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Sharon Kenny-Blanchard
Mar 30, 20220 min read
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The Tip of the Iceberg
A whole lot of time has passed since I last shared my meandering thoughts on this blog. I heard someone say the other day that a blog is...

Sharon Kenny-Blanchard
Jul 2, 20203 min read
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Resilience: together we are better, we are stronger. Take four.
It wasn’t until I was completing my doctoral dissertation that I came to encounter a deeper understanding of the word ‘resilience’. It...

Sharon Kenny-Blanchard
May 8, 20203 min read
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Hope: Together we are better. Together we are stronger. Take three.
Stop and smell the roses. It may sound like a cliche, and most likely you have either heard or used this phrase many, many times, but do...

Sharon Kenny-Blanchard
Apr 30, 20203 min read
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To live in communion and flourish together.
The imagery of the mountains has provided incredible inspiration over these past few days and weeks during‘lockdown’. As I write this,...

Sharon Kenny-Blanchard
Apr 23, 20204 min read
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Together we are better. Together we are stronger, take two: Letting go.
Earlier this week I found myself mesmorized looking out to the west at the storm raging over the Ben Ohau range here in Twizel. At times,...

Sharon Kenny-Blanchard
Apr 17, 20203 min read
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Together we are strong. Together we are better. Take one.
I like things in threes. I always have and so, when thinking of the theme of this article that I wrote for our local paper, courage,...

Sharon Kenny-Blanchard
Apr 8, 20203 min read
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What's the alternative?
I fervently believe that people don't just wake up in the morning and hope to hurt or tick someone off over the course of their day; that...

Sharon Kenny-Blanchard
Apr 3, 20203 min read
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hmmm...so what's leadership, anyway?
I thought I would share a few insights into how I came to yearn to learn more about leadership. I never actually thought of myself as a...

Sharon Kenny-Blanchard
Mar 26, 20203 min read
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White as sheep: my journey toward Principled Leadership (navigating wolves in sheep's clothing)
You know, you don’t always know, you can never really tell, but there is something within you that you should never ignore, those nagging...

Sharon Kenny-Blanchard
Mar 20, 20203 min read
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The Altruistic leader: the practice of simply emptying the ego.
In her mind blowing, life-altering book entitled, All About Love, bell hooks shares, “To truly serve, we must always empty the ego so...

Sharon Kenny-Blanchard
Mar 19, 20203 min read
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Resilience: confirming identity through the scratches, bites and blues.
As I reflected on resilience and identity, I immediately began to think of a memory from what now seems like a long time ago. It is meant...

Sharon Kenny-Blanchard
Mar 19, 20205 min read
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