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The Sydney Morning Herald s published an article titled Leaders behaving badly , which listed well publicised international and Australian examples along with anecdotal illustrations. The list includes politicians and business leaders.
The article rightly quotes a number of authorities as to why leaders might behave badly. These are listed as egotistical and narcissist and on the other hand explain how temperance and prudence should be a hallmark of leadership. (www.smh.com.au)
I could have pointed the writer to the Bible where a continual stream of leaders who displayed poor character and terrible decision making. It’s rampant in the Bible.
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There have been numerous legal proceedings associated with alleged physical abuse, substance abuse and illegal betting linked to the sporting field, all presumably when rules of a particular sport have been breached in some way.
Moreover these are associated with, when someone gets injured, loses unfairly or is subject to outside pressures to cheat in some way. This has given him reason to reflect that whatever happens on a sporting field, won t inevitably stay on the sporting field?
For physical abuse situations, the video is utilised in many sports today. The video provides evidence of on field behaviour that might be utilised in legal proceedings.
2021 sees new directions
The major 2021 feature in these new directions sees the “18-30 years and Over 31s” in both the Kiwis and Internationals have become separate to Press Service International.
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This means that after three years of Stand Alone for the 18-30 and Over 31s, Kiwis and Internationals, now they have taken responsibility for themselves. In both cases they have senior writers from their own ilk who serve as their editors.
NZ senior writer Esther Koh is the editor of the Kiwi young writers - and - International senior writer Josh Robbie is the editor of the international young writers.
The First ‘Unbroken’
The first film would be well-known because it was directed by Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, and the writers included the Coen brothers.
The film was based on a biography of Louis (Louie) Zamperini written by Laura Hillenbrand
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. The title sums up the theme of the movie and interestingly, also the follow-up movie that was produced by a different group and had a different basis for its message.
Louie is played by Jack O’Connell, in a physically and emotionally demanding role that sets the foundation for a full telling of his story.
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There are parallels between parents barracking for their kids from the sidelines, and parishioners who have all the answers (solutions) but are unwilling to take responsibility of putting them into practise.
Every Christian leader faces the scenario where members of their congregation or association offer their tuppence worth of advice, sometimes couched in terms more like a directive. It is often these same people who are just not there when there is hands-on work to be done in order to see their suggestion come to fruition.
As the founder of the Sports and Leisure Ministry (SLM), between 1982-2000 I needed to negotiate with professional sports administrators to place a chaplain for the pastoral care of their employees (athletes, coaches, staff). I found that many on the sideline offered suggestions as to who to meet and what to say. However, in almost every situation, the information supplied was inaccurate and highly inappropriate for th