The first time I went to the White House I was in grade school. This was back in the 1970s, when my family was in Washington, D.C., on vacation, and public tours were easy to arrange. My next visit, two decades later, was as a ...READ»
People who catch 40 winks or an even longer nap during the day are often viewed to be lazy, less productive, and possessing inadequate sleep. Not so, according to recent brain research, that may benefit leaders.READ»
Two points about regifting: First, if Jacqueline Onassis did it, how tacky could it be? In 1971, she gave her second husband, Aristotle Onassis, a watch once owned by JFK that had been a gift from a socialite couple. It was ...READ»
Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the USAIt’s easy to believe in the status quo. The existing state of affairs can seem so ...READ»
Environmentally conscious vernacular architecture is making a comeback, says Autodesk's John F. Kennedy--and there are hundreds of millions of existing buildings on the planet that need to become energy- and resource-efficient.READ»
Fifty years ago, Congress passed a bill authorizing the creation of the federal food-stamp system. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was president at the time, wasn't interested. It was not until 1961, under President John F. Kennedy, that ...READ»
Respected Colleagues, I need your help. As a training consultancy operating within the business sphere over the last eighteen months, the economic state across the corporate sector signals a major shift in doctrinal thinking. With ...READ»
The Philosophy of LeaderShaping, the off-spring of the “Six Levels of Leadership,” depends heavily on “Communications” and “Intelligence” to be successful. When one or both of these elements becomes compromised, the result ...READ»
The turning point for a vision is when everyone sees it, gets it, and buys into participating to make it happen... built your vision... make that dream a reality.
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America, abandoned on its own petard
It took Pearl Harbor for America to enter WW II despite Germany and Japan having all but ravaged its enemies. It took the Cuban missile crisis for America to risk nuclear war even after ...READ»
Paul Williams, in his Think For a Change blog, talks about the need for leaders to start setting their 2009 goals for building the internal innovation culture. This advice is spot on. If you don’t have specific targets to shoot ...READ»
American democracy has been the grand experiment of humankind for more than two centuries. Being an ocean away from Europe and Asia, with no threats from the North or South and having a new world upon which to build a non-old world ...READ»
The less clear, the less transcendent, the less transformational a vision of the future, the more people argue in the present about what happened in the past. This is especially true when people come from a transactional ...READ»
A track record, my kingdom for a track record.
In my last blog I spoke about leaders needing to engender trust, because when people trust they feel safe, lean towards you and are more willing to listen to you. When people don't ...READ»
Hillary Clinton has thrown out an important challenge, namely, "It's 3
AM, you have a national security crisis on your hands, who do you want
answering the phone?"
I am anxious about Barack Obama picking up
that phone, ...READ»
Pallotta TeamWorks inspires intense loyalty from its customers by disrupting their lives, demanding their money, and subjecting them to physical pain. What is Dan Pallotta's secret?READ»
Former senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, passionate advocate of cities, outlines a plan for galvanizing New York, beginning with the rehabilitation of Penn Station.READ»
Former senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, passionate advocate of cities, outlines a plan for galvanizing New York, beginning with the rehabilitation of Penn Station.READ»
Princeton professor Fred I. Greenstein has identified six qualities that play a big part in presidential job performance. Here's how leaders outside the political sphere can follow a chief-executive example.READ»
Simultaneously his own harshest critic and biggest fan, Richard Nixon fulfilled his biggest dream and worst nightmare when he returned to politics in the late 1960s.READ»
Executive recruiter and frustrated stand-up comic Tom Stern has found a new outlet for his humor--and a way to exorcise his demons. He's determined to make CEO Dad, a cartoon based on his memories of his own father, the next Dilbert.READ»
