What is Happening to Us?

 

What is happening to us?  Are we becoming addicted to bickering, point-scoring, sniping, and one-upmanship?  Is it only me or do you also notice this?  You cannot switch on the radio, or turn on the TV, without hearing people running others down and denigrating their opinion.  Do you, like me, also get the […]

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Leaders of the Future

Dean Erikson and Dr. Gluckman

Students are such an exciting audience.   They are discerning and open, forthright and respectful, curious and imaginative.  That’s how I found the leadership faculty and students to be when I spoke at TCU’s Neely School of Business.  The topic was Spirited Leadership and how this differs from ego-driven […]

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The ONE Ability that made Nelson Mandela A Great Leader

If you haven’t seen the movie ‘Invictus’ yet, I can highly recommend it.   Apart from a truly astonishing performance by Morgan Freeman as Mandela, this movie beautifully depicts the unmatched, absolutely unique leadership style of Nelson Mandela.

Mandela spent twenty seven years in a tiny prison cell on Robben Island for opposing […]

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The Spirit and Pain of Africa

The Spirit and Pain of Africa
The Differences Are Amazing

So here I am visiting family in Johannesburg, South Africa.  The contrast between Dallas, Texas, where I now live, and Johannesburg as it is today, is incredible.   Let’s start with the way people live.  People in Johannesburg are prisoners in their own homes. High brick […]

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