During my training to become a leadership coach, one of our activities involved working in pairs to practice listening skills. At that time, we did not focus on questioning or body language, which are, of course, essential. We focused on holding different attitudes and emotions as we listened to our partners.
As I watch leaders and question why others follow them, I am increasingly convinced that leadership is much more than what a leader says or does; it is who he is. What makes one group of soldiers follow a commanding officer into battle and probable death, while another group under a different leader chooses to mutiny? I […]
On August 15, 2011, Warren Buffet, often called the “Oracle of Omaha,” wrote an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times in which he called on Congress to increase his taxes. In it, he said that he and many of the super-wealthy of the United States are willing to pay more because they see poor […]
