https://leadingfromthestop.com/blog daily 0.75 2021-08-19 https://leadingfromthestop.com/blog/how-observant-are-you monthly 0.5 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1629941086215-QDWB9I2Y091MVQVMAGLJ/Distracted.png Blog - How Observant Are You? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1629949785624-ZST8011EYTG4VTA5CY2T/292735_10150373324754903_1401279571_n.jpg Blog - How Observant Are You? - Make it stand out Iain and Julia Campbell with Mother Theresa (middle) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1629681332586-13CXQD2GW1AEJKGFSP5U/303676_10150373271074903_1062151220_n.jpg Blog - How Observant Are You? - Make it stand out There was a feast set for kings ready for us by the time we arrived. https://leadingfromthestop.com/blog/how-do-you-process-grief monthly 0.5 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1629860725359-6SUBKD8JP5KNKTDMAVOG/unsplash-image-6iM5GOht664.jpg Blog - How Do You Process Grief? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1629862029157-IUXTZWYOYSM8N5E1B0S3/Nuclear+attack.png Blog - How Do You Process Grief? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1629862592025-FVH7HR7VU1EBY52CI7FM/It%27s+OK+to+cry.png Blog - How Do You Process Grief? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://leadingfromthestop.com/blog/it-was-an-ordinary-tuesday monthly 0.5 2021-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1629753400370-GKFR1I4MNKV0OTWOYDUU/B.png Blog - It was an ordinary Tuesday, when I received THAT text message… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1629753271149-8SZUUWXPBY91UH7FBZP2/Schoolyard+fight.png Blog - It was an ordinary Tuesday, when I received THAT text message… - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1629753662261-UVSS9JX4UKGOMPDYIYJ5/Meeting+with+child.png Blog - It was an ordinary Tuesday, when I received THAT text message… - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://leadingfromthestop.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1624858927845-MQRARO55P4T2A0M3U3EY/295795_10150373271004903_1467980387_n.jpg Home - There’s nothing wrong with the plane… Nothing could have prepared anyone for the tragedies that were about to unfold. Halfway through his flight, just after the crew cleared away lunch, Kanaris’s world would be abruptly changed forever. Was it the panicked look on the faces of the crew as they scurried around the plane or the horrendous sound that alerting him to an issue (a noise was caused by a combination of jettisoning fuel, in anticipation of their imminent touchdown, and the premature deployment of the landing gear to slow the speed of the plane)? The announcement by Captain Mike Ballard reassured the passenger, telling them there was nothing wrong with the plane. He added that due to a “significant incident in the United States,” all airspace had been closed. As a precaution, the plane was being diverted and would be landing in Gander, which was in Newfoundland, Canada. To be honest, no one had any idea where that was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1624858533353-F5M6W5U6TVTHB55I51D9/296965_10150373283239903_1769644782_n.jpg Home - 24 hours on the tarmac… Kanaris’s mind started to race. What was that ‘significant incident’? The first thought was that the President of the USA had been assassinated. That was quickly overtaken by another thought – maybe there was a nuclear attack on to US soil. Arching his neck to look past his fellow passenger who occupied the window seat, he wondered if he would be able to see a mushroom cloud through the window out to the horizon? Thankfully, he couldn’t see anything. The next 30 minutes were spent preparing the plane for an unscheduled landing. The crew cleared away all the remnants of their lunch, eradicating any evidence of normality in this flight. What was supposed to be an eight-and-a-half-hour flight had been cut by half. A hush fell upon the plane; passengers and crew alike assumed a sombre attitude. Soon the tell-tale signs of descent were felt as the barometric pressure drop caused me to swallow. My ears ‘popped’ and the discomfort in my ears disappeared. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1624939027071-Y2EEODOC96UKRE37QBFN/Heart+Collage.jpg Home - Support from the community Nothing could have prepared us for what was about to happen. 24 hours on the tarmac as they put together immigration and security at the airport. 38 planes descended in less than 90 minutes. A town that woke up for breakfast as 9,000, ended up having dinner for 16,000. They had pulled out all stops to ensure that there was food available for us upon our arrival. They had raided their pantries, their fridges and freezers to lavish home-made food and hospitality on us. What a lot of the passengers thought was going to be a short stopover, ended up being a 5 day exploration of what it means to be resilient in the face of adversity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1629415574161-6MN8GKGEK27AJIS30GW5/Claude+Elliott.png Home - “Human kindness will always overpower hatred and on the day when the world was shown the worst of humanity, we somehow were able to show the world the best of humanity.” — Claude Elliott., Mayor of Gander (1996 - 2017) https://leadingfromthestop.com/about-the-author daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/145837ca-b28a-4dcb-b897-3614298cac15/Elias+Kanaris+-+International+Keynote+Speaker+and+Entrpreneur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1629506041774-7KQ50G58PMYMGDTUD5SN/Influence-2019-Day+5+General+Session+1-028-7310.jpg About The Author - “Are you able to look beyond the ‘way we do things’ to ensure that you look after your people and put them first.” Elias Kanaris https://leadingfromthestop.com/what-happened daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/461723c5-26f4-4665-a933-91f17b3c158e/303676_10150373271074903_1062151220_n.jpg What Happened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/04c7fb53-221d-4a0e-981a-19a33089b995/299745_10150373324604903_391809495_n.jpg What Happened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/76b82464-1e7f-46de-b324-0521c9150413/296842_10150373324419903_1544607479_n.jpg What Happened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/125b8c6a-d506-40fd-82ac-e0110e88b792/314395_10150373284689903_1347935163_n.jpg What Happened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/146684e3-2da3-4a4e-9cd4-d3f9ea720179/295795_10150373271004903_1467980387_n.jpg What Happened Stuck for 24 hours in the plane on the tarmac https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/591c417e-7ed9-4ca2-8f14-e4cd029540f3/321317_10150373324344903_1874219739_n.jpg What Happened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/7bed7e42-540a-4f68-b757-e03bffd6573e/298707_10150373324239903_1232827569_n.jpg What Happened Boarding the bus on our way to Gambo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/08ad47e4-1418-439d-97ad-aa52f31f6147/294101_10150373324369903_498513787_n.jpg What Happened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/0f7fcb4d-5585-4260-919c-a845cbab00d7/310845_10150373308979903_556970725_n.jpg What Happened We were encouraged to take our pillows and blankets with us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/f62578dc-0939-4f22-8018-0a62e8b65278/Camp+beds.jpg What Happened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/8d6673f9-37a6-4779-a549-5fd26978bb5d/313970_10150373324134903_1243880600_n.jpg What Happened The view of Gander airport from the plane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/82af6afc-d148-47e5-bd6d-525e2a9d433a/312110_10150373270064903_1047350278_n.jpg What Happened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/386d5090-bda3-474d-8950-6f939fb6fd57/10329735_10152530854374903_1816026965908508863_o.jpg What Happened One of 38 planes diverted to Gander International Airport https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/ac74773e-1ca7-49a1-a8b2-fd766119fd96/314395_10150373284689903_1347935163_n.jpg What Happened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/95916de7-d36b-4114-a529-597937ac6a6d/296965_10150373283239903_1769644782_n.jpg What Happened You had to take all your carry-on luggage off the plane with you https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/7b4393ac-4ca4-4074-b467-741c44aaa9d9/296769_10150373299014903_582371965_n.jpg What Happened https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/aef4fbca-a938-4067-8f46-cabf2f3cfcd9/Man+crying.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1629671290647-P1MSPSJ49SBEE8PZMNX9/304402_10150373269969903_977859274_n.jpg What Happened - The formation of the ‘escape committee’ Leadership always has a way of showing up. In our case, it came in the form of a Dutch man, called Montiano Blom (affectionately called ‘Monti’). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60d9119d5b0d5e497bc872c3/1629671514474-ASN1C87NBOCJXBU2CHX2/302907_10150373299299903_742270247_n.jpg What Happened - He asked for individuals to put their hands up to take ownership of certain areas of the clean-up. Without his leadership, I dread to think what impact we would have had on the bereaved family. It is safe to say that during the funeral, nobody would have suspected that 198 stranded plane people were lurking in the church’s depths. The deceased was given a dignified send-off and the event passed. https://leadingfromthestop.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-03-27 https://leadingfromthestop.com/registration-page daily 0.75 2021-08-27