Kelly Bargabos

What good are leadership skills if they are not applied consistently on a daily basis to execute strategy, advance change and drive results? What good are you to yourself or anyone else if you are not effective in getting things done? Leadership is often aspired to with the loftiest of intentions. If I become a good leader, I can earn more money. I will become CEO. I can get people to do whatever I want. If I become a good leader, I can conquer the world. Many of us know we love leadership, we know we want to be a good leader, we study and read and observe, and most of us become solid leaders. But so what? What does it all mean? What good is being a leader? Why do our organizations need us? How does it benefit you or the group you are leading? The reality is that being a leader is only useful, practical and meaningful when it is used daily to get things done. Move people forward. Create change. Build where there was nothing.Here to LEAD will provide: Useful information that will serve you throughout your careerPractical advice and exercises you can use right awayRelevant examples, regardless of where you are on the leadership spectrum or what position you holdPowerful tools that will transform your leadership Learn how to take your leadership from an idea, a theology, or an abstract personality trait, to a concrete, useful, productive and powerful force. Transform your intentions from "I want to be a leader" to "I am HERE TO LEAD."

Life moves fast. Too fast for some people. This is the true story of what it's like to live in a world where you can't keep up.Bobby was ten months old when my mom and dad rescued him from birth parents who were slowly killing him. He was adopted into our family after a lengthy custody battle. Instead of that settling him, it set off a lifelong struggle to find a place to belong, a place to call home.Like an old-fashioned merry-go-round, the world moved at a speed that was just too fast for Bobby. He couldn't keep up, which prevented him from keeping a job, a roof over his head, and the basics needed to survive. The life he dreamt of was always out of reach. No one knew why.While cultural ideals of what a normal life looks like can distort our perspective, Chasing the Merry-Go-Round allows readers to see the world through the eyes of a person with intellectual and physical disabilities, which can often be invisible, especially at first glance. It's a story about struggle and hope, survival and resilience, and most of all, the gift of acceptance and love.