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Want to succeed as a leader? Ask for help, says Joni Eareckson Tada
Top Stories Tamfitronics (RNS) — Good leaders are often told to play to their strengths and hide their weaknesses.That has never really worked for disability activist and nonprofit leader Joni Eareckson Tada. Paralyzed from the neck down, she can’t disguise what many people perceive as a weakness. And, ultimately, that has been pivotal to her success, says Tada, 74. She wasn’t tempted to pretend she could do it all herself and she has always been well aware she needs help.So when Tada, an author and artist known mostly as just “Joni,” took the stage at this summer’s annual Global Leadership Summit held at Willow Creek, a Chicago-area megachurch, she told the pastors and other leaders gathered that if they want to succeed they are going to have to admit their imperfections.“The most effective leaders do...
