In a time when public discourse is generally at an objectively low standard, we've had several recent reminders of the power of words. …
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By James Strock
In a time when public discourse is generally at an objectively low standard, we've had several recent reminders of the power of words. …
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I'm greatly honored to be among the list of 100 Great Leadership Speakers for Your Next Conference, published at Inc.com. Many thanks to Kevin Kruse for inclusion in his original list, and to Jeff …
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Der Speigel puts the issue plainly: Is Volkswagen committing suicide? How can the iconic automaker restore its position? The Volkswagen problem and its solution are a matter of values. …
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The Washington Post reports "A new method against genetically modified salmon: Get retailers to refuse to sell it." With the U.S. Food & Drug Administration signaling its prospective approval of …
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Serve to Lead includes respectful references to the management approach of Dwight Eisenhower. Some readers, I learned, had been unaware of the scope of Ike’s accomplishments. Some young people have …
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Who are the 21st century leaders? Where can we find them? The premise—stated or unstated—is that there's a leadership gap today. Who can argue against the spectacular failures of leadership …
“There is little use for the being whose tepid soul knows nothing of great and generous emotion, of the high pride, the stern belief, the lofty enthusiasm, of the men who quell the storm and ride the thunder… It is war-worn Hotspur, spent with hard fighting, he of the many errors and valiant end, over whose memory we love to linger, not over the memory of the young lord who ‘but for the vile guns would have been a valiant soldier.'”
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”
Who Am I Serving?
How Can I Best Serve?
Am I Making My Unique Contribution?
What Am I Becoming?
“History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. People get the history they deserve.”