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October 1 Ain’t Just Any Day — Especially if you lead young people
Posted on October 1, 2012 | 6 CommentsFriends, I love teaching at a great public university — the Michigan of the West, because my daughters went to a great public university, the Berkeley of the East. My undergraduate students seem so familiar, like my kids’ friends who’d chat with us across the... -
Go Back to School at the School of Leadership
Posted on August 27, 2012 | 5 CommentsFriends, Let’s start quickly with TV, then to school, and on to work. Tell me why these were GREAT shows? M.A.S.H., All in the Family, Happy Days, Mary Tyler Moore. If I’m dating myself terribly, throw in The Office, How I Met Your Mother, and... -
Hidden Sources of Power
Posted on September 6, 2011 | 6 CommentsFriends, Maybe because all four of my grandparents came to this country as young adults, I have always had a bias in favor of the gifts that newcomers bring to a culture. I am stoked at the experience I have begun in this regard. Might... -
Today’s Oxymoron Is: Everyday Charisma
Posted on March 13, 2011 | 5 CommentsIf I were to ask a crowd “what do great leaders have that others don’t seem to,” it surely wouldn’t be very long before someone would say “charisma.” And someone else would say “presence.” You might wonder: Who has it? Do I have it? Do... -
Jack Welch and My Mom – two E’s for Leadership
Posted on November 28, 2010 | 11 CommentsFriends, Is it purely a metaphor when we say someone is “beaming?” Or is there something there – something real – even if we don’t have the tools to measure it? I ask this question, because my mom — stunned to see a room full... -
Tap the Power – Oil and the Crow
Posted on August 23, 2010 | 18 CommentsTap the Power – Oil and the Crow Friends, I was running up on Mackinac and thinking of my wife/governor’s recent successes landing a bunch of cutting-edge green energy companies in Michigan. Some people get fired up talking about sports, shoes, or sex. She gets... -
Lower the Bar
Posted on February 28, 2010 | 21 CommentsLower the Bar I’d never met a composer before, but had the pleasure on Sunday of meeting David Winkler. David’s composition “Winds of Time,” was premiered at Michigan State University with violinist Dmitri Berlinksy conducting the chamber orchestra. David is the husband of my friend... -
The Power of Belonging
Posted on September 13, 2009 | 7 CommentsA reminder that this e-column is about “everyday leaders,” therefore you don’t need to be authorized to lead, or to heed. Today’s message: Leaders always see, and tend to the importance of culture. Culture is what unleashes or traps energy, creates meaning or meanness, offers...
