[September 3, 2017] Happy “4th” Anniversary to theLeaderMaker! Special thanks to all my regular and new readers who have all made this leadership blog successful. As every regular reader knows, I post usually once per day on a topic of relevance to leaders across the world. There is never a shortage of topics and although most of those… Read More »
[September 2, 2017] Experience tells us that during our lifetime there will be many difficult situations and there will be a message to be found somewhere about what we need to learn from them. Often that message is brought to us by someone else, giving us bad news that we don’t want to hear. Since before recorded history… Read More »
By guest blogger Micheal Gilmore [see Biography] [September 1, 2107] Have you ever seen a successful business owner that is not a good leader? I’ve seen some, but those are just exceptions. Most of them are exceptional people who have managed to build their business according to their vision. They understand that without the help and support of… Read More »
[August 31, 2017] We don’t hear much about American core values anymore and we certainly don’t see them on television, read about them in the news, or have politicians discuss them. But we do see them in action. The latest are values shown by volunteers who have come out to help those in the state of Texas where… Read More »
[August 30, 2017] The psychology of human beings is an enlightening realm of study even for the most casual leader. The reason is that people are both predictable and unpredictable; the science of psychology will forever work at narrowing the unpredictable. Learning to understand why people use stereotypes and its affects is a concern for leaders everywhere. Leaders… Read More »
[August 29, 2017] If I were ever to write about how senior leaders can be winners (or losers), the topic of how a well-articulated strategy can create success would be one of them. While there are many key parts to a strategy (planning, execution, etc.), a strategy that is clear, comprehensive, and well-articulated to those it effects is… Read More »
[August 29, 2017] [Updated] Finally the Internet is back up and I’m slowly reconnecting all my devices with the new modem. Thanks for everyone’s patience. [August 29, 2017] Yesterday afternoon my cable modem gave up the ghost. Now it will be late today before I’m fully operational. At that time I’ll post today’s blog entry entitled “A Well-Articulated… Read More »
[August 28, 2017] I’ve not written about the influx of immigrants into Canada because it never was important enough to make a point about its policies for it to matter much in the study of leadership. The dynamic of immigrant Canadian national policies are considered mature and fair. However, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau threw a wrench into the… Read More »
[August 27, 2017] Occasionally I run across someone who takes a new perspective on things; combining ideas that have been discussed before regarding leadership and how leaders should help educate others. That is the case with Ami Horowitz, documentary filmmaker, who recently released a video on income inequality and combined it with the topics of socialism, Venezuela, and… Read More »
[August 26, 2017] In the run-up to the U.S. presidential election last year, candidate Donald Trump said on several occasions that America should pull out of Afghanistan. Earlier this week, during a prime-time address to the nation, now-president Trump announced a new strategy to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan. Studying how strategy is made and its component parts… Read More »