Politics
Truthfulness and Integrity
For me, that little something extra is integrity, which is the quality of being honest and morally upright. Being a person of integrity is something that is learned and earned, and not innate to any one individual.
The Big Picture
If they get bogged down in the wrong kind of decisions, these leaders don’t have the knowledge and intellectual support to make the bigger decisions that, ultimately, impact the performance of their organization for years to come.
The Discipline of Listening
Leaders must be comfortable in their own skins, to be sure, but they understand that they are on a journey where they are not required to be “the smartest person in the room.” In fact, good leaders in this paradigm understand that focused listening to what is being said and,...
The Discipline of Kindness
My wife and I have three sons, two of whom are teenagers. I’m pretty sure that they love each other, but I suspect that affection is more often displayed if they happen to be home alone at night and are frightened by a strange sound in our attic than when...
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...
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.
