[September 1, 2016] My introduction to sports was as a very young child and as a participant in large family gatherings to watch baseball’s Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, and the New York Yankees play and win the World Series. We never missed a game watching the 1958 series. Their leadership on the field was legendary and… Read More »
[August 30, 2016] For a vibrant, open society to have heroes is necessary like a living animal having blood that flows through its veins. A hero helps us define the limits of our aspirations in life and so it is with Nancy Wake, the Allies’ most decorated servicewoman of World War II. Her story is one of daring,… Read More »
[August 29, 2016] One of my first lessons in the effectiveness of leadership was when, as a U.S. Army Private (the lowest rank), my Platoon Leader Jimmy Madison approached me one day to say Happy Birthday. What a shock! My entire time in the military had been one humiliation after another and now I was getting a little… Read More »
[August 28, 2016] Army Vet writes for us today that the U.S. Army is EMBARRASSED by the choices that its junior Officers are making in their own self interests. I first noticed it as a junior in college. Each of us in my Army ROTC1 class at Penn State University were anxious to select which branch each of… Read More »
[August 21, 2016] Nearly 25 years ago as a Captain in the U.S. Army I struggled with the concept of applying leadership principles; what they were and their relevance to a small military unit. I commanded a 270-soldier Engineer company that had as its mission to construct structures and build roads. Did my leader guidance at the time… Read More »
[August 18, 2016] I’ve been meaning to write about this subject for some time now but haven’t quite figured out how to approach it without sounding too pedantic. The United States is a divided nation; one that witnesses a divisiveness in its rhetoric, behavior, laws, and customs … ever more so daily. Divisions are growing and our political… Read More »
[August 17, 2016] Great leaders are made, not born. Leaders have been told this from the time they were young children and those who believe it do well because they are proactive, demonstrate ingenuity, personally bravery, and trustworthiness. Lord Robert Baden-Powell was a British General and founder of the modern Scouting movement. His outstanding leadership made him a… Read More »
[August 15, 2016] Yes, even when you’re no longer in the position of leadership, you’re still a leader. When you do stupid things, decide to quit being a leader, or retire … you’re still a leader. Leadership is not about position, status, or personal decisions because it’s all about the ability to influence people to do things they… Read More »
[August 13, 2016] Politicians provide fertile examples of leaders with communications problems; giving us valuable lessons. There is no other profession that experiences such a high degree of miscommunication, errors, omissions, and deliberate commissions of the corruption of information than a politician. It is serious business for a leader to talk and write with absolute clarity; to make… Read More »
[August 3, 2016] Good leaders are especially hard to come by; those with the wisdom, courage, and stamina to forge ahead doing what is right. They didn’t get to be good leaders because of an innate ability or luck but through a long arduous process. What they will tell us, if we ask, is that one reason they… Read More »