You can’t understand leadership without first understanding fatherhood. The new paradigm of leadership in our mission is going from leading an organization to now leading a family; families with children, grand-children, nieces and nephews, and son and daughter-in-laws. You don’t need to see movies like “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” to[…]
An Open-Ended Lifestyle
I can look back on a really rich life, with the joy of working with hundreds of young people. Many of them have been staff with us in Constanța. They have given their best in making the city a better place, all of them with several years’ commitments and some[…]
Walking the Talk – Essential Criteria for Appointing Leaders
I have been in missions for two decades now and during this time I have seen amazing things in Romania and the Balkans. I have seen my own organization grow from a hand-full of people to a sustainable and still growing team serving in Constanta. This summer we housed 200[…]
Do we underestimate the quality in diversity?
Inclusiveness comes from seeing people and making them feel they belong. We can try to fit in ourselves but in doing this we can easily start to loose our identity. We look at others and our social system to see what is accepted and try to fit in accordingly. However,[…]
Aqueducts – Leadership with direction
An aqueduct is an old and fascinating water transportation system that leads water to places that water naturally would not have gone. This art and engineering has made it possible to take the water to new places and to cultivate something new. The Latin word dux means leader and ducere[…]