by David Chung | Nov 16, 2023 | Leadership Blog
Leadership is “influence.” Leadership is also “communication.” Those who cannot communicate have no chance to exert influence. Great leaders throughout history—such as Churchill, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.—all possessed an outstanding command of language. In...
by David Chung | Sep 25, 2023 | Leadership Blog
The Missions Conference hosted by Grace Community Church (Sept. 22–24) was a dynamic celebration of missions. This mission festival was made possible by the dedication of the Missions Committee (IP Team), who dreamed together and prepared for the conference over the...
by David Chung | Sep 1, 2023 | Leadership Blog
The Boy Scouts, which originated in early-20th-century Britain, were reportedly founded by a British general to instill in young people the spirit and courage of reconnaissance units. In English, scout means “reconnaissance.” A reconnaissance unit infiltrates enemy...
by David Chung | Aug 1, 2023 | Leadership Blog
Leadership is often summed up in a single word: “influence.” If so, what lies at the very core of influence? Character drives it. General Norman Schwarzkopf, well known as a hero of the Gulf War, emphasized character when he said, “Leadership is a combination of...
by David Chung | Jun 30, 2023 | Leadership Blog
Recently, I came across an outstanding definition of leadership. Professor Homayoun Khamoosh of the George Washington University Business School defines leadership and a leader’s responsibility as follows: Leadership is the ability to turn vision into reality. A...
by David Chung | Jun 29, 2023 | Leadership Blog
My uncle by marriage came from Korea and stayed with us for three weeks. Last spring, my aunt passed away and went to heaven due to COVID, and my uncle came to Seattle to visit his nephew’s home in search of memories of his life with her. My uncle, now in his mid-80s,...
