Twice recently, I have presented my synopsis of Leadership Lessons of the U.S. Navy SEALS : Battle-Tested Strategies for Creating Successful Organizations and Inspiring Extraordinary Results by Jeff Cannon and Lieutenant Commander Jon Cannon. I was struck with how practical, how timely, and how needed these lessons are. We have a new and deeper appreciation… Read More Three Crucial Leadership Lessons from the U.S. Navy SEALs
Martin Luther King, Jr., Washington D.C., August 28, 1963: But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we’ve come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand… Read More “The Security of Justice” – Thoughts on the Death of Bin Laden
Today at noon, I will present my reflections on The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright. It won the Pulitzer, and is the definitive work on the birth and work of Al-Queda (leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks). As I revisited the book preparing for this presentation, I was reminded again of this simple… Read More Knowing What Is Coming, and Preparing For It – It May Be Leadership’s Most Important Task
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