Category: Stewardship Leadership

Nathan S Collier standing at a podium delivering commencement speech

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NSC Commencement Speech to Fall 2025 UF Law Grads

More than 4 decades ago, I sat where you are today, graduating from one of the finest law schools in the country,

The image shows a large crowd of identical gray human-shaped figures standing in uniform rows. From this crowd, one figure—colored bright yellow—steps forward, breaking away from the uniform line. The yellow figure appears to be walking confidently out of the mass of gray figures, symbolizing individuality, leadership, boldness, or standing out from the crowd.

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Boldness is a Force Multiplier

Boldness opens doors that stay closed to the timid or tentative and converts possibility into reality, breaks the grip of fear. Boldness

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The Joyous Release of Measured Caring

I care. I care deeply about delivering quality to my Customers, service excellence day in and day out. I want to be

Two open heads silhouettes with arrows exchanging thoughts. Communication, idea, knowledge, teamwork and education concept.

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Opening Minds; Side Stepping the ‘Backfire Effect’

If you want to change someone’s mind, their mind must be open to change and, as much as we humans like to

A dictionary page with the word "empathy" and its definition. The word "empathy" is being highlighted with a pink marker.

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Want to Move Up? Cultivate this Powerful Skill

Upward empathy is the ability to fully understand those more powerful than you: authority figures, managers, bosses; anybody with more prestige, or

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How to Become the Smartest Person in the Room

To give away the punch line up front, this all turns on how we choose to define ‘The Smartest Person’. And while

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In Memory of Courtland Alden Collier

Courtland Alden Collier passed away Thursday, July 17, 2008, just before 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Here is the text of Nathan’s

A compass with "core values" written where the needle points north

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A Collection of Values

So, one Sunday eve recently as I was researching for a UF class on Leadership that I present to ExecEd MBAs and

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I Woke Up in America

When people ask the polite and ritualistic ‘How are you?’ question, my go-to answer is ‘I woke up in America and that

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Do You Have a Standard?

Do you hold yourself… and others… accountable? To a high bar? One that calls out to and requires the best of you?

An illustrated group of people eagerly following a leader in the front holding a flag and pointing forward

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Purposeful Followership

Purposeful followership is a value-driven choice to support a leader, team, or mission, a conscious choice to support worthwhile goals. The concept