Author: Kitty Allen

Leading is never easy. Not by design nor in reality. With all the blessings, fulfillment, challenge, and in some commercial spheres, the remuneration, that come with leadership … there is a  price to pay. The other aspect to leadership is…Betrayal.  Betrayal is a price to pay that most leaders don’t expect to experience up front. And most … Continue reading Day 210 – Betrayal…

This week Gu, Slippy and I have had the privilege of building into the few. A few front-lines servants operating in a tough space, albeit a chosen one. A battlefield. Leaders who desire to be all they are created and gifted to be in their leadership. For a cause they believe in 100%. To serve … Continue reading Day 209 – Autonomy and alignment…

I have been blessed to receive feedback from some folks that I am kind and encouraging. I’m grateful  because that is how I want to live and work. While I am CCD I seek to be kind, even if it’s a hard conversation to have.  One of my Worldviews is that truth is not nice. Truth is … Continue reading Day 208 – Kind, not nice…

This is one of my favorite BBTL entries of Chet’s. Chet describes that we come into this world self-centered and other-controlling. Our focus is inward by necessity to survive. As we grow and mature we ideally grow beyond this state of being, to becoming other-centered and self-controlling. The truth is that not everyone makes that transition. … Continue reading Day 207 – Outward…

Less is more is a phrase we’ve often heard in many contexts. Here it is in its fuller expression:   Less is more. Less is more. It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; it’s the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time. - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, … Continue reading Day 206 – More will be received…

Masters are hard on self, not down on self. This BTL truth is one that requires daily stewardship as we lead ourselves, let alone as we lead others.  As Chet shares in today’s BBTL being hard on self requires courage in the losses…and humility in the wins. My And is that we regularly toggle between the … Continue reading Day 205 – Hard on self…

I’ve spent many hours seeing Caribbean lobsters in their native habitat. SCUBA diving is one of my passions. Over the last 40 years I’ve grown to appreciate God’s brilliance in creation by seeing the perfect ecosystem that is ocean life working in harmony in amazing ways. The learner in me loves to discover new facts … Continue reading Day 204 – Like a lobster…

 One of my favorite truths from our work in BTL is this: Clarity is the antidote to anxiety. Man, print that one out and post it on your desk top. Stick it on your dashboard or on your visor. It’s one of my perpetual PA’s. I think through this lens every… single… day.  Leaders, don’t assume. … Continue reading Day 203 -Assume less…