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Old Fashioned “Gumption” . . .
“Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn’t can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.” -Lucy Maude Montgomery I like the word, GUMPTION! It’s an old fashioned word, probably of … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, Human Psychology, John R Childress, leadership, Life Skills, Organization Behavior, Personal Development, Psychology, strategy execution
Tagged BP Oil Spill, courage, Deepwater Horizon accident, Gary Cooper, gumption, leadership, old west marshalls, rosie the riveter, Shane, spunk, Tony Hayward
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Which is worse . . .?
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. -Martin Luther King For a long time I … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, corporate culture, Human Psychology, John R Childress, John's views on the world, leadership, Organization Behavior, Personal Development, Psychology, the business of business
Tagged courage, lack of leadership, Lehman Brothers, Martin Luther King, Richard Fuld, Robert Mugabe, Vision, Zimbabwe
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The Courage (?) of Banking Leadership . . .
It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. ~Mark Twain Are my expectations about leadership too high? Am I living in the past? Should I just give in and accept … Continue reading
Posted in corporate culture, leadership
Tagged CDOs, Citibank, courage, leadership courage, Occupy Wall Street, SEC fines, Vikrim Pandit
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