Leading from the Heart: the Passion to Make a Difference. Leadership Stories Told by Kellogg National Fellowship Program Fellows
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 472 115 CE 084 183 AUTHOR Sublett, Roger H., Ed. TITLE Leading from the Heart: The Passion To Make a Difference. Leadership Stories Told by Kellogg National Fellowship Program Fellows. INSTITUTION Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, MI. ISBN ISBN-0-9716520-0-7 PUB DATE 2001-07-26 NOTE 151p. AVAILABLE FROM W.K. Kellogg Foundation, One Michigan Avenue East, Battle Creek, Michigan 49017-4058. Tel: 269-968-1611; Web site: http://www.wkkf.org/. For full text: http://www.wkkf.org/Pubs/CCT/ Leadership/Pub3674.pdf. PUB TYPE Opinion Papers (120) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Alzheimers Disease; Blacks; Caregivers; Community Organizations; Competence; Disabilities; Disease Control; Ethics; Family Programs; Grandparents Raising Grandchildren; Health Promotion; Humanitarianism; Hunger; Indigenous Populations; *Individual Development; International Organizations; International Programs; *Leadership; *Leadership Effectiveness; *Leadership Qualities; *Leadership Styles; Minority Groups; Nongovernmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Personal Narratives; Philanthropic Foundations; Poverty; Preventive Medicine; Program Development; Public Health; *Public Service; Rural Areas; Self Actualization; Skill Development; Social Action; Social Values; Spiritual Development; Spirituality; Urban Areas; Womens Education; World Problems IDENTIFIERS Bangladesh; Belize; China; Grassroots Efforts; Kellogg Foundation; Mexico; Mississippi Delta; Peru; South Africa; Tanzania; Zimbabwe ABSTRACT This document presents the personal narratives of 19 participants in the National Fellowship/Leadership program. In their narratives, the Kellogg fellows recount their experiences developing leadership knowledge, skills, and competencies while addressing human, societal, and community issues. The following papers are included: "Preface" (William C. Richardson); "Foreword" (Barbara Kellerman); "Introduction" (Roger H. Sublett); "Ride for Righteousness and Justice: Leadership Lessons from a Transcontinental Bike Ride for Hunger Relief" (David G. Altman); "Leading through Conflict: The Interconnectedness of AIDS and Land Conflict in Zimbabwe" (Paul Terry); "Toward Ethical Leadership: My Journey from Tanzania to Belize" (Edward J. O'Neil, Jr.); "Among Angels and Soldiers" (Jenna Berg); "Bringing Attention to America's Forgotten Caregivers: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren" (Meredith Minkler); "Building a Community Vision" (Army Lester); "Practice, Practice" (Pat Mora); "Spirituality in Leadership: Must It Remain the Unspoken?" (Melinda K. Lackey); "Loud, Proud, and Passionate: Women with Disabilities Emerge in Beijing" (Susan Sygall); "Child of the Mississippi Delta" (Royal P. Walker, Jr.); "The Longest Journey" (Colleen Stiles); "Recognizing Others' Truths" (Paul J. Gam); "Something to Contribute, Something to Learn" (Suzanne Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can bemade from the original document. Burgoyne); "Falling Slate and Sacrifice" (Bob Henry Baber); "Three Faces of Leadership" (Patrick F. Bassett); "Leadership Weather" (Steven J. Moss); "Leadership Lessons in Rock Climbing" (Donna L. Burgraff); "Leadership Lessons from the Jungle" (Fay M. Yoshihara); and "Adelberto's Dilemma" (Ken Fox). (MN) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document LEADINGTHE HEART FROM THE PASSION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Leadership Stories Told by Kellogg National Fellowship Program Fellows tr) cv U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND Office of Educational Research and Improvement DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION BEEN GRANTED BY CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to Improve reproduction (panty, TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Points of view or opinions stated in this INFORMATION. CENTER (ERIC) document do not necessarily represent 1 official OERI position or policy. M. 2 1 W.K.KELLOGKC041,06011 THELEADING HEART FROM LEADINGTHE HEART FROM THE PASSION TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Leadership Stories Told by Kellogg National Fellowship Program Fellows W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION 4 W.K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION One Michigan Avenue East Battle Creek, MI 49017-4058 USA Phone: (616) 968-1611 TDD on site Telex: 495-3028 Fax: (616) 968-0413 www.wkkf.org KNLP 3960 Item # 719 1101 5M P&P Printed on Recycled Paper ISBN 0-9716520-0-7 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ix FOREWORD xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii INTRODUCTION xix SECTION ONE: SERVICE RIDE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE: 3 LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM A TRANSCONTINENTAL BIKE RIDE FOR HUNGER RELIEF David G. Altman LEADING THROUGH CONFLICT: 15 THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF AIDS AND LAND CONFLICT IN ZIMBABWE Paul Terry TOWARD ETHICAL LEADERSHIP: 23 MY JOURNEY FROM TANZANIA TO BELIZE Edward J. O'Neil Jr. AMONG ANGELS AND SOLDIERS 31 Jenna Berg BRINGING ATTENTION TO AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN CAREGIVERS: 39 GRANDPARENTS RAISING GRANDCHILDREN Meredith Minkler BUILDING A COMMUNITY VISION 47 Army Lester SECTION TWO: PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE, PRACTICE 55 Pat Mora SPIRITUALITY IN LEADERSHIP: MUST IT REMAIN THE UNSPOKEN? 61 Melinda K. Lackey LOUD, PROUD, AND PASSIONATE: WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES EMERGE IN BEIJING 71 Susan Sygall CHILD OF THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA 77 Royal P Walker Jr. THE LONGEST JOURNEY 85 Colleen Stiles RECOGNIZING OTHERS' TRUTHS 89 Paul J. Gam SOMETHING TO CONTRIBUTE, SOMETHING TO LEARN 95 Suzanne Burgoyne FALLING SLATE AND SACRIFICE 103 Bob Henry Baber SECTION THREE: LEADERSHIP THREE FACES OF LEADERSHIP 111 Patrick F. Bassett LEADERSHIP WEATHER 115 Steven J. Moss LEADERSHIP LESSONS IN ROCK CLIMBING 119 Donna L. Burgraff LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM THE JUNGLE 125 Faye M. Yoshihara ADELBERTO'S DILEMMA 133 Ken Fox EPILOGUE 141 P R E.F.A C E By William C. Richardson Many of the leadership stories in Leading from the Heart describe physical journeys that are both moving and inspiring. Often these journeys are metaphors for the very personal journey of self-discovery each Kellogg fellow traveled while examining goals and values in the context of each one's commitment to make a difference in the lives of others. On behalf of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, I am gratified that the writers also express so deeply their gratitude for the fellowship that fueled their journey. Life-changing journeys involve unfamiliar paths and risk. These writers in particular grappled with placing their journeys in the context of leadership and their o''n 1-1,1-tHt values. Their paths required the courage to endure a process of continuous self-examination in order to develop a unique and personal compass, one that guided their own steps while providing others with an example of a thoroughly examined life. Many of the journeys described here led the writers through difficult and troubled places in America and the world, where misery and hopelessness are everyday fare, yet they found their faith in positive social change galvanized by the experience. In this way, the stories affirm the wisdom of W.K. Kellogg when he provided for his Foundation in 1930: "I will invest my money in people." Of the hundreds of fellows who participated in the Kellogg National Fellowship/Leadership program over 21 years, these stories are but a sample of the journeys taken and stories being told in classrooms, boardrooms, communities and villages around the world. This realization is both humbling and exciting for the Foundation. The world needs such leaders in increasing numbers. Leaders able to place their world, and their selves, under a microscope, and be energized by their discoveries. In each writer, the fellowship experience strengthened their resolve to pursue their own leadership course with renewed passion, and it clarified their vision of their own role in working for positive social change. By their example, these stories provide inspiration and hope for the future, two of the greatest gifts leaders offer us all. William C. Richardson, President and CEO WK. Kellogg Foundation Battle Creek, Michigan November 15, 2001 FOREWORD By Barbara Kellerman In the field of leadership, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation is a pioneer. Long before leadership studies became fashionable, the Foundation foresaw the virtues of leadership of taking a relatively small number of men and women and supporting them in their effort to create change for the common good. Put another way, what the Kellogg Foundation understood over two decades ago was that a significant investment in no more than 40 fellows a year could impact in positive ways on the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The Foundation recognized that leaders leverage. Now that leadership studies leadership scholarship, education, development renters, and institutes has become so popular, it is hard to recall that what some tag the "leadership industry" is a rather recent phenomenon. For example, James MacGregor Burns's book Leadership, which is widely regarded as one of the seminal works in contemporary leadership studies, was published in 1978, only two years before the establishment of the Kellogg National Fellowship/Leadership Program. Moreover, the overwhelming majority of leadership programs in schools, corporations, foundations, and the like were initiated subsequent to what the Kellogg Foundation started in 1980. The Kellogg Foundation may be said therefore to have practiced what it preached. By itself playing a leadership role in what subsequently became the burgeoning leadership field, it