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"Take control of your program," Sherwood High School football coach Chris Grier told the 40-some players who showed up for workouts on June 26.
It's the same message Grier, 30, tells himself. The Sherwood graduate (Class of 2000) is the Warriors' fifth head coach in six years. DeMatha Catholic's former freshman team helmsman took the reins in March from Mike Bonavia, who now is a resource teacher at Albert Einstein High. During the conditioning session last week, Grier looked out over the Sandy Spring school's weight room at his hastily thrown-together coaching staff and offseason training program.
"Sometimes a younger guy who's hungry and back coaching at their own program is a dangerous combination," he said. "We're gonna put the work in. We're gonna put the hours in. We're gonna do whatever we have to do to be elite."
As Sherwood, once one of Montgomery County's most feared football programs in the 1990s and 2000s, slipped from the ranks of the elite after an undefeated state championship season in 2008, Grier aims to steer the Warriors back to the bygone era of his days as an offensive lineman with then-Sherwood coach and current Our Lady of Good Counsel coach Bob Milloy. During Milloy's tenure, the Warriors won two state titles (1995-96), went to one more and played in two state semifinals. Grier was part of the program during the 1996 season.
Gone is the "Stormin'" moniker that for years ran in front of the football team's name. Former coach Al Thomas inserted the nickname as a motivational tool in reference to the U.S. military storming the beaches of Normandy on D-Day in 1944.
Gone is the team's old League Lineup website, replaced instead by the crisp and clean-looking www.sherwoodfootball.org. Gone is the crusader-like sword from Sherwood's helmets, swapped out for a suave blue 'S' with a cursive "Warriors" script running inside in white.
The young coach's changes harken back to a period of Sherwood's unquestioned athletic dominance, to which Grier would like to return.
"I walked into an established program where we still need to do a lot of work to get back to where we were," he said. "But in the community of Sherwood, the type of athletes we get, the tradition, it shouldn't be a long road to re-establish what we're trying to get back to.
"I want to show the kids where this program has been and where we want to go back to."
Grier played offensive line at West Virginia University his junior and senior seasons after transferring from a junior college. He spent his fifth season at WVU as a student manager on the team. After graduation he went on to coach high school football in Long Island, N.Y., while getting his master's degree in physical education at Hofstra University.
Once he received his degree, Grier coached the freshman team at DeMatha and eventually worked his way up to varsity offensive line coach while teaching physical education at A. Mario Loiderman Middle School in Silver Spring.
After Grier was hired as Sherwood's football coach, he and offensive coordinator and math teacher Randy Thompson transferred to Sherwood, where both will teach in the fall. Running backs coach Marquis Bell and junior varsity offensive and defensive line coach Dan Soso also teach at the school as well.
With all that oversight, Grier says Sherwood players haven't worked this hard in the offseason for years.
"I wasn't sure how they would take to hard-core discipline, hard-core structure, accountability and things like that," he said. "But I gotta tell you, from our first meeting, from our first week or two of workouts, all I kept hearing was, 'kids love it.' They love having the structure. They were craving that and they've really bought in from day one."
Senior running back Elijah Spottswood agrees. He says previous teams lacked the organization Grier and his staff have brought to Sherwood.
"I like the disciplinarian in him," senior running back Elijah Spottswood said. "It's making us better."
When Grier interviewed March 5 for what he calls his "dream job," he said he had no trouble finding his way around the building. Aside from a new wing of classrooms and new offices for the athletic director and football coach added in 2008, Sherwood has been left unchanged, stamped in Grier's mind as Montgomery County's bastion of football prowess.
"The way I see it," he said, "Sherwood is still the last Montgomery County team to win a state championship."
Former Sherwood High School football coach Bob Milloy won two titles with the Warriors. The first came in 1995 before current Sherwood coach Chris Grier attended the Sandy Spring school..

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Silver Spring resident Linda Jo Kushner has always loved to cook.
Now in her 50s — after more than 20 years working as an interior designer — she is following her dream and taking her down-home cooking to the streets of Montgomery County.
Linda's Luncheonette, a brightly colored food truck that travels to different parts of the county every day, serves up a few of Kushner's favorite recipes.
"We came right back to comfort food because that's how I cook," Kushner said, noting that she doesn't deviate from being herself. "I cook every day what I cook for the family and enjoy it."
Her daughter, Sara Kushner — a junior studying hospitality management at Ohio State University — has helped out on the truck five to 10 times. She said she is glad her mom has pursued this new venture, though she wasn't too surprised.
"She's been saying she is going to make a cookbook for my entire life," Sara Kushner said. "I know she's good at cooking because I've been eating her food for 20 years now."
Linda's Luncheonette serves up a baked five-cheese macaroni and cheese, a turkey meatloaf, a chopped salad certified as diabetic friendly and a trio of egg salad, chicken salad and tuna salad sliders. For dessert: chocolate chunk brownies.
Linda's Luncheonette took off after 85 backers donated $20,265 between Jan. 9 and Feb. 6 through Kickstarter, an online fundraising website, surpassing her $20,000 goal. Through Kickstarter, Kushner could give gifts based on the amounts donors pledged.
For pledges ranging from $10 to more than $2,500, backers received free lunches, Linda's Luncheonette window decals, T-shirts, mugs and lunchboxes, a Linda's Luncheonette office party or a private party.
One gift from the fundraising campaign was an invitation to the Linda's Luncheonette opening party, which Kushner said was attended by about 70 people. Attendees could tour the truck and try the food before the truck hit the road.
"A lot of people see food trucks, but it's still new and novel for a lot of people, especially out in the suburbs," Kushner said.
Kushner said she got her hands on a retired FedEx truck, which she brought to East Coast Custom Coaches in Manassas, Va., to have built up. The truck is equipped with a full gas range oven, prep tables for salads and subs, and a warming area for the food.
So far, Kushner said, she has been requested for neighborhood parties, horse shows and pool functions, in addition to visiting industrial parks and other office spots in the county that lack food options for lunch.
Last week, Kushner was joined on the truck by her sister-in-law, Sheri Rothstein of Potomac.
"It's a dream of hers. She was just so motivated and excited, and it spilled over in everything she did," Rothstein said. "I think it's great. Linda's Luncheonette is going to be a great success."
After about a month of business, Kushner said the people pleaser in her is most excited about customers coming back for more. She is ready to make some changes to the menu.
While thinking about starting the new business venture, Kushner said, she took to the streets. She said the food truck community was "warm and welcoming" — people handed her a business card, should she ever need help or advice.
"We all do better if we all help each other," Kushner said. "... There's enough to go around for all of us."
The food truck has allowed Kushner to draw on some of the creativity she channeled as an interior designer. Though there was a "learning curve" in her first couple weeks, Kushner said she has fun at the truck window interacting with patrons.
This business venture is just another chapter in the experience of life beginning again at 50 years old, she said.
"When I started this business, I picked something that I think would be fun and make me happy at the same time," Kushner said. "That's important to me: to not lose sight of the basics."


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The second of three pre-Melbourne Formula One test sessions has come and gone, this time in Barcelona – a track where most of the drivers could circulate in their sleep. Come to think of it, why don't they do that – put robots in the cars and send them whizzing round and round so that human beings don't need to endure the boredom? It'll come…
The question is, what do they do these days and days of testing for? Well, there are different ways of answering, so let's just take a broad look at what's been happening in Spain – where it did, incidentally, rain for the final test day.
Four different drivers topped the time sheets on the four days of the Barcelona test – but three of them used Mercedes power to get there.
On day one it was Nico Rosberg with a best lap of 1:22.616; day two saw Sergio Pérez go quickest for McLaren Mercedes with a 1:21.848; Ferrari flew the flag on day three when Fernando Alonso clocked 1:21.875; and on day four it was Lewis Hamilton's 1:23.282 in damp conditions that did the trick for Mercedes again.
And yet… it's the Mercedes-powered boys who seem to have come away with the longest faces. Jenson Button – three times the Melbourne winner in the last four years – says there is a lot of work needed to understand MP4/28; Lewis Hamilton insists his new Mercedes team can't win, at least not in the early stages of the season. Smoke-screens or serious concerns?
If we look at pre-season testing as a whole, a pattern begins to emerge. Jerez: shakedown, sort out the little gremlins. Barcelona 1: pound round and round trying to break things and making sure – if possible – that you don't, to prove the car's reliability. Barcelona 3: out-and-out performance – are you quick enough to go racing?
Red Bull, for example, stopped early on day one in Barcelona when Sebastian Vettel encountered gearbox problems; on day two he stopped out on the track in the afternoon, insisting it was "nothing disastrous"; but when Mark Webber took over on day three he was able to fire in 104 laps with no trouble.
Lotus too had difficulties to overcome: day one saw Kimi Raïkkönen manage just 44 laps (when all around were piling up 90 and more) because of a telemetry glitch; on day two the Finn was handicapped by a gearbox problem and ran for just 43 laps.
"We test to find problems," said the laconic Kimi, "so in that sense we're doing a good job…" But next day in hopped Romain Grosjean to reel off 119 laps including the E21's first full race simulation.
Hamilton, meanwhile, is upbeat about his relationship with his new crew, but his theme song for the week was The Name of the Game – which, he maintained, was "to improve our downforce".
So the eagle-eyed among us will check the look of the cars when they take to the Albert Park track and cross-check against how they looked in Barcelona to see just how many tweaks the drivers and engineers have asked for between the shakedowns and the start of the season.
There will be a minimum of five rookies in the Formula One field this year, so you can see how important testing is: not only do they get to grips with cars for a sustained period, unlike the odd Friday Free Practice session in 2012, they also get to bond with their new buddies in the garage.
Sauber's Esteban Gutiérrez did two of the Barcelona days and racked up 164 laps – a couple of Grand Prix distances – in the process.
Over at Williams Valtteri Bottas completed more than 90 laps on day two and gained "a really strong impression" of what FW35 might be capable of; while at Marussia newcomer Max Chilton didn't do so much pounding as hanging around between short runs – but still, the team insisted, to good effect.
On day two, for example, Team Principal John Booth said: "Today has been one of those days where the benefit of our efforts is perhaps more evident within the engineering community rather than to the outside world looking in."
Booth hit the nail on the head: whatever spin we try to put on the testing lap times, these sessions are engineering programs run for the benefit of the guys who have to bolt the cars together – and make them into faster missiles for the drivers to fire.
Just as importantly, the fact that it rained on the final day was an opportunity, not a threat: some of the new boys had never experienced those conditions at this level. "I learned so much today," said Gutiérrez after his 96 Friday laps. "This was just what I needed."
With performance running out of the question, the teams turned to another key element of F1 racing these days: pit stops. Again, the lessons learned could prove invaluable—just ask Bottas.
"The big things to work on as a driver," he will answer, "are braking as late as possible for the pit lane speed limit to minimise the time lost, perfecting your positioning in the box and finally, getting away quickly and cleanly."
Caterham's Charles Pic, going into his own second year, summed the whole thing up perfectly. "This week," said the Frenchman simply, "hasn't been about times."
Last but not least, testing this year has perhaps more than ever been about getting to grips – pun intended – with the latest offerings from tyre supplier Pirelli, which has deliberately gone softer on its 2013 compounds in a bid to force more pit stops and an even greater emphasis on race strategy.
"In winter testing it's so hard to say if anyone's better than anyone else," observed Mark Webber in Barcelona, "especially with the tyres going off the way they are – you're losing four or five seconds over the course of a stint, so figuring out who's doing what is pretty difficult."
"The tyres do look very difficult to manage," said Lotus Trackside Operations Director Alan Permane, while drivers like Nico Hülkenberg commented that their lives were made difficult "because the tyres degraded quite quickly". They were not alone: Force India's Chief Race Engineer Jakob Andreasen said firmly, "The new compounds are a challenge for all the teams."
Pirellli's Paul Hembery was able to offer some consolation: "The conditions we had in Barcelona are far from typical of the rest of the season, with much cooler ambient and track temperatures than we would normally race in, and even some rain on the final day," he explained.
"This put the tyres outside of their usual working ranges, which led to problems such as graining. The conditions were particularly unsuited to the supersoft tyre , due to the circuit layout and the roughness of the surface in addition to the cold temperatures. Coupled with the fact that teams are still making big set-up adjustments to their new cars and trying out our complete range of tyres to optimise the package, we saw levels of degradation that are not typical.
"Once we get to Melbourne the tyres should be much more within their intended working range, which will eliminate the unusual amount of degradation that some teams have experienced."
Meanwhile watch this space: the third and final test – the one where we should see teams going for outright performance – will be held in Barcelona from February 28 to March 3.


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Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
The biliary system is the major pathway of copper excretion. Biliary excretion of copper requires an ATP-dependent transporter protein. Mutations in the gene for the transporter protein cause hepatolenticular degeneration (Wilson disease). Ceruloplasmin, the primary copper-carrying protein in the blood, is also reduced in Wilson disease. Urine copper excretion is increased in Wilson disease due to a decreased serum binding of copper to ceruloplasmin, or due to allelic variances in cellular metal ion transporters.
Hypercupriuria is also found in Menkes disease (kinky hair disease), hemochromatosis, biliary cirrhosis, thyrotoxicosis, various infections, and a variety of other acute, chronic, and malignant diseases (including leukemia). Urine copper concentrations are also elevated in patients taking contraceptives or estrogens and during pregnancy.
Low urine copper levels are seen in malnutrition, hypoproteinemias, malabsorption, and nephrotic syndrome. Increased zinc consumption interferes with normal copper absorption from the gastrointestinal tract causing hypocupremia.
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Humans normally excrete <60 mcg/L of copper in the urine.
Urinary copper excretion >60 mcg/L may be seen in:
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Because ceruloplasmin is an acute phase reactant, urine copper is elevated during acute inflammation. During the recovery phase, urine copper is usually below normal, reflecting the expected physiologic response to replace the copper that was depleted during inflammation.
Cautions Discusses conditions that may cause diagnostic confusion, including improper specimen collection and handling, inappropriate test selection, and interfering substances
High concentrations of barium are known to interfere with this test. If barium-containing contrast media has been administered, a specimen should not be collected for 96 hours.
Clinical Reference Provides recommendations for further in-depth reading of a clinical nature
1. Zorbas YG, Kakuris KK, Deogenov VA, et al: Copper homeostasis during hypokinesia in healthy subjects with higher and lower copper consumption. Trace Elements and Electrolytes 2008;25:169-178
2. Lech T, Sadlik JK: Contribution to the data on copper concentration in blood and urine in patients with Wilson's disease and in normal subjects. Biol Trace Elem Res 2007 Jul;118(1):16-20


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Comments On Dec 08, 2014:Worked great and repaired the threads I needed. I didnt realize before that taps require their own special drill bit size so buying it as a kit is the way to go.
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Comments On Sep 21, 2014:This is a nice kit for the price and a great value. Used it to stud the crash bar mount on my KTM 990 - it was easy to do and is holding up fine. Beats spending big bucks for a new mount.
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One problem I do encounter is that in material that is thinner than the insert, you have to mess around and try and trim the coil on the back side, which can be tricky. If you screw up trimming the back side,you can often work the coil out by trying to grab the bit of coil on the back of the work piece with a set of small side cutters, or suitable tool, and pull hard and slow, the coil will unravel and if you do this carefully, you likely will not ruin the threads you cut that hold the insert in, even in aluminum.
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well, to be honest i never even thought about aluminum and i get a real good deal on material. i'll run that one by her as well. although, most of the time when you say aluminum, people think pop cans anf frying pans, not strong enough to do anything. i will weigh the costs and see how it all comes out.
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nothing fancy, just a few hot glue guns for metal
My guess would be that you will need about 5832 Feet of material for the top
and bottom.How much is this per ft? x 5832 this includes 20% more material than what you need because sh!t happens.so (5832) x ($ per foot) + (20% markup).= little pot of gold.
Now the 3/8 square material. Now BWS29128 said 38" long is that right? If so I think you might need about 200 20footers if so x 20% more material (240 pieces)x ($ per foot) + (20% markup).= little pot of gold.
How many people will be helping you out?
After doing some basic math, you better think in the 60 + range. Steel alone is gonna be close to 30 grand based on steel prices in my area. And then I'm thinking a solid week of cutting and deburring, 3-4 weeks to fab up the sections, another week or two for paint and primer, and about 3-4 weeks install time. So if you figure in the steel prices and labor prices, then add the fasteners, paint and related materials, consumables, drawings, permits, sub contractors, etc...etc...etc... you are gonna have to go sixty plus to make anything on the job. Keep in mind these are just the bare minimum guesses. DaveIf necessity is the Mother of Invention, I must be the Father of Desperation!
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Darmik, unless I read the original post wrong you need to do a little more work on your math. The amount was 4860 foot of fencing. so now 4860' top and 4860' bottom comes out to about 10000'.
And you did not figure in the posts and corners there's another couple hundred foot there. and I didn't refigure the 3/8" posts but do believe you are way, way short in that estimate as well. DaveIf necessity is the Mother of Invention, I must be the Father of Desperation!
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i have just talked to the manager, and i brought up aluminum, and she didnt think it was a good idea. she did like the idea of powder coat instead of paint. and we talked a little about doing this job on a time and material basis. she is willing to purchase the materials, though i cant make any on mark up, but i would have a hard time fronting that much material. it will be myself and 2 others, not including the concrete boys on this project. i can powder coat sections up to 30 feet by 7 feet (my brother on that hook-up) so i can make out pretty good there. i will have until july 15 of next year to have completion. i dont believe that will be a hard goal to reach. i am just not sure that she went for my $$$ amount on time. she said that there were a couple others that she was accepting bids from. i hope it turns out, it would be a real good clickwelder_one
nothing fancy, just a few hot glue guns for metal
Because this is the information that I had to go on. My math and estimating are very good it's just my spelling that I have to work on. But for me to tell you what I think you need to give me more info RIGHT.I don't do a guessing game. Well it might need this or it might need that and add this in and someone turns around and says hey darmik you don't need to add that it's already factored in to the cost. But then on my little guesstamate I guess a guy just could have times it by two then right instead of saying hey darmik I think your math is OUT to LUNCH. The 3/8 stuff that was again just a roughly figured out I don't know how many pieces of 3/8 square he will need do you EXACTLY? And corner posts and corners square stock upper and lower rail how much wire gas cutoff blades gloves grinding disks sanding disks torch tips extension cords safety glasses safety shields instead of me doing this why dont you do the quote for him for free. This is a help forum, I will get you started but don't except me to do the work for ya he!! I might as well do the job if thats the case. I wonder how much estimating fees are
welder_one This does not reflect you and your question.It just pisses me off when people on here think your a dumb dumb because you didn't think of EVERY little detail.I'm quite sure you know just what you have to do. I don't know how long you have been in the business?, But to get a job like that I would say your NOT a dumb dumb and I sure could use a good man like you on my team.
08-29-2007, 07:52 AM #17If necessity is the Mother of Invention, I must be the Father of Desperation!
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9/10 mile seems like an awfully long fence for a swimming pool area. Did I miss something?Jim
I'm sorry if this sounded to harsh.I just had a very bad day at work yesterday.
But I'm okay today.once again sorry. what I basicly said was 5832 plus 4860 = 10692.feet this is 20% more material than needed because sh!t happens all the time you know that.unless the 4860 + 4860 already has a 20% material increase I don't know,I was never told but I guess I should have asked.There is a load of things that welder_one will have to factor in, Into his quote.
Hey welder_one
Powder coat is the way to go but there is something eles you could use its called RINO coat it's like a rubber coating like that spray on bed liner for trucks
this is good stuff does not crack chip peel fade break down over time will take any abuse if this stuff was a guy than I would have to say it's Hulk Hogan proof.Look into it any way might be cheeper than powder coat o ya the only colour it comes in is black I think.
Wow, good luck on that project! Can you make a clause on your contract somehow in case of any changes or something you may forget? I'm just learning now about soft money and hard money...
One incident that happened to my friend's parents in Vegas, was the contractor hired all these subs to build the railing like yours around the pool. Don't know the EXACT details, but a toddler crawled from the outside, underneath the railing and got in the pool and drowned. Parents sued eveyone, and got $80,000 from my friend's parents insurance company, lot more from the other guys who built the actual railing and other subs that did whatever. Thing that pi&&'d me off, was my friend just made the dam& lockbox for the walki-in gate!!! Kid crawled through the backside of the railing where there was no gate around!!! Their insurance man paid the 80 grand without telling them. I'm still wondering why they didn't sue their insurance man!!!I'm not late...
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Leaders are born not created.
What do you think about leadership? Are leaders born or created?
Mar 26 2012: I agree with Andrea, they are both, born and created.
I would only add that anyone can learn Leadership skills but not everyone can use it.
Being a leader you must first be follower.
True leaders do not walk in the front, they simply follow the rest.
Think of a shepherd act. A shepherd walks behind his cheep.
It is not difficult to apply this kind of leadership in human leadership style,
but it is not what happening today.
Find out where your people want to go and motivate them to get there.
Mar 26 2012: Edwin, I do agree with you. These are amazing: 'True leaders do not walk in the front, they simply follow the rest.'
Thanks for your time and comment.Mar 29 2012: I agree the best leaders know when to follow.
Mar 29 2012: Yes! ::best leaders know when to follow::
It could become a quote....:)Mar 24 2012: Niaz--
Both. Many natural born leaders were either unaware of their abilities, or reluctant to use them. Like all abilities, there is a wide continuum of what defines leaders. In any case, no man or woman stands on their own ability. Thus, to an extent, developing their abilities is implied.
Mar 24 2012: Hello Andrea, thanks for your ideas. The following lines are awesome:
1. Many natural born leaders were either unaware of their abilities, or reluctant to use them
2. no man or woman stands on their own ability
Take very good care.
Mar 9 2012: There have been some great conversations on TED about Leadership. You can access them over on the left in RED letters "See all topics"....then click on "leadership".
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I will say this: Being an educator, I have seen children who have leadership qualities at age 5.....everyone follows them. I have also seen others, that as the years pass, they have become leaders in their own right.
As adults, some, have had leadership thrust upon them, despite not wanting the role. Others, because they want money or prominence, seek leadership roles, not because they are any good at leading, but for the compensations involved.
Leadership is very complex.
In my opinion, some individuals have innate leadership abilities. When these individuals finally discover what they are passionate about, or find their purpose in life, they may be able to lead the way and excel in their field.
I think the most effective leader though, goes about leading in such a discreet manner that noone really is aware they are being led...............that to me is the sign of a great leader.............he/she instills the spirit of cooperation in others, not looking for any credit or personal glorification.
Be Well Niaz
Mar 9 2012: Thanks a lot Marry.
Yah I have watched some videos of TED on Leadership.
But after meting with hundreds professionals, entrepreneurs and journalist I have learned only BABY are born. For being a leader I have to understand the cause ...find out the solutions...hate to have courage to face challenges and have to communicate with the MASS for their benefits. But given that, there are something inherent. But shaping leadership in the way to cause is important to me. Steve Jobs, Abraham Lincoln are all great leaders. They came up with the solution of causes and helped the larger community that is really BIG.
Thanks for your nice ideas regarding LEADERSHIP. Take very good care.
Mar 9 2012: Niaz....I just want to clarify something....I was not referring to TED talks.......I said TED conversations. Other TEDsters who have posed great questions on leadership and have received very insightful replies.
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I hope you "READ" through these conversations, under "leadership" in the popular topics on the left of this page in RED.
Be Well,
Mar 9 2012: Oh sorry for the mistakes. Thanks. I will do so now...:)
Take very good care.
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Mar 6 2012: The only "leaders" I know of that are born leaders, are princes in a monarchy. The term "leader" is relative and no one is really born a leader for to be a leader you must lead. "Lead" is a verb, an action, and one does not do that at birth. Nature may have some influence on who a person becomes but just as Robert Winner mentioned here, it is contextual, and therefore Nurture has the biggest influence of all.
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Mar 7 2012: Excellent logic, I agree. Anything born is made.
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Mar 7 2012: 'Anything born is made' nice one. ThanksMar 7 2012: A prince is not born with leadership, for the same reason you have given.
Also, a leader doesn't exist as a leader before they are installed in a leading position.
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Mar 7 2012: yeah that is why I put quotes around "leader" in that statement. Leaders can become leaders even when not installed. This is most common seen within peer groups.
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Mar 7 2012: I'd argue that those leaders that you are talking about indeed are installed. A peer group is dynamic, and to become a leader of a peer group the leader has to get to know some of them, and they will need to want to stick together and accept the leader in the leading role. And even then it's very common to see that the leader often is challenged by an individual in the group that also may have leadership traits. To sum up, even if a leader takes her position because the rest are passive/don't object, it's still an installation.Mar 17 2012: Glenn ! Right you are!Mar 7 2012: Superb logic Glenn!Mar 16 2012: First and foremost, we are all leaders !
Any choices that you did or will do, engages yourself to make a decision, good or bad, fast or taking time to think it through.
Leadership it's all about making choices, approching a situation giving, with wit and knowing is the best that you can do in that giving moment...the difference is, some of us, don't think, that their day to day choices is leadership, on the contrary, they think, being in an office, having a budget and employees make you a leader...so far from the truth!
You are a leader, just acknowledge it!
So to answer your question Niaz, leaders are born!
Mar 16 2012: This is truly inspiring 'First and foremost, we are all leaders !'
I am in love with these words 'You are a leader, just acknowledge it! So to answer your question Niaz, leaders are born!'
God has given a beautiful MIND!
Thanks a lot Mireille Chéry . Take very good care.
Mar 16 2012: This is really kind of you Niaz, I receive it with humble heart!
Be blessed alwayssssssssssss!
Mar 16 2012: You too ...:)
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Mar 15 2012: To understand leadership I think we must begin with defining what it means to be a leader. I think a leader is anyone who is virtuous, that is anyone who is wise, wisdom can be interpreted as humility and creativity which are simply functions of perspective.With this in mind, I think that everyone has the potential to be a leader, this is because a true leader follows and allows just as much as she/he advises. In this way a flow of leaders and followers becomes a continuum where each realizes their temporal place.
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I haven't read all the posts here so I apologize if this has already been stated. The idea of a leader who points the way seems rather antiquated. However their are deep pockets of specializations and in some ways few people with a "general" expertise to connect these different fields. The question here is about communication, how we can be more cohesive and dynamic, a leader as a catalyst is certainly part of the solution but I think something less "spear headed" may be the next step.
Mar 16 2012: Dear Thadeus Frei
The explanation that you have given over there is simple and amazing. Thanks for sharing your ideas regarding leadership. It will really be great to get some examples from you. Chill!Mar 13 2012: I think, for someone to be a true and effective leader, an internal shift needs to occur within that person. This shift must cause the person to become altruistic and happy
Mar 13 2012: And any situation, any person, any event, any idea or moment can bring this 'SHIFT' and can play a major role of motivation...:) I do agree with you Kieran.
Mar 14 2012: this shift, this realization needs to come about in a personal way or in a way that has enough heft to completely convince the person to take on the leadership position.
Mar 14 2012: I do agree with you...:)
Bruno Carre
Mar 12 2012: IMHO, every assertion according to which you inherit, get or receive an important trait of character when born is non sense: born a leader, an artist, a musician; whatever "born the Chosen One" that is. People can become what they want and choose to be and have to work hard for it. Yes, some may be more talented than others, but talent is nothing without practice, and practice, and practice...
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And no one "creates" leadership. It develops, it is a trial and error long and winding road.
Or perhaps, the environment creates leaders, yes, that I believe.
Mar 12 2012: You have given so many nice points. Thanks for these ideas. And you are right ..:)Mar 8 2012: Anyone can become a leader with the right words, timing, and following.
Anyone can be an effective leader as well. Just because you are an effective leader, doesn't mean you are a good one.
Hitler was effective but he was not "good" IMO
Mar 9 2012: hahahaha.. All right.
Stuart Woods
Mar 7 2012: In simple terms,for a leader to exist there must be followers. One is either a follower or a leader (in the limitless scope of what one can lead on and follow in). I believe essentially that leadership is of the HEART not the head and as such is powerful beyond the countless explanations which attempt to pin down this elusive term. I do think leaders can be born AND created; there is no formula. This is partly why it's such a beguiling subject. Some rise reluctantly through necessity while some strive for power through influence. It's a great question Niaz, one I consider everyday as I watch new leaders 'emerge' in the school I work in........both staff and students.
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Mar 7 2012: Nice thought. Thanks Stuart.Mar 7 2012: "Born leader" is not a literal term, it's used to indicate that a person is extremely likely to become, or are leaders because they were born with the traits that generally are expected from a leader. "Natural leader" is a better term maybe, as it's meant to be interpreted in its literal sense.
So if the question is "Can anyone but a natural leader be a leader?" then I'll say yes. Leadership is a skill and as such can be learned, although a natural leader with leadership training will probably be optimal.
Mar 7 2012: Awesome. Thanks. I have learned a great lesson from you.Mar 6 2012: Most leaders are a product of a specific need, cause, or situation that has occured. The window of time is opened and the "leader" fills the requirement. In other times the same "leader" may have been considered a misfit and laughed at. In that context the "leader" is neither born or created. s/he is simply a tool used to hopefiully resolve the current existing problem. History has proven this choice was often not a resolution but the cause of more problems.
Mar 6 2012: I do agree. But in my life I have seen some leader those who are really born...some are created (made their own destiny by themselves). But the point 'Situation' is the base of leadership (i believe). Thanks Robert.Mar 7 2012: Even the @ss of a dog sees the light of day and what would we do without them.
Mar 7 2012: OH yah! But it would be better to have clear explanation from you.Mar 7 2012: Sorry my last post was too vague.
Robert you really hit on something here. Permit me to paraphrase in order to explore your position; a leader is like an idea who's time has come. Not unlike some invention, his mother is necessity.
Like most ideas his/her evolution to the position has been guided my many events, not all of which might be considered nurturing, but all of which culminate in some resolution on his/her part to take the stage.
There is no guarantee that s/he will be able to accomplish what s/he has been elected (appointed) to do but s/he is the one appointed by good or ill to do the job. As such, his/her failure or success is the shared responsibility of s/he and who ever put him/her there.
His/Her time is to be examined so as to provide example for coming generations. S/he is necessary, however worthless some might hold an opinion of him/her.
And so s/he will have her/his day in the sun.
Mar 17 2012: Thanks for these ideas and clarification......:)
Luis Marin
Mar 6 2012: How about taking the middle ground? Leaders have specific personality traits that may be inherited (I am no behavioral physiologist, but lets make that leap) and some that may be acquired. So it's a combination. To make matters worse, some leaders appear only if specific chain of events and factors allow them to flourish. Churchill's best hour came late in his life, Gates and Jobs were in the right place at the right time, etc.
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Too narrow of a statement...
Mar 6 2012: You are right. Sometimes situation makes the difference. Some of us actually can't understand our passion and natural talent earlier. So it takes time to flourish..Thanks for your comment...:)
krish mohan
Mar 6 2012: yeh, leaders are born not created..Training can sharpen the leadership skills if one has it inherently. One who is trained or created to be a leader has solutions for causes/situations he would have read in the books but is sure to collapse wgen faced with unforseen circumstances...
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Most of today' leaders belong to this latter category...
Mar 6 2012: Agreed...:)Mar 12 2012: True leadership should take place much less from the front, and more from the middle ground. The middle ground is the point at which a collaborative process is enabled, taking a led group in a direction of least resistance. Such a leader elicits respect from those they lead, because the developed relationship is symbiotic, mutually understanding, mutually supportive and therefore sustainable.
In the kind of reality we have now constructed for ourselves, leaders who display sociopathic (and even psychopathic) tendencies are those who are given positions of most influence. This means that a given group will tend to be led in directions dictated by a single mind, a single ego, with little or no collaboration.
For definitions of sociopathy and psychopathy, and their relationship to corporate leadership, please refer to this research by Dr Hare:
In a society where people matter above everything else, collaborative leadership would dominate. In a society where 'things' matter more than people, non-collaborative leadership would dominate. I don't think you need me to spell out which kind of society we are living in right now!
I don't think leaders are born. However, I do think a propensity exists towards empathy or sociopathy, is genetic, and further enhanced by parental and peer group nurturing. Which one would dominate through into leadership in adulthood I think would depend on the morphology of the reality framework we move about in at that particular time.
Mar 12 2012: Thanks for the long post Allan. I learned so many things from your ideas.Mar 11 2012: what good is leadership if no one wants to be lead anymore? also leadership can be bought manipulated and influenced today what keeps them focused with unbreakable motivation?not born decision or no choice but to lead. hope I'm right?
Mar 12 2012: Yes! You are right....:)Mar 9 2012: "A leader should walk behind his followers"
Born a leader? Maybe, so what?


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