Category Archives: Information

Service Outage

By | October 7, 2014

[October 07, 2014] TheLeaderMaker.com experienced a complete WiFi service outage due to recent defective “router firmware updates” … at least that’s what I’m told. For the computer geeks who love this stuff, my Belkin router and millions more, received an update this morning at about 5:00 am. When that occurred, our routers and their associated IP addresses would… Read More »

The Gary Sinise Foundation

By | October 7, 2014

[October 07, 2014] Occasionally we hear about the good works of Hollywood stars – those helping people in need by giving money – but rarely do we hear about them providing opportunities and real leadership.  Twenty years ago Gary Sinise co-starred in the movie Forest Gump alongside Tom Hanks.  Unexpectedly, the movie helped propel him into a leadership… Read More »

Strategic Leadership Lessons from World War I

By | October 6, 2014

[October 06, 2014] The War to End all Wars is largely fixed in our minds as one of trench warfare and rigid militaries. While this is taught to us in the most basic history courses, WWI was also marked by continuous maneuver warfare, technical innovations, and complex politico-military relationships that resonant today. From these complexities, we can derive… Read More »

On Iraq: Panetta and the White House

By | October 4, 2014

[October 04, 2014] A theme sometimes expressed here at theLeaderMaker.com is that leaders will occasionally allow emotion to dictate the direction of their decisions. This can have disastrous effects on the organizational mission. Senior leaders emotionally fixated on a topic may not be able to look past legitimate options in the decision-making process. They may also handicap staff… Read More »