Expand Your Mind: One “Leader,” Two Leaders
by Miki Saxon
I get really tired of the L word (leadership), but I can’t seem to avoid it. It’s used whether applicable or not—more often because the people described are positional leaders than because they actually embody real leadership
The Washington Post’ leadership section has a new blog that looks like it is worth reading, especially if you are interested in analysis of the exploits of leaders ripped from the headlines.
“PostLeadership” is a new by Jena McGregor that will examine real time leadership lessons as they unfold in the news — explaining what works, what doesn’t and who is getting it right.”
Her first post, What BP’s Tony Hayward can learn from World Cup coaches, gives you a good feel for both her writing and her opinions. I highly recommend it.
Now for a couple of guys who actually deserve the L word.
22 years ago he was a dairy farmer who started a co-op with a few neighbors. Today he is CEO of a 550-employee company with $530 million in sales last year, but it isn’t your typical corporation.
George Siemon isn’t just in the business of organic milk. As the CEO of Organic Valley, he has shepherded the company to its own organic brand of leadership and corporate culture.
Are you a Mark Twain fan? If so, get ready to have your world rocked.
Twain spent the last four years of his life dictating his no holds barred, half million word autobiography, but said that it should not be published until the world was ready to deal with his unvarnished views. 100 years after his death his decedents have decided it’s time. The first volume (of three) will be out in November.
Ron Powers, the author of “Mark Twain: A Life,” said in a phone interview. “He’s been scrubbed and sanitized, and his passion has been kind of forgotten in all these long decades. But here he is talking to us, without any filtering at all, and what comes through that we have lost is precisely this fierce, unceasing passion.”
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August 11th, 2010 at 11:48 am
Thank you for the link to the Mark Twain autobiography. Already added it to my wishlist.
August 11th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Hi Luke, I hope your wish is fulfilled quickly, it should be interesting!
Thanks for stopping by and welcome back.