Most of us have “hit the wall” or had some other form of rude awakening, discovering our self caught in a life not of our choosing. Recently, in a call with Brad Masek, Maintenance Support Manager at Luminant’s Sandow Power Plant, he shared a powerful personal story of a life-changing event. I found his story… Read more »
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The Power of Dialogue by Dale Higginbotham
Dale Higginbotham, VP Fossil Engineering and Support, recently completed the first year of Servant Leadership Development, which includes extensive training in dialogue. Each leader was encouraged to practice these skills at home, at work, and in the community. The following story is a powerful example of how one person by shifting into dialogue can… Read more »
Announcing a brilliant new AMCA Partner who brings a great track record!
We are delighted to welcome and introduce you to a terrifically talented new AMCA Partner, Tara Mibus, our new Director of Client Services (for the Clients Andrea Tristan was serving). We are excited about the experience and enthusiasm that Tara is bringing. Tara has a Bachelor of Arts in Literary Studies, graduating summa cum… Read more »
A farewell message from our friend Andrea
After two and one-half years of outstanding service to AMCA and our Clients, Andrea Tristan is saying “goodbye” and moving on to a new career opportunity. She has accepted a new position in San Marcos, Texas at the San Marcos Treatment Center and will be working as a Clinical Therapist with young people ages… Read more »
Learning to Enjoy Abundant Energy…
How It All Fits Together Over the last several years we have noticed a trend in more and more organizations recognizing and acknowledging the challenge of burnout. It is something we hear a lot about these days in our fast-paced, results-driven society. Thanks to increasingly more comprehensive research, we are becoming more aware of… Read more »
Dallas SLLC Recap
Celebrating PCI’s Inspiring Transformation into a Servant-Led Culture and Awesome Hospitality! We are still soaring with excitement from our visit to PCI last Friday! We thank Drew Clancy, Tom Lyons, Deborah Dale, Rex Petrasko, and the ENTIRE PCI Team for opening their doors to our SLLC group and hosting a remarkable session. The high-energy throughout… Read more »
Am I Too Busy to Lead?
by Steve Parker Steve Parker is Director of Sandow Generation, a lignite plant in south central Texas, a part of Luminant Fossil Generation. Sandow has an operating capacity of 1,137 MW, enough to power about 570,000 homes in normal conditions. Steve has been on a journey of leadership development and shares the… Read more »
Crossing the Finish Line
Cliff Watson, VP Southern Region, is a member of the Luminant Fossil Generation Senior Leadership Team who has been participating in the AMCA Leadership Development program. One of the advanced skills has been Imaging, the practice of clearly visualizing one’s optimum performance as mental rehearsal to generate FLOW, a state known to significantly enhance… Read more »
It’s Your Ship, by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff:
A true story of a young servant-leader who transformed the hearts and minds of 310 sailors taking the ship with the worst performance in the Navy to the very top in less than two years! By Ann McGee-Cooper So you think you’ve got it bad. Imagine being the youngest leader assigned to the… Read more »
The Essentials of Servant Leadership: Principles in Practice
Ann McGee-Cooper & Associates are proud to announce the release of our new, revised article, The Essentials of Servant Leadership: Principles in Practice. This article was originally published in 2001 by Pegasus Communications for their Innovations in Management article Series. It has now been revised and published by AMCA, Inc. with updated and new Client stories… Read more »