Archive for category: Leadership

What is leadership?

0 / February 16, 2010 8:44 am

What is leadership? We associate many aphorisms about leadership. Leaders walk the talk, have a compelling vision, model the way, serve the people, inspire people’s best selves. Peter Drucker quipped, “Management is about doing things right. Leadership is about doing [...]

Iron Ladies of Liberia

Iron Ladies of Liberia

1 / November 23, 2009 9:19 am

When it comes to inspirational women, you don’t want to miss President Sirleaf and her cabinet of “Iron Ladies”. A grandmother of eight and having served time in jail for her political beliefs, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the first elected [...]

Are you an adaptive leader?

Are you an adaptive leader?

0 / October 5, 2009 11:41 am

I would answer, “Well of course, I’m a flexible and adaptable person,” and be done with the question. But what if being an adaptive leader is a continuous struggle to help oneself and the group meet complex life challenges that [...]

Lessons from Shackleton’s Expedition

Lessons from Shackleton’s Expedition

0 / August 28, 2009 8:02 am

The Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton set sail on the Endurance with twenty-seven men to cross the uncharted continent. But a day before he could set foot on solid ice, the Endurance was locked and eventually crushed by the ice floes. [...]

Once upon a time of a leader’s journey (Part II)

Once upon a time of a leader’s journey (Part II)

0 / April 7, 2008 10:11 pm

…continued from Part I… He felt the roots of the trees Pull him into the earth. Reality dissolved into dreams. Thoughts became elusive fantasies. Louder and louder The dead screamed and howled Until he thought he would go mad. With [...]