[October 24, 2015] Seventy years ago on this date the United Nations was born. And today we’ll see and read a lot in the media about the greatness of the organization, its accomplishments, its ownership by all peoples, and its evenhandedness in crises. There will also be a few complaints about it for academics to study with the… Read More »
[October 21, 2015] Many times I’ve written about traits of successful leaders; those who have the ability to articulate a good cause and rally people to it. It has always been clear that many of those traits, although perhaps not all, are universal. A recent article at The Art of Manliness blog (see link here) got me to… 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 4, 2015] Just 58 years ago today in 1957 the world entered the Space Age with the launch of the USSR satellite Sputnik 1. But the beginning of humankind’s curiosity about space dates back before recorded history; this being where any story of the new frontier of space begins. From Copernicus to von Braun, science led the… Read More »
[August 19, 2015] Occasionally I write about a real hero here at theLeaderMaker.com in order to show those key characteristics they possessed that helped make them who they were; usually in time of war. Today is no different but it involves a civilian nurse whose execution by firing squad outraged the world during World War One. Edith Cavell… Read More »
[September 18, 2015] The first fast-food hamburger I ever ate was at the original Corpus Christi Texas Whataburger sometime in 1966; my mother took us four kids for a treat after a visit to the beach. Wow … it was wonderful for a child to taste something like that for the first time. Millions of others still enjoy… Read More »
[September 17, 2015] Several years ago, several friends of mine attended a half-day seminar on the U.S. Constitution and were quickly aghast at how ordinary people like us older adults knew so little about the document. If that were the case, we figured that our children and young folks probably knew even less … and we were right.… Read More »
[September 15, 2015] I am taking a little detour into a lighthearted discussion about the Art of Manliness. In doing so I want to accomplish two things; first, to draw attention to an internet blog dedicated to the lost art of manliness and second, to reinforce a theme of mine here at theLeaderMaker.com about manly sports. What cool… Read More »
[September 12, 2015] We often learn quickly that establishing a good social network is beneficial in many ways. Although difficult to measure the specific effectiveness of networks, senior leaders throughout time have taken great care to manage their network contacts. Such it was with General George Washington who became close friends with Frenchman Marquis de Lafayette during the… Read More »
[September 11, 2015] After five years of work and planning, the Katy Texas Rotary Club and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9182 are dedicating and consecrating the Freedom Park Memorial Tower today in Houston Texas. The tower is “dedicated to the men and women that have served and will serve our country”1 and to remember the attacks… Read More »