Frank Markow, Ph.D.

I hope I am as good as this when I am 17!

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I was recently invited to join the editorial board of the International Journal of Leadership Studies. I am honored to have been asked, and hopefully can handle the load of reviewing the articles. Their are some real scholars on the board, including Charles Manz. Here is a little bit about the journal:
The International Journal of [...]

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This presentation gives an overview of my research on the topic of calling.  This was taken from my dissertation defense. Please leave me a comment if you make it through this to let me know what you think, letting me know whether my 5 Stage Calling Development Model resonates with your own experience.

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Last week I went on a quest to buy a new amp. I have been through several in the last 10 years:
Crate Vintage Club 30 (both the blond and brunette versions)
Peavey Classics. I loved these so much, at one time I had the whole family - a 15, 20, 30 and 50. I also had [...]

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Will you by any chance by in Vancouver, BC Oct 31-Nov 3? If so, lets connect at the International Leadership Association Annual Conference. I will be doing a presentation as part of a panel entitled  Archetypal Leadership as a Stream of Consciousness in Leadership Theory.
Here is the abstract for my portion of the presentation:
“Cambell (1949), [...]

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An abridged version of my dissertation is currently in press. It will be a chapter (chapter 11) in Qualitative Methods in Leadership Research published by Elsevier Publications and edited by Karin Klenke. Karin was my profesor and dissertation chair at Regent Univeristy and invited me to contribute to this work, and I am thrilled to do [...]

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I have recently become a big fan of Zoom gear. Not too long ago I turned my nose up at what is considered by many a budget gear brand. Their guitar effects are often the entry-level for many newbies, and so I avoided their stuff like the plague. But that all changed when I saw [...]

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On March 2, 2007 I sucessfully defended my dissertation. Here is the abstract:
Calling is an important construct within emerging areas of leadership theory. Yet, little is know about how calling is experienced in the life of a leader; particularly the context, antecedents, and consequences of calling. Narrative analysis has been cited in the literature as [...]

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Ben sez “Mmmm…donut.”

Jake, Ben and Abby at the beach

Abby & Licorice

Ben

Jake, Ben & Matt, Little League Opening Day 2007
Click here to see a video of Fm, Abby & Matt looking through a peephole. Lots of giggling : )

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Here is a MXR Micro Chorus. I used this back in the early 80’s when I was playing Police and Pretender covers. It still works and sound great, though it is a bit complicated to operate with its one knob…

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