Profile: Ronald Reagan

By | March 17, 2016

[March 17, 2016]  “Trust, but verify.”  This quote is classic Ronald Reagan, 40th President to the United States.  It exemplifies his ability to precisely put his thoughts into short, clear sentences and it tells us he understood the psychology of humans.  Reagan is considered to be one of the best U.S. presidents of the 20th Century and his… Read More »

Leaders Reinforce Success

By | March 16, 2016

[March 16, 2016]  As a young military officer I was curious why I was told that one of the keys to winning on the battlefield meant that leaders always reinforce success.  In the U.S. Civil War, Union General George Meade failed to pursue the Confederate forces after the latter lost at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.  That… Read More »

Core Values: QVC

By | March 15, 2016

[March 15, 2016]  My wife is the one who educated me on QVC and how great their customer service was for her and her friends.  Any organization that I feature here in theLeaderMaker.com is one in which I have personal experience with at some level, although in this case less so.  Since so many have told me so… Read More »

Are Leaders Encouraging Bad Attitudes?

By | March 12, 2016

[March 12, 2015]  Yes, leaders do encourage bad attitudes in people and it’s a sad commentary that senior leaders are particularly guilty of doing so.  The encouragement is not about people with strong personalities but about the fact that a bad attitude will get rewarded. How can it be that those with bad attitudes are rewarded when it’s… Read More »

Good Habits #21: Be Open to New Ideas

By | March 9, 2016

[March 9, 2016]  One of the concerns about being a military engineer is that we can be intellectually trapped by our education and experiences.  Yet, there are great engineers who’ve escaped and produced amazing works.  They did this by developing a daily habit of being open to new ideas. We all have marveled at those who designed and… Read More »