{"id":16,"date":"2018-09-02T21:05:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T21:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/?p=16"},"modified":"2018-09-03T12:39:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-03T19:39:49","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/2018\/09\/02\/introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Afternoon Fall 2018 Cohort,<\/p>\n<p>My name is Matt, and it is my sincere pleasure to share this orientation and back to school basics experience with you!<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time, my ageless and highly successful father used to have an old saying, He said &#8220;Matt, when it comes to leadership in today&#8217;s world, <strong><em>if you&#8217;re not the lead dog, the view never changes&#8221;.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I suppose there some inherent truth to that statement, especially when considering it from a perspective and worldview of a baby boomer in the business world; however, since graduating with a BA in Leadership from TWU, there is a good chance that I could probably build a good debate with him arguing against it. Apart from the BA, I also hold a Project Management designation (CAPM) and work as a corporate director with a national portfolio for a globally managed, United States manufacturer of fire protection equipment and devices. I am graced to live in White Rock, B.C. with my also ageless wife of 19 years, one teen, and one young adult, all people of strength, principle and faith.<\/p>\n<p>My best to everyone on this path of leadership exploration!<\/p>\n<p>Matt<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Afternoon Fall 2018 Cohort, My name is Matt, and it is my sincere pleasure to share this orientation and back to school basics experience with you! Once upon a time, my ageless and highly successful father used to have an old saying, He said &#8220;Matt, when it comes to leadership in today&#8217;s world, if &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/2018\/09\/02\/introduction\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Introduction&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi","category-twu-online"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/fourwinds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}