Amid the crush of Ronald Reagan tributes (they all go something like this: communicator + cold warrior + Iran-Contra = Reagan), I found an interesting paragraph in Time magazine's coverage:
Under pressure from foreign competition, ...READ»
While the economy has stirred layoff fears across the globe, nothing in recent memory compares to this day 28 years ago, when President Ronald Reagan axed 11,359 striking air traffic controllers in one day. After crippling commercial ...READ»
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Ronald Reagan's famous challenge to the Russian leader became a rallying-cry to end the Cold War. Now, decades later, Reagan's son is taking up the torch, albeit for a more important cause: ...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»
"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out."
--President Ronald Reagan
From Fast Company's recently released book, The ...READ»
"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out."
--President Ronald Reagan
From Fast Company's recently ...READ»
"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out."
--President Ronald Reagan
From Fast Company's recently released book, The ...READ»
When traveling, sometimes all you need to do is drive a little to save a lot on airfare, parking, and other business travel expenses. Sunday's New York Times features an extremely useful look at smaller airports that might be better ...READ»
As with AIDS in the early 90's, celebrities are beginning to play a key role in raising awareness and galvanizing support for clean water, an issue often easily ignored in the comfort of our living rooms.READ»
Andra Madea, author of Conflict Unraveled: Fixing Problems at Work and in Families, highlights several ways in which customers may be difficult to work with. So doing, she describes the behaviors and characters of what she terms ...READ»
What's the best strategy for making it through a bad patch? The answer comes from 12 experienced business leaders who have been there, seen it, and made it through -- old pros who speak with the voice of experience.READ»
My family and I went to a Drive-In movie a couple of weeks ago and watched Pixar’s hit film WALL•E. I totally agree with Roger Ebert’s take on the film: He says that WALL•E “succeeds at being three things at once: an ...READ»
President Obama's just canceled a Bush-backed missile defense shield destined to protect Europe from Iranian ICBMs. It's a whole new ball game compared to the original "Star Wars" SDI program. Remember that? Let us remind you.READ»
The ability to relax! That’s what presidential historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, advises as a necessary attribute of presidential leadership. Kearns, who consults for NBC and was speaking on Tim Russert’s CNBC show, presented a ...READ»
Media coverage of the midterm elections has painted a picture of two parties, irreconcilable in nearly all respects. But are they? We selected a handful of Democratic and Republican campaign ads from across the country, and tested them for the second-to-second, gut reactions of 560 American voters.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»
On Saturday, Hillary Clinton (finally) announced that she was running for president. In a video posted to her website, Senator Clinton, sitting in what looked like her living room, officially entered the '08 race. I always love to ...READ»
It sure looks like public trust and confidence in government in the United States are suffering. Indeed, Americans in large numbers today seem not only to distrust but also resent their government. And I'm not just ...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»
The swift collapse of stock prices this week was not supposed to happen – if you listened to the experts. This was earnings season, with many companies beating the consensus estimates, healthcare reform was a win-win for the insurance industryREAD»
