Book Review Grant, Ulysses S., John F. Marszalek, David S. Nolen, and Louie P. Gallo. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap […]
Imagine you are present during the cold, blustery and bleak winter of 1778 and fighting for the ideals of the American Revolution. The main Continental Army under George Washington is […]
Due to hackneyed bravado and overdone patriotism, war movies are usually poor choices to illustrate leadership lessons. However, The King’s Choice (Norwegian: Kongens nei, meaning “The King’s No”) a 2016 […]
“Red or White?” asks a Northeastern State Controller. With a puzzled look on my face, I counter: “What do you mean?” Smirking a bit, the State’s Chief Accountant responded, “Red […]
Book review The End of Average – Unlocking our potential by embracing what makes us different by Todd Rose (New York: Harper One, 2016) Rose explodes the myth of the “average person” […]
Building a distinctive personal brand within a top consulting firm can be a daunting challenge. It is easy to drift in the world of enormous and lengthy projects, sizable leadership […]
American Crisis – George Washington and the Dangerous Two Years After Yorktown 1781-1783, by William M. Fowler, (New York: Walker and Company, 2011) American Crisis chronicles the activities of George […]
Joseph Ellis, the Pulitzer Prize winning historian is the author of a new book chronicling the period after the American Revolution up to the enactment of the US Constitution in […]
Tyrion Lannister, a leading member of a royal family, commenting on the selection of a new king in the medieval fantasy epic Game of Thrones. A master at commanding through […]
When facing a negative business environment, successful leaders rally their teams by articulating a clear, credible turnaround vision. The vision must lucidly define the needed changes and demonstrate that the proposed […]
Early American History, Nature and The Human Spirit 