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When Called to Serve

A Family's Struggle over Vietnam

By: John Horan-Kates

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When Called to Serve

A Family's Struggle over Vietnam

By: John Horan-Kates

WHEN CALLED TO SERVE is the story of the visceral tensions of anger and violence set within the complexities of the ’60s Cold War era. A distinguished three-generation military family struggles with the agonizing patriotic, moral, and spiritual dilemmas of the Vietnam War. The politicians and military leaders claimed it was crucial to honor our commitments around the world, whereas the protesters challenged the “system,” arguing that authority was corrupt and immoral. The narrative exposes the tensions between the principled notions of service, dedication, and loyalty set against the injustices of discrimination, economic inequality, and government secrecy, plus the suppression of human rights. The protagonist, Richard O’Brian, is a navy chaplain who fights to keep his family together with an alternative worldview that acknowledges the situation is an argument without end. What does one do when called to serve? What is America’s responsibility around the globe? Should we always defend freedom, as President Kennedy said, by “paying any price” or by simply helping other countries help themselves, realizing they must solve their own problems? Tracing the root causes of the Vietnam War, the story posits how the failure to understand the other, how the lack of trust created by deceitful communications affect families as well as organizations—and nations.

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1664125604

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The Leader's Journal

Integrating Head & Heart

By: John Horan-Kates

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The Leader's Journal

Integrating Head & Heart

By: John Horan-Kates

What do you stand for? What is the foundation of your leadership approach? And whats really important to you? Many leaders know the answers to these questions at an intellectual level, but interestingly, they dont talk about them very often, and most have never expressed themselves in writing on these important leadership underpinnings. The Leaders Journal provides leaders the opportunity to take their thinking to a deeper level. Organized around twelve time-honored principles essential to effective, ethical leadership, this book introduces these keys in a week-to-week format. By quoting respected exemplars and posing important questions each day, you are asked to express your thoughts on integrity, commitment, purpose and other fundamental leadership principles. The exercise of writing your deepest thoughts can be clarifying, therapeutic and often eye-opening. Writing can help you think through ideas or problems where answers may not be readily apparent. The more diligent you are in journaling, the more youll learn about yourself and about your capacity to lead others. In this sense, this book is interactive and engaging. Its about both what other great leaders have said, and more importantly, its about what you have to say ! Just be aware that what you record in this journal may be transformative!

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A Journey Toward Surrender

Reflections on a Life of Leading

By: John Horan-Kates

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A Journey Toward Surrender

Reflections on a Life of Leading

By: John Horan-Kates

A Journey Toward Surrender is a memoir describing how my view of leadership has evolved over fifty years. Its a story in understanding a different and more freeing meaning of surrender. From leading teams in government, business, and the non-profit world, I have developed an outlook that works. The biggest challenge in leading comes down to one key necessitymanaging the ego. If we could relinquish our ego investment, the world would be a better and much more effective place. I argue that there is a dynamic continuum or tension between responsibility and surrender that evolves throughout life and that to live well within this continuum, one must realize that God is in control of the outcome. In the end, I contend that without a change of heart, policy reforms are futile. Without a deep assessment of ones moral character, our actions will be based on what Scripture refers to as shifting sands.

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1524576360

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The Spiritual Path of Purpose

A Journal for Purposeful Living

By: John Horan-Kates

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A Journal for Purposeful Living

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1669820602

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The Making of a Community – the Vail Way

By: John Horan-Kates

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The Making of a Community – the Vail Way

By: John Horan-Kates

How do you build a community from scratch? What kind of people undertake building a world-class resort the scope of Vail, Colorado? What motivated them and what entrepreneurial principles did they call upon? Not until The Making of a Community has the history of how it evolved from a business and organizational perspective been written. With a subtitle of The Vail Way, it describes how it happened in what way did the Vail Valley become so popular. More importantly, its a story of entrepreneurs who created something special out of nothing. Its the story of realizing a dream. The book explores the motivations that drove the founders and those who have followed. Who were the people the leaders who helped bring it to fruition? The Vail way is rooted in entrepreneurship. Its demonstrated regularly through the values, principles, and attitudes exhibited by entrepreneurs. Beyond vision, theres resilience, trust, focus, and teamwork. In the end, something extraordinary was built.

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1514415518

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The Leader's Journal

Integrating Head & Heart

By: John Horan-Kates

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Integrating Head & Heart

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A Journey Toward Surrender

Reflections on a Life of Leading

By: John Horan-Kates

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Book's by John Horan-Kates

When Called to Serve

When Called to Serve

The Leader's Journal

The Leader's Journal

A Journey Toward Surrender

A Journey Toward Surrender

The Spiritual Path of Purpose

The Spiritual Path of Purpose

The Making of a Community – the Vail Way

The Making of a Community – the Vail Way

The Leader's Journal

The Leader's Journal

The Making of a Community – the Vail Way

The Making of a Community – the Vail Way

A Journey Toward Surrender

A Journey Toward Surrender

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