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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. Okay, All Saints Day was yesterday. Isn’t it time to move on? Not yet, I’ll argue. The point of the feast is worth recalling for at least 48 hours – and ideally for much longer than that. A couple of weeks ago I was presenting the Catholic Vision for Lea...

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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. Have you ever heard of emotional agility? Probably not. I know I didn’t run across the term until very recently when I ran into the work of Psychologist Susan David, a lecturer at Harvard Medical School, who discusses the concept in her new book, Emotional Agil...

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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. Recently I read an interesting article about burnout. It made the point that while people usually think that it’s caused by unreasonable work demands, that’s not the case. According to Christina Maslach, the culprit is usually poor relationships in the workplace....

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The Dubuque Archdiocese has scheduled three Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus Encounters before the end of the year, and six more in early 2017. The three scheduled before the end of the year are all at American Martyrs Retreat House in Cedar Falls, IA. They offer participants the opportunit...

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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. This past Sunday’s Gospel reading is one of my favorites – and it has been since my earliest days. I don’t know for sure if that’s because I heard my dad praise it, or if we had a discussion about it that made it more memorable than other Gospel pa...

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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. In the Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus Encounter, we show a short video re-enactment of an interaction between Jesus and the mother of James and John in the Gospel of Matthew. She wants Jesus to give them favored status in his kingdom (Matt 20:21). Obviously, it&rs...

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A total of four Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus Encounters are currently scheduled before the end of the year in Illinois and Iowa. Illinois The Logan County Catholic Community Parish Council hosts an Encounter Saturday, Nov. 12, at Carroll Catholic School, 111 4th St., in Lincoln, IL. ...

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“In large ways and small you can help build a better world, help usher in the Kingdom of God. It’s a matter of learning to Lead Like Jesus through the Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus Encounter,” says an invitation circulating throughout the Dubuque (IA) Archdiocese. The a...

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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. Scott Mabry writes of those days when you wonder if you have the energy and drive to keep leading. It happens to the best of us in all our roles – spouse, parent, child, laborer, craftsman, consultant, colleague, supervisor or C-level executive. There are times when...

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Four Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus Encounters are currently scheduled before the end of the year, all of them in the Midwest. Illinois The Logan County Catholic Community Parish Council will host an Encounter Saturday, Nov. 12, at Carroll Catholic School, 111 4th St., in Lincoln, IL. ...

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