[March 01, 2014] Senior leadership is hard. One of the most challenging things for executive leaders to do is to keep a positive work culture. Fundamentally, organizational core values will play a key role in this work culture. When we consider a positive work culture and core values together, we call it “spiritual health.” This is rarely addressed… Read More »
[February 28, 2014] Ongoing right now in America (and a number of European countries), is a debate about whether we should be making modifications to the DNA of embryos. This is clearly an ethical debate versus the scientific benefits – recently technologically possible. Debate is good but what is lacking is a clear position articulated by our country’s… Read More »
[February 27, 2014] It is true that I have profiled more military flag officer leaders here than any other occupation. The reason is fairly simple and that is their leadership is written about and studied more than any other and under circumstances that are often under the direst conditions. General Patton has been considered one of the most… Read More »
[February 26, 2014] The Secretary of Defense (SecDef) announced yesterday that the U.S. military would be cut significantly over the next three years; more aggressively than previously envisioned. While there are a number of vocal critics of “slashing” the military, the real question is: “What is our national and military strategy?” The lethality of our military, and thus… Read More »
[February 25, 2014] The declaration of a “war on drugs” by the President Nixon administration in 1971 was a continuation of U.S. government policy that had been in place, essentially since 1914. The United Nations and many senior leaders in government across the globe participated and are currently conducting policies that discourage illegal drug use. Sadly, there has… Read More »
[February 24, 2014] Senior leadership means having many attributes that are stronger and more powerful than other leaders less experienced and motivated. Having credibility is one of those complex characteristics that is hard to describe … we know it when we see it. Being able to articulate the components of credibility is important because it reaches back to… Read More »
[February 23, 2014] Protesters seeking “greater freedoms” are involved violent protests in both the countries of the Ukraine and Venezuela. The socialist leadership of these two very different nations are trying to move their people in an anti-Western direction. While both are unique in their origins and cultures, there are some common themes in both these movements. The… Read More »
[February 22, 2014] Newly-elected New York City Major Bill de Blasio is neither a hero nor is he a real leader. Yesterday I wrote about a real hero and leader of the Korean War. In comparison, I am saying the NYC mayor is no hero and certainly lacks leader qualities? Heroes do heroic things that greatly help their… Read More »
[February 21, 2014] Paik, Sun Yup (백선엽) is a leader and true hero in all senses of the word. The Korean War is known in America as the “forgotten war” because most simply do not know about it. Sadly this is also true across the western world, not just in the United States. There are many leadership lessons… Read More »
[February 20, 2014] Rituals are a special part of daily life … a pattern of habits that allows us predictability. Rituals can be defined as a stereotyped sequence of activities that are designed to achieve a desired (and predictable) goal. Leaders need to be aware of them and encourage the good rituals. Rituals can be simple things like… Read More »