November 30 is the anniversary of Sir Winston Churchill's birth. …
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10 Winston Churchill Leadership Lessons
One layer [of Churchill’s character and personality] was certainly seventeenth century. The eighteenth century in him is obvious. There was the nineteenth century, and a large slice, of course, of the …
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Prophet or Politician
At hinge points in a leader’s journey, there is often a recurring question: Will one serve as a prophet…or a politician? This is manifestly evident in some situations. For example, Theodore …
Armistice Day | Eleventh Hour, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Month
http://youtu.be/Tj12WvQGvrU This brief silent film montage evokes a moment at the hinge of history... We know so much they could not know.... They knew so much we cannot know.... …
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Eisenhower, Kennedy & The Power of Vision
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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Are You Prepared for Your Moment of Truth?
Monday, October 14, 1912. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Autumn crispness was slipping in. Another demanding day dissolved into dusk, amid one of the most raucous, hard-fought, and consequential presidential …
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