Without planning it, I've fallen into an annual custom of watching Errol Morris's memorable documentary, The Fog of War. On reflection, I would suggest that anyone with leadership or management …
Daniel R Murphy | Three Most Important Lincoln Leadership Lessons
Steven Spielberg’s movie, Lincoln, is a real treat to watch. The acting is superb and the period sets and costumes are magnificent. More important however than all that are some of the lessons in …
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Lincoln Leadership Failure | Succession Planning
It’s currently fashionable to diminish or dismiss the part played by individual leaders. Nonetheless, there are a few leaders whose actions and visions are decisive by any reckoning. Things would have …
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John Arnold | Why History Matters
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Bureaucracy is the Enemy
Office, 1719 | Public Domain | Wikimedia Commons You think about it when you contact the often ironically named “customer service” section of a major corporation. You think about it …
Timing | Jon Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, the Beatles & Ronald Reagan
Jon Stewart, Oprah Winfrey, the Beatles, Ronald Reagan.... Very different people, alike in being compelling public performers. Each mastered a transition that so many get wrong: they knew when …
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