[March 13, 2017] I know that it may seem an unlikely story, but it is true that I actually met a Japanese Kamikaze pilot from World War II. Since their primary task was to attack Allied naval vessels by crashing their planes into ships, meeting one was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. McGuire Air Force Base hosts… Read More »
[March 12, 2017] The remains of a massive statue, believed to be of Pharaoh Ramses II, was recently discovered in a slum in Cairo, Egypt.1 The 26-foot statue made of quartzite is believed to be nearly 3,000 years old. Symbolism2, like the Egyptian statue, is a powerful tool for leaders fulfilling many functions; of the most significance is… Read More »
[March 11, 2017] A short story on professional leadership from last week. I was sitting in the U.S. Marine Recruiting station speaking with a friend who is active in the Toys for Tots charity. Next to us was a young lady interested in joining the Marines; I couldn’t help overhearing the conversation she was having with a recruiter. … Read More »
[March 10, 2017] Leadership means making tough decisions and having the temerity to keep us informed even when it’s not popular to do so. The night of the black snow is what the Japanese later called the night of March 9 to 10, 1945 when the American strategic air campaign firebombed the city of Tokyo, Japan. It is… Read More »
[March 9, 2017] Years ago while studying for my undergraduate degree at Texas Tech University, I also worked a part-time job that involved training dogs. Several days a week I would walk one of my personal-bodyguard dogs to the local park. Passing a public housing area en route I saw through nearly every open door intravenous drug users… Read More »
[March 8, 2017] The short answer is “yes.” Technology does make leadership easier but this answer comes with a significant caveat. There are many components to leadership (communication being one of them) and technology can make a leader’s communications easier to reach a larger and more geographically-dispersed audience. You knew that. What you likely didn’t know is that… Read More »
[March 7, 2017] A recent video posted on the Facebook page of U.S. Senate Democrats includes “words of inspiration” and is a recent example of how leader words can have multiple meanings and multiple interpretations. I’d like to use this opportunity to restate that good leadership means being clear in what is said and every effort is made… Read More »
[March 6, 2017] An informative article was recently published by Caroline Glick, entitled Lessons of the Hamas War.1 What she has done is to articulate the background to Israel’s war with Hamas in the summer of 2014 and interplay between strategy and tactics. I recommend you read it in its entirety because it shows how a government (in… Read More »
[March 5, 2017] There’s a worldwide war on those who manufacture and distribute illicit drugs and that war is mostly hidden from Americans and the most affluent in Western democracies. The war is deadly and how it’s played out is best illustrated in the case of the small country of the Philippines. Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte is the new… Read More »
[March 4, 2017] I’m posting this leadership blog today because I initially didn’t see anything about The Oscars of value for us here at theLeaderMaker.com. But in the aftermath of one of the biggest flubs in the history of the event and subsequent repercussions, I changed my mind. What is now being called the Oscars Envelopegate,1 offers us… Read More »