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That Was The Week That Was
What a week for crises! Forget about the financial melt-down, the transition to the new president, or any of the really old news. Last week was one for the record books. The curtain rose Monday,...
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On Apology
Photo by KiraKalina “Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future. ” Paul Boese A significant increase in public apologies over the past months could be seen as a positive...
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Humility Update: President Obama on the World Stage
Humility is strength. More than a year ago I began a series on this blog about humility as a leadership attribute. I noted that A dollop of humility tempers other attributes, and makes a leader even...
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Apology Update: Compare and Contrast
A public apology is a good way to express remorse and offer reconciliation to an affected party. But the very act of apologizing can be daunting. If delivered effectively, an apology can mend...
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In Memoriam: Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009
Walter Cronkite passed away tonight. And with him passed a generation’s reference point on what is important and what it means to be an engaged citizen. Walter Cronkite and the Space Program I have...
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The Most Trusted Name in News is a Fake
Several weeks ago I posted on the life and passing of Walter Cronkite and noted that in the early 70s Mr. Cronkite was identified as the most trusted person in America. I wondered aloud whether we...
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Worth Reading: “Strategic Communication: Getting Back to Basics” by Admiral...
Taking Strategic Communication Seriously The United States government is finally taking strategic communication seriously. This week President Obama used all the instruments of diplomacy to advance...
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Humility Update: Humility is Strength. Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize
The Paradox of American Power Between the 9/11 attacks and the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, the foreign policy establishment focused on the difference between “soft power” and “hard power.” The...
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BP: A Failure of Leadership and Management on a Massive Scale
“The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression.” Sir John Harvey-Jones The catastrophic loss of the...
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Winning Hearts and Minds at the National Level
Marrakech Mosque at Sunset Over the past 8 months I have had the good fortune to spend time in Beijing, Paris, Zurich, and Marrakech, Morocco, speaking with leaders of governments, the military,...
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