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Tell me more about your vision with Nelly Leadership Group.

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Where did it come from?

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Neely, I'm sorry, feeling in prayer, Neely.

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Yeah, Neely Leadership Group.

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Well, I think two paths really.

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One, I became, my family's not a church family,

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but I became a follower of Jesus at a very young age

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and I'm growing up with friends going to church with them

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and I'm reading the gospels

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and I'm seeing what a servant leader looks like.

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And then as I was 14, 15, 16,

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emerging into some of my first jobs,

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Javanka, I just had bad bosses.

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I had several bad bosses

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and I'm looking at what this model of servant leadership is

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that I'm reading about in the gospels.

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And then I'm working for people

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that had anger management issues

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and were putting themselves first

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and sarcastic and belittling.

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And I think that kind of awakened a passion in me

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around really stewardship

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of the influence you've been given.

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And it's never gone away.

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My dissertation studies were on

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what makes a good leader a good leader.

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I've written a couple of books in that area.

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And to the degree that I get to speak into people,

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you'll never be a better leader than you are a person.

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That's really what I'm passionate about.

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Along the way, I was able to speak enough

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and get up on enough stages

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that the National Speakers Association

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recognized me as a certified speaking professional,

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this kind of elite group of speakers worldwide.

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And I've got 5 million frequent flyer miles

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from clients traveling me all over the world.

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And so it's really been you and me sharing faith.

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It's really been this unction, this call, this passion

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that you know what, my place in the world

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is to help creation be a little bit better

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by making leaders recognize the sacred stewardship they have

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of the team they lead.