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Self-care is a leadership skill, not a luxury. Bring healthy practices off your to-do list and into your leadership.

"It's a wonderful book which should be a required text in any leadership class or workshop."
Sandra Rhoten

Associate Dean of Students, Emeriti, California State University-Fullerton.

"The format of this book is stellar. Gage asks questions to make the reader think and there’s a lot of work one can do to improve life and leadership.”
Sharon H. Justice

Former Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Student, The University of Texas at Austin.

Sustaining Leadership

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Self-care is a leadership skill, not a luxury. Bring healthy practices off your to-do list and into your leadership.

"It's a wonderful book which should be a required text in any leadership class or workshop."
Sandra Rhoten

Associate Dean of Students, Emeriti, California State University-Fullerton.

"The format of this book is stellar. Gage asks questions to make the reader think and there’s a lot of work one can do to improve life and leadership.”
Sharon H. Justice

Former Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Student, The University of Texas at Austin.

Sustaining Leadership

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Self-care is a leadership skill, not a luxury. Bring healthy practices off your to-do list and into your leadership.

Sustaining Leadership by Gage Pane

"It's a wonderful book which should be a required text in any leadership class or workshop."
Sandra Rhoten

Associate Dean of Students, Emeriti, California State University-Fullerton.

"The format of this book is stellar. Gage asks questions to make the reader think and there’s a lot of work one can do to improve life and leadership.”
Sharon H. Justice

Former Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Student, The University of Texas at Austin.

Leadership matters.

I believe that everyone has the potential to lead. I also know we all have skills to learn or improve upon that will help us be more effective as leaders no matter what our title is. I’m committed to the idea that healthy organizations have leaders in every chair.

Everything I know about leadership, I learned on the dance floor.

Okay that’s not literally true, but I have certainly learned a lot about leading and following as a ballroom dancer. Both dance and my thirty-five years of experience in complex organizations have taught me that leadership is a complex, dynamic partnership. Our organizations and communities need creative, courageous people who will take on the challenges of leadership.

Let’s explore ways I can help you and your team learn, grow, and become authentic, effective leaders who make a difference.

Leadership Development, Professional Development

Everyone leads. The workshops and team development work I facilitate are based in this belief.
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Speaking Engagements

Everyone can make a difference. My keynote speeches are designed to encourage and support everyone in finding their own way to make a difference in their organizations and communities.
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Leadership Development, Strategy & Support

Everyone is creative. Leading is creative work. It is problem-solving, designing new ways of working, and imagining possibilities.
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You can’t dance with people who won’t move.
You can’t lead partners who won’t be led.

"What I enjoyed most was how Dr. Paine simply and clearly made me - a seasoned leader - not only reflect on what my team was capable of, but more importantly, how I can use my leadership as a partnership to grow as a college president."
Dr. Marcheta P. Evans

President, Bloomfield College

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You can’t dance with people who won’t move.
You can’t lead partners who won’t be led.

"What I enjoyed most was how Dr. Paine simply and clearly made me - a seasoned leader - not only reflect on what my team was capable of, but more importantly, how I can use my leadership as a partnership to grow as a college president."
Dr. Marcheta P. Evans

President, Bloomfield College

wonderful practical resource review

You can’t dance with people who won’t move.
You can’t lead partners who won’t be led.

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"What I enjoyed most was how Dr. Paine simply and clearly made me - a seasoned leader - not only reflect on what my team was capable of, but more importantly, how I can use my leadership as a partnership to grow as a college president."
Dr. Marcheta P. Evans

President, Bloomfield College

I'm proud to have served many distinguished institutions including:

Johns Hopkins University
Office of the Dean of Student Life

NASPA
Student Affairs Administrators in
Higher Education

Northern Kentucky University
University Advancement

Texas Association Colleges and
University Student Personnel
Administrators (TACUSPA)

San Antonio Area Foundation

Stephen F. Austin State University
Division of Student Affairs

Texas A&M University
Division of Student Affairs

Texas A&M University San Antonio
Division of Student Affairs

University of Kentucky
College of Engineering, Office of
Alumni and Philanthropy

University of Miami
Division of Student Affairs

University of North Carolina
Charlotte - Title IX Office

University of North Texas
Division of Student Affairs

University of Texas at Austin
Division of Student Affairs

University of Texas Permian Basin
Division of Student Affairs and
Leadership

University of Texas at Tyler
Division of Student Success

Recent Blog Posts

Stretching Out

I’ve been thinking about the concept of "comfort zones" lately. Last week, the OU College of Nursing had a two-day All College Retreat. There were sessions for faculty only and for staff only, as well as sessions that brought everyone together. In one of those sessions, I led the entire college through the Leadership Dance. There were many skeptical people in the room, including the Dean who is adamantly in the “I can’t dance” group. But you know what? Everyone danced. People made mistakes, moved the wrong ...

Graduation Seasons

It's May which means it's graduation season. Since I'm back on campus, it also means I'll be attending graduation ceremonies this week. Because we are a nursing college, we will also have pinning ceremony making a very full week to come. And a fun week filled with celebrations. Since I haven't yet attended any of this year's events, and I've been writing about my own experiences, I thought I'd tell you about my graduation experiences. I've had three official graduations, well four if you count high ...

The Power of a Walk

Sunday was a lovely day  in Oklahoma City and I went for a walk that afternoon. It was a beautiful spring day, temperature in the 60', sunny, fresh breeze, well, it's Oklahoma so closer to wind than breeze but still a pleasant day to be out and to walk around the neighborhood. It reminded me yet again of something we all know - the importance of walking. Not only is a healthy and relatively easy for most of us. The only equipment needed is a decent pair of ...

“Hope is the thing with feathers,” says Emily.
As Maya intones, “Still I rise.”

Pablo calls us to “count to twelve” rather than ten
And Mary asks us to think about our “one wild and precious life.”

Poets teach me
To listen for the questions that go unsaid,
To ask the questions that are needed,
To find the path to wisdom and the way to make the bread.

G. Paine

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