[April 07, 2014] Leadership comes in many forms and leadership can stand for either good or evil. Generally, senior executive leaders profiled here have benefited or helped millions of people. This is what we normally think about when we think of leadership. Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), leader of the Soviet Union, can be described as one of the most… Read More »
[March 08, 2014] Senior leadership demands we bring people together for the purpose of achieving the noblest goals. In an earlier blog post (here) I wrote about how it was a sad commentary that some of our politicians in Washington DC are being antagonistically divisive in their rhetoric. Some commentators have even accused many of our politicians as… Read More »
[November 11, 2013] Today we recognize all those who have served in the US military. I believe that it is the duty of senior executive leaders to pursue significant and important activities involving their employees who are veterans. It is up to leaders to personally deliver the message of sacrifice, service, and patriotism. Across the nation, we will… Read More »
[October 5, 2013] The photograph accompanying this article is famous in many respects. It is a photo taken June 6, 1944 of the Omaha Beach landing during World War II. It is used to symbolically represent courage. More accurately it is symbolic of physical courage. Moral courage, on the other hand, is more difficult to show symbolically and… Read More »
[September 21, 2013] While myths about senior executive leaders have been published, they are not widely known. The fundamental reason to list these reasons here is twofold. First, it makes the senior leader more aware of perceptions that may impede organizational success. Second, junior leaders, by learning about them, might not be held back by their own misconceptions. … Read More »
[September 17, 2013] This afternoon, I’ll be adding two books that I found interesting: How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life. John C. Maxwell. In Maxwell’s 2009 book, he says “Good thinkers are in demand. A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his… Read More »
Reading List of Classic Books to Help Leaders On September 3, 2013, I started my Leadership Blog with the idea that I had something worthy to tell the world about leadership. I was wide-eyed but also humbled by the many men and women who helped me find my leadership potential. I’ve changed up the way I will present… Read More »