Five Leadership Secrets of the Trappist Monks Can we learn about leadership from Trappist monks? Yes! Today’s link takes us to those lessons, shared by Stephen Martin in his July 14 guest contribution to the Washington Post. Click HERE for the complete article and enjoy. Newslink: Leadership features articles about the development and practice of leadership skills in today’s business [...]
Archive for July 2010
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July 27, 2010Traditions of the past, for the future
July 26, 2010Have you ever seen Fiddler on the Roof? If you haven’t seen the movie or stage version of this musical classic, add it to your must-see list. Fiddler takes place in 1905 Tzarist Russia. The main character, Tevye, is a poor Jewish milkman, desperately trying to instill family and religious traditions in his five daughters, in spite of how [...]
Have I been brave…enough?
July 13, 2010Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life – well, valuable, but small – and sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven’t been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn’t it be the [...]
LeBron, a year later
July 11, 2010A little over a year ago, I wrote this post about LeBron James and the extraordinary humility he demonstrated in his MVP acceptance speech. My, my, how things have changed. I don’t think anyone would debate that agreeing to participate in a one hour special to announce his next team was not a good move by LeBron [...]
Newslink: Leadership
July 10, 2010Boston Philharmonic’s Benjamin Zander: Tapping into “The Art of Possibility” Today’s link takes us to a wonderful leadership reading published in UPenn’s Knowledge@Wharton on July 7, 2010. If you haven’t already read The Art of Possibility by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander, this piece will inspire you to pick up the book and read it today. Click HERE for the full [...]
Why we celebrate
July 4, 2010It’s Independence Day. Did you remember? July 4th is more than picnics and fireworks. Today is the 234th anniversary of when the Continental Congress of the thirteen united States of America unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence from the monarchy of Great Britain. Here is the text (minus the specific list of grievances); a reminder of what [...]
When I think of freedom…
July 3, 2010…I think of my son, who fought to protect our freedoms in search of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, the rights of the people in Iraq to self-determine their form of government, and then the rights of the Afghan people to hold free and fair elections in their country. …I think of the still-smoldering rubble of the [...]
Newslink: Leadership
July 2, 2010The Real Value of Happiness at Work Today’s link takes us to Forbes.com and an interview with Srikumar S. Rao. Rao teaches at numerous business schools and is particularly known for his research into workplace motivation and the impact of workplace happiness on productivity, physical well-being and mental health. Click HERE to read the article, written by Sangeeth [...]
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