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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Keep Your Eye on the Goal . . .
I recently spent a delightful hour having coffee with a former co-worker I hadn’t been in touch with for 12 years. We had some very fond memories of our work together and spent part of the time bringing each other … Continue reading
Posted in Human Psychology, John R Childress, leadership, Life Skills, parenting, Personal Development, Psychology, Self-improvement
Tagged aviation, Calvin Coolidge, commitment, degree in aeronautical engineering, goal focus, NetJets, persistence, pilot training, RAF, royal air force cadets, Tiger Airways, transportation
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What Leadership Class Did They Take?
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. ~Thomas Jefferson Great news! The discussion about leadership from my previous blogs, A Chance Meeting at the Airport and Leadership Can’t Be Taught . . … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, Human Psychology, John R Childress, leadership, Life Skills, Personal Development, Psychology, Self-improvement
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Amazon.com, Bonnie Tyler, business books, learning leadership, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, positive leadership, Thomas Jefferson, Winston Churchill, World Business Forum
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A Leadership Lesson from Billy Budd (the Opera)
“Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins? Distinctly we see the difference of the colors, but where exactly does the one first blendingly enter into the other? So with … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, corporate culture, Human Psychology, John R Childress, leadership, Organization Behavior, Psychology, Self-improvement
Tagged Benjamin Britten, Billy Budd, Captain Vere, english national opera, English warship, hanging from the yardarm, Herman Melville, lack of leadership, Mr. Claggart, opera, Peter Drucker
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A Chance Meeting at the Airport . . .
There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from. -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross I was at my usual location a few Mondays ago, the airport. This time waiting for my flight from London to Sao Paolo, … Continue reading
Governance and . . . governance
(I wrote this blog back in late 2011 but with all the issues swirling around about the EU, the continuing problems in banking, and the poor effectiveness of our global climate change commitments, I thought it timely to repost. John … Continue reading
Would your HR Department Hire Michael Jordan?
If I were running a company today, I would have one priority above all others: to acquire as many of the best people as I could. I’d put off everything else to fill my bus. Because things are going to … Continue reading
Another Paradox of Leadership . . .
How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress. -Niels Bohr I have to admit, I lead a pretty schizophrenic life, but I like it. Last week I was flyfishing for Striped … Continue reading
Posted in consulting, flyfishing, Human Psychology, John R Childress, John's views on the world, leadership, Organization Behavior, strategy execution
Tagged Armored vehicles, Cape Cod, Chinese military, Defense spending cycles, Eurosatory, gatling guns, Oakley, Paris, Quarterly results, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Wall Street
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