{"id":144,"date":"2018-09-28T10:37:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T14:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/?p=144"},"modified":"2018-10-03T06:50:24","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T10:50:24","slug":"response-to-matt-squirrels-post-blog-post-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/2018\/09\/28\/response-to-matt-squirrels-post-blog-post-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Response to Matt Squirrel: Blog Post Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sNNcVzNKQY\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/2018\/09\/27\/blog-post-three\/\">Blog Post Three<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Blog Post Three&#8221; &#8212; Four Winds\" src=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/2018\/09\/27\/blog-post-three\/embed\/#?secret=cz5kryzqfh#?secret=sNNcVzNKQY\" data-secret=\"sNNcVzNKQY\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What a great example of the inner struggle of leadership development which happens even when the conditions for growth are not ideal. Matt, I appreciate so much of what you have to say and the way you&#8217;ve expressed some of this inner conflict has left a real impression on me.<\/p>\n<p>As I was reading Matt&#8217;s description of the tension between the desire to express these principles of servant leadership and the denial of opportunities to do so, I kept thinking about the factor of time, longevity, perseverance and commitment.<\/p>\n<p>Something which may not be expressed in these servant leadership characteristics we&#8217;ve been learning is how time and longevity have the ability to grow the impact exponentially <em>if<\/em> the leader is committed to the cause and the people they are leading. Quitting too soon before the impact of stewardship, conceptualization and healing (the three characteristics Matt has written about) have a chance to take root in the lives of people around you is a major factor to consider.<\/p>\n<p>I think this leads into the answer to Matt&#8217;s question. Part of the struggle of a leader is knowing when to gear up and when to gear down. Over time these opportunities can be seen in the light of past experience. Potential consequences of increasing or decreasing zeal become more obvious as the characteristic of foresight becomes a more solid habit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blog Post Three What a great example of the inner struggle of leadership development which happens even when the conditions for growth are not ideal. Matt, I appreciate so much of what you have to say and the way you&#8217;ve expressed some of this inner conflict has left a real impression on me. As I &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/2018\/09\/28\/response-to-matt-squirrels-post-blog-post-three\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Response to Matt Squirrel: Blog Post Three&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,38,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ldrs500","category-people-development","category-unit-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/chrisvacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}