I caught a great story worth sharing on Business Insider about U.S. Navy Admiral William H. McRaven and his recent return to his alma mater of University of Texas, Austin, to give the commencement speech. He shared with graduates 10 lessons from his years of experience as Navy Seal. And in case the name does [...]
Tag: leadership
Let’s hear the wisdom of 3rd graders…
Kids see the world differently than adults. They have less life experience, hence less opportunities to have the enthusiasm and idealism ground out of them. Not that I am bitter or anything. 😉 I think the pure creativity of children is worth harnessing. They see the world in a more simplistic way and can craft [...]
What happens when you care…Aidan’s example.
I am adding a name to my favorite people list this evening - Aidan Thomas Hornaday. I learned about Aidan from my buddy B-Dubya (a.k.a. Barbara Wang). B-Dubya posted a video clip of an interview with Aidan on her Facebook page and...well, I fell head-over-heels in love with him. I know, it is difficult to [...]
Moving – indeed.
In my Disaster Response class the students have to do a short leadership presentation. Each student selects someone they believe embodies leadership characteristics that they have studied and that shed light on leadership in the practice of emergency management. Once a leader has been selected by a student, no other student can select that person. Today, my student Katie [...]
The emergency management kinship…
Having spent 10 years now working with the emergency management community I can tell you that there just aren't any finer a group of folks. I love working amongst them - I consider it an honor and privilege. I just finished teaching a FEMA leadership course today at the Emergency Management Institute in Emmitsburg, Maryland and it [...]
Lead like a girl.
There are two researchers - Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman - who last month published a blog about their most recent leadership data collection. The blog post references data to answer the question, "Are women better leaders than men?" And the answer is - yes. Of course I am not surprised at this answer. I believe in the [...]
Constant Curiosity
I attended a leadership seminar at NDSU today. The gentleman presenting the workshop stated that constant curiosity was a characteristic of successful people and a hallmark of good leaders. Whew! What a relief! In the past I wondered if my constant curiosity was a curse. I know that others have at times viewed it as a nuisance [...]
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