By guest blogger Osborn Montague [January 8, 2016] What are the key factors for becoming a leader and a role model? It is easy to gain the title of a strong leader when you know exactly what you are doing in your heart. There are certain key points and they are the very pillars of becoming a successful… Read More »
By guest blogger Amy Cowen [October 30, 2015] In today’s world, leadership is also product branding. Great leadership and successful branding require vision, performance, values, style and even community building. While it requires making difficult decisions, leaders must always be ready to face hard choices and grace to accept any chance of success. Leadership and branding are only… Read More »
By guest blogger Kenneth Waldman [October 12, 2015] What makes a good leader? The answer to this question is a bit complex, but one could argue that a person has to possess a certain set of skills and specific characters traits in order to be able to separate himself or herself as a leader. One of the less… Read More »
By guest blogger Ernest M. Kennedy III [See Biography] [July 18, 2015] I spent a lot of time as a young man fighting in the jungles of Vietnam; looking the enemy in the eye and having to kill him. I returned to an ungrateful nation which was led to politicians who asked us to fight and then gave… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [July 11, 2015] Sitting at my desk here in Washington D.C., I get to see a lot. Politicians are the big game in town and what they do makes the headlines but it’s what’s behind the scenes that’s the real story. With the U.S. presidential campaign beginning and Donald Trump making… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [April 30, 2015] Fundamentally, leadership means being able to help take care of those who follow you. That is why leadership is so important for the advancement of human beings and why choosing the right leader is imperative. The elected mayor of the City of Baltimore, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, is also aware… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [March 02, 2015] There is nothing more basic in the performance of leadership than showing others how to behave and do good works – lead by example. I work in the federal government and senior government officials understand this more than most. The outgoing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder knows this too… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [January 21, 2015] Who doesn’t like going to a good movie on a sunny Sunday afternoon? I went with a good friend of mine, who retired recently as the COO of a large manufacturing company. He’s also a U.S. Marine combat veteran from his time in Vietnam and suggested we see… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [November 26, 2014] By now everyone on the planet knows that a white policeman killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri and was not indicted by the local Grand Jury. As expected, there were some looting, rioting, shootings, damage to property, etc. etc. etc. Ferguson is a case of race… Read More »
By guest blogger Ernest M. Kennedy III [See Biography] [November 03, 2014] Once upon a time I was a Lance Corporal in the United States Marine Corps. As a 19 year old in South Vietnam, I spent time in the city of Huế in February 1967 as part of the 1st Marine Division (Reinforced); witnessing great leadership at… Read More »