Peter Kalis is one of the top leaders in the American legal profession. He is emeritus chairman and global managing partner of K&L Gates. Mr. Kalis provides strategic advice to many of the …
Thinkers and Talkers and Doers
How often have you heard something like the following? —I’m a doer. I don’t spend time on books or academic thinking or intellectual stuff. That’s just a distraction from getting things …
10 Leadership Lessons from Mozilla CEO Firing
This post, from a notable business event in 2014, continues to have resonance. There has been much celebration and consternation over the forced resignation of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich. Much of …
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Millennials | Unsustainable Individualism?
New York Times columnist Ross Douthat furrows his brow that we’re living in an age of untrammeled individualism. Douthat's expression of concern is prompted by an extensive poll of Millennials from …
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Who is McKinsey Serving?
UPDATE: New allegations of unethical practices continue to emerge, including services to China, and conflict of interest arising amid McKinsey's simultaneous business with pharmaceutical companies and …
Unrestrained, Unethical Individuals Invalidate Institutional Integrity
The historic crisis of confidence in elites has suddenly, unexpectedly, forcefully jumped across institutions, like an uncontrolled wildfire bursting through a clearing. The extent of damage is …
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