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# Next Generation Leadership
## [Fighting Against the Current](https://blog.deettajones.com/fighting-against-the-current)
[leadership](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/leadership), [self-awareness](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/self-awareness), [culturechange](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/culturechange), [strength](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/strength), [Purpose](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/purpose)
[](https://blog.deettajones.com/fighting-against-the-current)
Imagine you are in a canoe, enjoying a scenic yet strenuous ride through a well-known river. The sun glimmers on the surface, the air hums with quiet life, and for a while, you’re perfectly aligned with the rhythm of the water. Then—almost imperceptibly at first—you feel a current shift. The water pulls and pushes with new force. You grip the paddle tighter, row harder, determined to regain...
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## [Leadership as Ancestral Work](https://blog.deettajones.com/leadership-as-ancestral-work)
[reflection](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/reflection), [Leadership Skills](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/leadership-skills), [strength](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/strength), [Integrity](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/integrity), [Lineage](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/lineage)
[](https://blog.deettajones.com/leadership-as-ancestral-work)
There are days when I can feel them. Not in a ghostly way, but in my bones. The people who came before me.
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## [Grieving for Other People’s Children](https://blog.deettajones.com/grieving-for-other-peoples-children)
[Grieving](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/grieving), [personal loss](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/personal-loss), [strength](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/strength), [parenting](https://blog.deettajones.com/tag/parenting)
[](https://blog.deettajones.com/grieving-for-other-peoples-children)
I am writing this within hours of returning from the ceremony, remembering and praying for the lives of the two boys and their families. My son's classmates. They were two of five teenagers in the car, involved in a tragic accident. The living will never unsee, never forget how they felt in those moments.
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