Showing posts with label transformative leadership. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transformative leadership. Show all posts
Thursday, May 10, 2012

The President Speaks on Principle, and a Cloud of Witnesses Surrounds Him

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There's, of course, a lot of commentary rolling out now about the statements of President Obama yesterday in favor of marriage eq...
Monday, January 10, 2011

Martha Kumar on Robert Gibbs: One Could Have Imagined Something Better

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"One could have imagined something different, and better." Martha Kumar, Towson University professor of political science, com...
Friday, November 19, 2010

David Korten on An Agenda for a New Economy: Insights for a New Catholic Reformation

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Writing about the desperate need to create an agenda for a new economy in the U.S., David Korten notes , I have abandoned my brief flir...
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

The Health Care Debacle and The Possibility of Hope: Fragments from One Spiritual Diary

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Yesterday was a remarkable day. Quietly remarkable, in a way that wouldn’t be noticeable to anyone living outside my circle of experience. ...
Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Barack Obama's Character: Pragmatism As the Compulsive Propititation of Unnecessary Partners

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Illuminating commentary on Barack Obama's character (and the implications of his character traits for his leadership and thus for the n...
Saturday, August 1, 2009

The Revolving-Door Syndrome: More on the Hazards of The Corporate CEO Model of Educational Leadership

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I said earlier that I had made my final post for the day--but I should know better than to say that anything I plan or do is ever final. I...
Friday, July 31, 2009

Thom Hartmann on the CEO as Sociopath: Applications for Higher Education

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Thom Hartmann posted an interesting piece at the Alternet site a few days ago. He suggests that, to be a successful CEO—particularly in th...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Mr. Obama Reaches Out to Progressive Bloggers re: Health Care: Too Little, Too Late?

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There’s much important discussion (e.g., here and here ) right now in the blogosphere about President Obama’s recent confab with progressiv...
Friday, May 8, 2009

Leadership and Kairos: The Gay-Rights Tipping Point and Moral Implications for Leaders

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Sharon Olds says, “When you speak from your real spot, people are not indifferent,” and Thoreau ( Walden ) notes, “Our whole life is startli...
Thursday, May 7, 2009

The New President and Human Rights of Gay Citizens: Continued Discussion

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And, yes, the discussion of President Obama's silence about gay people and gay issues at a time in which these issues are at the forefro...
Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Arne Duncan as Education Secretary: Reflections on Obama's Cabinet Choices

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I’ve been ho-hum about most of Mr. Obama’s cabinet appointments. But the choice of Arne Duncan as education secretary interests me and even...
Thursday, December 4, 2008

Characteristics of Good Leaders: Mary McLeod Bethune as Mentor to Barack Obama

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As Mr. Obama continues to form his leadership team, I’ve been thinking about my advice in the open letter I wrote him as he campaigned at Be...
Monday, November 17, 2008

Corporate Greed and American Higher Education: More Signs of Leadership Failure

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Troubling news today about the growing disconnect between the values American higher education actually practices in its allocation of salar...
Friday, October 3, 2008

And Speaking of What Leadership Is (Not)

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And speaking of leadership and what it is or is not, a reminder of my posting earlier this week on the chicanery of those who are travesties...

Collaboration and Better Angels: Leadership Paradigms for Full Democracy

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In his New York Times op-ed statement “Edge of the Abyss” today, Paul Krugman says vis-à-vis the current economic crisis, “And what’s trul...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Leadership Crisis: The Role of American Higher Education

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“The American century was created by American leadership, which is scarcer than credit just about now” (David Brooks, “Revolt of the Nihilis...