Education
Leadership Matters for a Changing World: Journey
We have come through a period of history where leaders are often rewarded for driving an organization to a point of final destination. In this “leadership as destination” model, organizations have been “built to last,” and a lot of thought and effort has been invested in preparing the organization to...
A Deeper Look at ‘Income Inequality’
If that increasing divide is to be bridged, leadership solutions need to be proposed and practiced which support environments that create meaningful work which provides for a stable family life, healthy respect for cultural mores which strengthen moral and ethical living, relationships grounded in promises and commitment rather than convenience...
Why College Makes Cents
As is often the case in journalism, the extreme stories sell more newspapers. For example, a student who chooses to major in something like fashion merchandising, and who borrows $100,000 to attend a school that provides little in aid but charges maximum in tuition is probably not going to fare...
Towards a Practice of ‘Faithful Presence’
Authentic leadership that changes lives most often happens during the moments when very few people are looking or listening. It’s seeking the welfare of the city…or the team…or the division…or the department…or the neighbors wherever they might be and in whatever condition we might find them.
Generalities Beget Generalities…Not Solutions
Many of the people providing the solutions in this national discussion, whether they be scholars, politicians, or policy wonks, have been privileged enough to be admitted into hospitals that primarily admit healthy people, whereas those who would benefit most from the best physicians and medical care that money can buy...
Today’s Workforce is not Tomorrow’s Workforce
My colleagues will tell you that I am certainly no expert on this topic, as I’m not an expert on a lot of topics. I do know, though, that the members of “Tomorrow’s Workforce Which is Here Today” want at least two things in their work environment; two of the...
Leadership Matters for a Changing World
From my perspective, there are at least two fundamental problems with most discussions on leadership today. First, there is an implicit assumption that the world is divided between leaders and followers.......Secondly, there is another model of leadership that I would like us to think about, together.
