Politics

Meetings of the Minds

Have you ever been in a meeting when you wanted to stand up and applaud because it was so insightful and rewarding to be with your fellow employees and get so much accomplished in such a short time? “Hardly ever”, you respond.  Wondering why I am asking such an irrelevant...

Leadership Challenges for the New Year

What can we do to help each other face the challenges of an economic climate that changes with the weather? There are no safe havens. Sears has been around forever and is closing stores. Old brands are dying, yet new ones will always come along to replace them.   What...

Leadership Contrast: Men and Power

  Lots of deaths of powerful men in the past year. Many have been dictators who had tons of money and little integrity.       Think about these 3 questions: Ever wonder why we permit these men to “rule” us? Ever wonder why millions will stay quiet and let...

Home Alone?

Real Leadership, Robert Reich, and Ending Apathy

The “new” politics is happening. It is a return, or maybe a new turn to participatory human scale democracy. It is what is blossoming all around this country, all around the world. Modern technology is being used for good, not just fun or stimulation. The world is coming together in...

New Patterns of Leadership

How does a social epidemic start? How can it be used for real and lasting change to occur? What are we yearning for anyway? The sparks from Occupy Wall Street are spreading. What is the organizing principle? The media says the folks who protest and march are not clear. Yes,...

Leadership and Democracy

Sean Penn, a great Academy Award winning actor is also a passionate activist. I spent time mulling over a statement he made while I was catching up on the news on the plane coming from Las Vegas.  I was riveted watching a program about what a democracy requires. “Democracy is...

Gabby Gifford: Leadership in Action

Watching this amazing woman return to Congress during these contentious and dreary days of haggling sent a beam of light through the room where the polarization seems to never end. Her blond hair is darkened and cut short; she is extremely thin and with minimal make-up, yet, beautiful in her...

Sarah Palin, Communists, and What it Means to be Exceptional

The following article is one to sink our teeth into and really look at what a word really means. We are going to hear tons about “American Exceptionalism” as the campaign heats up. We have an opportunity to question the rhetoric rather than blindly accept the slogans and chants. This...

Coming Together

Tragedies often pull us together, yet, unless we can learn new ways the tragedy sits in us like a knot and we end up judging, blaming and isolating. We have a small window of opportunity to start a deeper, more meaningful dialogue about the why and how we treat each...