[October 22, 2017] U.S. football legend Roger Staubach once said that “there are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” As in any part of life, going beyond what is expected or required will put you ahead of others. The idiom Going the Extra Mike is a well-known idea that is both tried (by us all) and true.… Read More »
[October 7, 2017] Most people believe leadership just happens … that some are born with the ability and others not. Leadership, however, is something that is grown – like a tree – from a small seedling into something potentially gigantic. While I’m no fan of reading about others, one thing I do like is trying to figure out… Read More »
[September 6, 2017] Greatness comes in many forms; as well as leadership exhibiting courage, sacrifice, and honor. Many words of prominence have also described the heroic efforts of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II and rightly so. Their motto … Go for Broke.1 “The Nisei troops are among the best in the United States Army… Read More »
[July 14, 2017] On my way back from visiting my doctor, I was listening to a local FM station personality talking about how we Americans overrate the fear factor in our daily lives. For example he noted that tomorrow’s high temperature is predicted to be in the mid-90s and considered “highly dangerous.” He asked rhetorically whether the citizens… Read More »
[July 4, 2017] It is incumbent upon all leaders to remember and recognize important historical events for their present-day leadership value and for the significance in our society. To do otherwise would make us irresponsible, obviously ignorant, and ill-mannered. Such it is that we should remember the march of U.S. troops in Paris, France exactly 100 years ago… Read More »
[June 17, 2017] It’s easy to say that great leaders come from those capable of bringing people together for a common goal; it’s another thing to make it happen. It can take a tragic event to force people to unite and that is exactly what happened after a socialist-Democrat attempted to murder Republicans practicing for their annual baseball… Read More »
[June 12, 2017] One of the most important traits of any leader is their ability to set the example for how others should act and what to believe in. People look to leaders for inspiration and as a model for the right kind of behavior. Setting the example has always been the hallmark of leadership traits since the… Read More »
[May 2, 2017] Leadership is difficult – senior leadership is very difficult – but our ability to handle those indomitable challenges that comes as a part of leadership is a measure of our strength of character. The University of California at Berkeley is both an organization that today faces great challenges and yet has historically been successful by… Read More »
[April 24, 2017] The thumbnail picture gives some hint to the identity of this man Georges Thenault. Americans won’t know the name but will recognize his story as Captain Thenault commander of the Lafayette Escadrille;1 a French organization made up mostly of American fighter pilots during World War I. The few American pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille (Escadrille… Read More »
[April 16, 2017] Three of us stood in the town of Vicksburg on the high banks of the Mississippi River overlooking where Union ships had run the Confederate shore batteries exactly 150 years before. With me was a South Korean Army general and a U.S. Army general; the latter whose family had lived in Vicksburg for more than… Read More »