[June 21, 2017] Today is the first day of Summer and the media is full of stories about people being caught on malfunctioning trains, injured from falling building debris, and experiencing damage caused by road disrepair. This is repeatedly the result of a delay in maintenance. But, let’s call it what it really is … a leader failure.… Read More »
[June 20, 2017] In the army we were always taught to never walk past a problem. If you do, then you’ve just set a new standard of behavior – a much lower standard. I thought people knew this but it was given a new lease-on life in my mind when I witnessed two soldiers walk into a recruiting… Read More »
[June 19, 2017] Last week I was traveling through the Kansas City airport and picked up the Kansas City Star newspaper. In it was an article on University of Missouri financial troubles caused, in part, by a backlash from a series of racially charged protests. Leadership failures at several of the university system’s campuses were center stage nationally.… Read More »
[June 18, 2017] One thing about leadership that should never be forgotten is that talented leaders allow others to make mistakes without holding them against anyone. In the early 1980s my unit commander allowed me to take a platoon of armored vehicles across some complex terrain without a physical reconnaissance of the route. Predictably, I got lost. Good… Read More »
[June 17, 2017] It’s easy to say that great leaders come from those capable of bringing people together for a common goal; it’s another thing to make it happen. It can take a tragic event to force people to unite and that is exactly what happened after a socialist-Democrat attempted to murder Republicans practicing for their annual baseball… Read More »
[June 16, 2017] Good leadership means letting people make mistakes and not holding it against them. My commander once allowed me to lead a convoy of 13 armored vehicles about 50 miles over rough wilderness terrain without a physical reconnaissance of the route. Predictably, I got lost. Good leadership also means seeing things for yourself. One of several… Read More »
By guest blogger Alice Clarke [See Biography] [June 15, 2017] Colin Powell once said, there are no secrets to success. It results from preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. People may learn lessons in two ways; one by own experience and the other by observation. How often can you fail if you already knew the dangers? If… Read More »
[June 14, 2017] There’s an old saying that goes like this; “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”1 Rational thinking would tell us that this is true and given a brutish and harsh human history, learning from it would seem to be simple commonsense. Today is Flag Day in the United States and… Read More »
[June 13, 2017] Learn the rules and play them better than anyone else; this is the embodiment of intelligent, powerful leadership. As children we learn quickly that it is best to play by the rules. Being accused of cheating or unfair play is a stinging rebuke for those who fail to do so. It comes as no surprise… Read More »
[June 12, 2017] One of the most important traits of any leader is their ability to set the example for how others should act and what to believe in. People look to leaders for inspiration and as a model for the right kind of behavior. Setting the example has always been the hallmark of leadership traits since the… Read More »