Leadership
Universal Symbols-Five Intertwined Rings for the Olympics & Steeples For a Place of Worship
Sunday, February 28th, 2010Symbols are objects or pictures that represent a much larger idea. Symbols have played a significant role throughout history in how ideas become and influence our culture. It has been said that symbols represent and communicate who we are and what we value as a society.
No matter where you live on this great earth-when one [...]
Black History Month we Salute General William E. “Kip” Ward, U.S. Commander, United States Africa Command
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010During Black History Month we salute all of our military men and women serving our country. On January 30, 2010, CNN conducted a live interview with General William E. Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, discussing his experiences as the only black four-star general currently serving in the U.S. military. “I look at it as [...]
U.S. Military Code Talkers – The Navajo Unwritten Words
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010Words from the wise never had a cryptic meaning until the Navajo ‘Code Talkers,’ later romanticized by the movie Wind Talkers, became the saving secret code during World War II. Recently, the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, were honored by a visit from four Navajo Code Talkers. Their native tongue foiled the [...]
The Leader as a Mentor and a Director
Monday, February 22nd, 2010As a leader you must be many things to many people. We have discussed in previous posts the need for a leader to be a visionary because involving people in realizing a compelling vision provides a beacon for the future and a standard of excellence. We have also talked about the leader’s role as a [...]
Communicating Within a System: Appreciating and Respecting Individual Differences
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Like it or not we all live and communicate within systems. A system being defined as a group of people with which we must interact on a regular basis. For most of us we all have to go to work, we all go home to our families, and many of us are involved in other [...]