Achieving work-life balance is easy for leaders to talk about, but rarely easy to execute. Drawing on a hard-earned lesson from a Mother’s Day spent in the field early in his Army career, Lt. General (Ret) Ken Keen reflects on the difference between the “rubber ball” of work and the fragile glass balls of family, health, friends, and spirit—and offers practical ways leaders at every level can strive for better balance. Click here to read the full article.

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Give Us Five Podcast

Tricia Cullop

This month’s Give Us Five podcast features Tricia Cullop, head women’s basketball coach at the University of Miami and one of the most accomplished leaders in college basketball. With 508 career wins over 26 seasons, six MAC Coach of the Year honors, and the 2022 WBCA Carol Eckman Integrity in Coaching Award, Coach Cullop has built her career on developing people, not just winning games. An interview with a proven leader who answers our five questions on her experiences and successes.

The Poetry Corner

New Friends and Old Friends

Make new friends, but keep the old;
Those are silver, these are gold.
New-made friendships, like new wine,
Age will mellow and refine.
Friendships that have stood the test—
Time and change—are surely best;
Brow may wrinkle, hair grow gray;
Friendship never knows decay.
For ‘mid old friends, tried and true,
Once more we our youth renew.
But old friends, alas! may die;
New friends must their place supply.
Cherish friendship in your breast—
New is good, but old is best;
Make new friends, but keep the old;
Those are silver, these are gold.

— Joseph Parry

Let's Get Spiritual

Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; he who teaches, in his teaching; he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who contributes, in liberality; he who gives aid, with zeal; he who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness.

— Romans 12:6-8

True Growth Community of Practice

The next Community of Practice has yet to be scheduled. A new date will be announced in the near future.