[October 16, 2015] The Democratic candidates for U.S. President debated at their first televised appearance of 2015 this past Tuesday. Just as I had done with the Republican debates, I rounded up a few folks for my senior leadership analysis to gave some insights into how successful the candidates conducted themselves. Remember that senior leader views will diverge… Read More »
[October 15, 2015] One of the aspects of Western nations – for some time now – has been for leaders to discourage formal education. In contrast, Asian nations are actually encouraging it aggressively. But in both cases their attitude toward education is very selective, culturally influenced, and resourced based on their social biases. The impact on the success… Read More »
[October 14, 2015] The year 1962 was an atypical year in sports for a young boy in the Deep South. But it was also a year of growing up when adult events took center stage and interrupted our thoughts of school and sports. On October 14, 1962 the discovery of Soviet-made, nuclear-capable missiles in Cuba increased the threat… Read More »
[October 13, 2015] A long-running theme in theLeaderMaker.com has been that the world’s media have a strong bias that runs in opposition to the United States; especially its societal values. Furthermore, the bias frequently supports and defends socialism (and its variants like Communism) … and that is why today we ask the question, who is Walter Duranty? Journalist… 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 »
[October 11, 2015] It’s the right time to be discussing traits of political leaders in America because of publicity given to the campaigners in the upcoming presidential election next year. Examination of those traits is a legitimate topic and a thorough discussion is worthwhile for those who plan to vote and for the future of the country. Our… Read More »
[October 10, 2015] Louis Leo “Lou” Holtz is a legendary college football coach, well known throughout America as one of the most successful leaders in collegiate sports. But his greatest accomplishment is not football … surprised? According to Lou Holtz, he’s been most successful with his private life; having been married over 50 years with four children and… Read More »
[October 9, 2015] Suicide is a complex and difficult subject under the best of circumstances and thus how to respond can be challenging and frustrating. The U.S. military has done a good job helping reduce the incidence of suicide in its ranks but senior officials still fear the subject.1 Defying his fear, one man took on the task… Read More »
[October 8, 2015] As a newly commissioned Second Lieutenant of Infantry, I was assigned to a platoon that had been without an officer for over a year. Promises had been made to them and broken repeatedly. To say they were a little disillusioned over how they were treated by unit officers is an understatement. My senior Non-Commissioned Officer,… Read More »
[October 7, 2015] Don’t worry, I’m not about to get into a philosophical discussion on the fallibility and imperfections of humans here at theLeaderMaker.com. It is, however, one of my leadership blog themes that humans are imperfect and to reach our potential as leaders it’s necessary to understand the psychology of people and to have the social skills… Read More »