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Category Archives: Politics
How Are Your Poll Numbers?
The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll of 1,000 adults taken between August 27-31, 2011 found that generally speaking 44% of Americans approve of the job President Obama is doing. 51% disapprove. The other 5% aren’t sure. The President’s poll … Continue reading
The Big Lie
“We have now got both parties essentially telling a big lie. With a capital ‘B’ and a capital ‘L’ to the public: and that is that we can have all this government, 24 percent of GDP, this huge entitlement program, all of the bailouts. And yet, we don’t have to tax ourselves and pay our bills. That’s delusional.” Continue reading
Posted in Governance, Leadership, Politics
Tagged CBS 60 Minutes, David Stockman, deficits, income tax, increases, Lesley Stahl, political parties, Politics, taxes
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When Leaders Self-Destruct
General McCrystal’s sudden and rapid fall from grace was unnecessary. While the pundits cite hubris, insensitivity, callousness or conceit as reasons for this type of behavior, the words seem to miss the mark. Something more is afoot in leadership when some of the best and brightest among us “flame out” in their careers. Continue reading
Print Grows Trees
Print on paper gives landowners a reason to grow trees. More than half of all U.S. forestland is owned privately. Private landowners decide the fate of these forests. Many require an income from their land, and when a working forest cannot make money, the land is often put to another use. Research shows that 55 million acres of private U.S. forests will be sold or transferred in the next five years. With no financial incentive to grow trees, will these forests be converted permanently to other uses?
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Posted in Change, Ethics, Leadership, Politics
Tagged environmental stewardship, facts, forestland, Leadership, new ideas, paper, PEFC, PGAMA, print, printing, recycling, responsible forestry, SFC, SFI, sustainable forests, trees
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The Age of Accountability
What a striking contrast. Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs; Jamie Dimon from JP Morgan Chase; John Mack of Morgan Stanley and the newest member of the club Brian Moynihan of Bank of America testifying before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission earlier this month. For some inexplicable reason they still appear unable to grasp nor fully accept responsibility for their failures in managing America’s financial system. “Too big to fail” has metaphorically speaking become “stuff happens”. Continue reading
Posted in Change, Ethics, Executive Development, Governance, Leadership, Politics
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No Dues. Just The Experience.
A Contribution to Acronym’s Big Ideas theme… If your association couldn’t charge dues, would your members pay you for the experience of belonging? It’s a serious question. The dues value versus member benefit proposition has been thriving for decades. Associations have … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Ethics, Executive Development, Governance, Leadership, Politics, Servant Leadership
Tagged celebrity culture, dues, experiences, growth, Membership, People, popular culture, US In Touch E1 Network
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The Failure of Flyover Leadership
The day after the head of the White House Military Office stepped down President Obama could joke about the fiasco. Sasha and Malia are grounded said the President speaking at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner this past Saturday in Washington, DC. “You can’t just take Air Force One on a joyride to Manhattan. I don’t care whose kids you are…we’ve been setting some ground rules here.” Ground rules or not, the photo of Air Force One flying over the Statue of Liberty in Manhattan—serves as a reminder of the dangers of flyover leadership. New Yorkers were not amused. Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Governance, Leadership, Politics, Staff Leadership
Tagged Air Force One, Defense Secretary Gates, Deputy Chief of Staff Messina, DoD, FAA, flyover leadership, Jim Messina, leadership lessons, Louis Caldera, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, PAG, President Obama, September 11th, US Air Force, White House, White House Military Office, WMHO
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Real Crisis. Real Leadership Failure.
Is there a crisis of business leadership in America? It would certainly appear so. How else to explain the blatant stupidity and foolishness of so many among America’s most elite corporate leaders? With startling levels of avarice as propulsion, they have successfully destroyed the underlying value of most homes, created record levels of foreclosures, all the while decimating retirement and investments accounts. Clearly out of touch with reality, the mighty on Wall Street decided that $18 billion dollars in bonuses to those same faux leaders is in order. Continue reading
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