leadership Archives - Alicia Britt Chole, author, speaker, mentor

Mentoring: A Witness to “Withness”

Alicia Britt Chole — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 06:23:41 +0000

For the next few weeks, you will hear from some of our trusted affiliate mentors with Leadership Investment Intensives. Today’s post is from Dr. Kimberly Nash Alexander, and it provides a scriptural framework for the “withness” of a mentoring relationship. Enjoy! Mentoring: A Witness to “Withness” “Jesus appointed twelve–designating them apostles–that they might be with him…” (Mark […]

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Mentoring for Life and Leadership

Alicia Britt Chole — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 06:35:18 +0000

Mentoring changes lives. When a spiritual companion accompanies another on an interior journey of the soul, a strategic re-wiring takes place which transforms deeply. For the next several weeks, you will hear from some of our trusted affiliate mentors with Leadership Investment Intensives. Today’s post is from Mary Yerkes, and it beautifully illustrates what can happen through […]

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A Leader’s Prayer

Alicia Britt Chole — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 05:22:03 +0000

One of my core devotional disciplines is Scripture-praying. I pray God’s Word over my loved ones and myself. For years, I have prayed Moses’ prayer over my life: “Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.” (Deuteronomy 32:2) Moses prayed that his words would be fruitful. As a […]

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Milestones

Alicia Britt Chole — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:58:56 +0000

mile·stone /ˈmīlˌstōn/ noun: an action or event marking a significant change or stage in development. Milestones: my response to one surprised me this week. After all, I have graduated before: from highschool, from college, from grad school. None of those milestones reduced me to tears. Why did this one What was different Was it the degree or was […]

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A Leadership Manifesto

Alicia Britt Chole — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 14:28:16 +0000

I believe that leadership is a form of influence. Jesus-style influence is internal authority–when the weight of one’s presence affects those around them. As such, leadership is not sourced in–though it at times can be served by–superlative giftings, skill sets, or fame. As a leader, my silent or speech-adorned presence has the power to lean souls toward […]

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My Atheist Dad, Moses, & Jesus On Leadership

Alicia Britt Chole — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 15:53:25 +0000

Dipping his Oreos in ice-cold whole milk, Dad’s brown eyes would dance as he asked, “So how’s the daughter?” Those smiling eyes would never leave me while we talked into the night. All the thoughts within me—my perceptions and objections, my half-baked ideas and in-process hypotheses—were met with the same consistent attention. Nothing shamed Dad, […]

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