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Great Leaders Break the Rules

Great Leaders are Free of Dogma

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Where are the True Leaders?

Interview on The Big Easy

BigEasy This morning I was interviewed on the WEKZ Big Easy Radio Station. The interviewer, Scott Thompson, asked me some thought-provoking questions and made some excellent comments which I thought I would share with you. The question I found the most interesting was, “Where are the true leaders … the Thomas Jefferson’s?” The question was prompted by the belief that there is a great deal of pseudo-leadership and hypocrisy out there and what appears to be a scarcity of true leaders. Continue reading Where are the True Leaders?

Our Approach to Leadership is Outdated

Have you joined the Rebirth of Leadership?

What an incredible time to be a corporate leader. This is a historic moment for leadership, a moment that places leaders at the cusp of a huge rebirth of what it means to be a true leader. The whole concept of leadership is going through a natural and necessary metamorphosis that is being driven by the fact that much of the approach to leadership as we have known it before the 2008 financial meltdown, has now outlived its usefulness. And you may be going,’ Whoa, Sandy that’s a huge statement!’ And it is a huge statement so let me show you what I mean.

Do you know that this is actually the third rebirth of leadership in the past 150 years? And each time there was a rebirth it was because the leadership approach practiced at that time became outdated and could no longer keep pace with the new economic and business realities and began to cause countries and companies to regress instead of progress. And when the outdated leadership practices had created enough chaos it was replaced by a more relevant and appropriate style of leadership for the new realities. Until the world evolved yet again and that leadership approach became outdated …and another rebirth took place. Exactly as it is happening now and will continue to happen in the future. Continue reading Our Approach to Leadership is Outdated

Ted Kennedy was a Spirited Leader

Edward Moore “Ted” Kennedy

(February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009)

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I was born in South Africa during the brutal apartheid regime. Being white I did not suffer the horrors that the black people suffered, but helplessly watching how millions of people were denied basic human rights took a toll on me. But that is a subject for another blog. Today I want to honor Senator Ted Kennedy for his spirit and courage as an anti-apartheid crusader. Ted Kennedy fought to end apartheid rule in South Africa, and he championed legislation to bring that about. The senator’s passionate opposition to apartheid was greatly instrumental in getting public opinion, and then the U.S. government, to support the release of Nelson Mandela and end apartheid.

As a South African who witnessed the effects of apartheid I would say that Kennedy’s opposition to apartheid was one of the great moral crusades of our time. Those who knew him say Ted Kennedy’s opposition of apartheid was an indication of what he stood for. He found apartheid morally unacceptable and he fought to see it removed.

Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985

In 1985 when he visited South Africa he said, “While I’m here in that spirit of open inquiry and cooperation, I must say to you quite frankly, that I also come with an abiding commitment to basic human values. High among those values are a belief in the fundamental equality of all people. A belief in the right of all individuals, regardless of the colors of their skin, to social and political justice. And a deep opposition to the entire concept of apartheid.”

Later that year Kennedy introduced the Anti-Apartheid Act of 1985 which imposed economic sanctions against the South African regime. In 1986 Congress overrode President Reagan’s veto and enacted the law which banned all new investments by Americans in South African businesses and the importation of key South African products such as steel, coal, ammunition and food. “The time for procrastination and delay is over. Now is the time to keep the faith with Martin Luther King and Desmond Tutu and all those who believe in a free South Africa,” said Kennedy. Those US sanctions spelled the beginning of the end for apartheid.

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Dallas Morning News Article from 2005 Still Accurate Today

I was rearranging my office and found a copy of the article below that Cheryl Hall from the Dallas Morning News wrote about my whole brain work in 2005. It is fascinating to see how relevant it still is today; in fact, how vital right brain thinking is for getting through the recession and building a powerful economic future. It is certainly working for companies like Zappos and AppIe!

See if you agree. I’d love to hear your thoughts. Continue reading Dallas Morning News Article from 2005 Still Accurate Today