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I was thinking one day that during my years of service in Masonic organizations, I observed firsthand and heard about some behavior by leaders that made me feel at the time that they had forgotten some things they were taught in the Masonic degrees. I have always...
Leadership Blog, Leadership Lessons
Lodge leaders can brainstorm ideas to make the lodge experience more interesting, but if you don’t ask as many brothers as possible what they might like, you may not accomplish what you set out to do. As part of our Lodge planning process, we passed out note cards at...
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There are several keys to successful planning and one of the first is to be aware of some of the major barriers that will trip you up. Fear of Change—Apprehension about stepping out into the unknown will limit your creativity and send you down the path of least...
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In February 1963, Past Grand Master of Indiana Dwight L. Smith published an essay entitled Whither Are We Traveling? He begins by declaring there is no shortage of Masonic leaders complaining of lodge membership falling off or poor attendance at lodge meetings. He...
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I know I’ve written about this before, expressed my opinion in workshops many times, and one day I was so frustrated I wrote (and never published) a “Lodge Education Manifesto.” I have read various old Masonic publications going back to before the turn of the century...
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This morning I was reading a blog post from Seth Godin, marketing guru, thought producer, writer, and a great innovator. Seth displayed a graph from Google’s Ngram Viewer. The Ngram Viewer lets you find and visualize how words and phrases have developed and been...