[March 28, 2014] Two more senior-level politicians were in the news yesterday for corruption and other crimes: a state senator and a big city mayor. While there are many levels of corruption, those who have the public’s trust are the most egregious violators because they destroy the relationship between people and their leadership A book definition says that… Read More »
[March 26, 2014] Learning about leadership can come in the most unexpected ways, from surprising sources, and at inconvenient times. Such was a leadership lesson in compassion that Colorado school administrators learned the hard way earlier this week. What happened? A 9-year old Colorado student shaved her head to show compassion for her friend who was bald from… Read More »
[March 24, 2014] The world’s media is in full hype and speculation mode about MH 370’s whereabouts. One cannot watch a television show, listen to radio, or read a newspaper without Malaysia Flight 370 being front and center. But this is not as important as the outright leadership failure of the Malaysian government’s lack of keeping the investigation… Read More »
[March 24, 2014] Recently on this blog [link here], I wrote about the decline of the news media in America. The example I gave was the Wall Street Journal failing to report the facts on an “above the fold” photograph. Failure to report the most crucial facts is a serious leadership breakdown. It is true that we could… Read More »
[March 23, 2014] Warning to all my readers … there a few articles written about “hybrid” leadership, some of which are recycled ideas and others are poorly constructed concepts. What one will find typically, are leader traits dressed up to look different or something on male-female hybrid attributes. The former concept is no different than what has been written… Read More »
[March 21, 2014] It was interesting to get a short course on horseback packing, their care, and how to engage in a firefight while mounted. The U.S. Marine Corps conducts a hands-on training course at their Mountain Warfare Training Center on the military use of large animals in difficult terrain. Leadership means thinking beyond the obvious solutions and… Read More »
[March 19, 2014] I’ve written about news media credibility before to explain that there is an unfortunate trend where the media is losing much of their credibility by selective and misleading reporting. I discussed it in the context of bias reporting on the military but it extends far beyond the military. The failure of the news media senior… Read More »
[March 18, 2014] While Americans and the rest of the world are focused on the developments in the Ukraine and the mystery of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, there are important U.S. leadership matters regarding Venezuela that are being overshadowed. Attention to the slow disintegration of the socialist economy and on-going violence, in our own hemisphere, has more key… Read More »
[March 17, 2014] As leaders we need to be aware of the effects of our actions. I remember as a new Infantry Platoon Leader that to increase physical fitness scores, I provided an incentive for Soldiers to run faster than me (I gave them a day off). Yet, many Soldiers actually performed worse on their run times. Five… Read More »
[March 16, 2014] Earlier this week, the Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman accused the CIA of “spying” on the committee that she leads. The CIA accused her committee of unauthorized access to CIA computer systems to obtain classified information. At the heart of this unusual situation is the committee’s investigation of CIA interrogation techniques following the 9/11 terrorists attacks. … Read More »