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A Sense of Mischief and a Sense of Purpose | Jul 17th, 2011

Inspiration

Recently, I heard a person talk about meeting Nelson Mandela when he first became president of South Africa. He was struck by Mandela’s having what he referred to as a sense of mischief and a sense of purpose. As I listened I thought how marvelous to have a leader who was both imbued with purpose and...

Posted by lwatkins on Jun 30th, 2011 in Leadership Development | 0 comments

The Grit of the Warrior and the Grac...

I was watching a TED video of Elizabeth Lesser, the founder of the Omega Institute. The presentation was about overcoming the divisiveness that permeates our politics today. In the beginning of the talk she...

Posted by lwatkins on Jun 11th, 2011 in Leadership Competencies | 0 comments

Embodied leadership

I’m off to Strozzi Ranch to do one of their institute’s embodied leadership programs. Leaders really need to learn about themselves and what they embody. The world gets more and more complex and...

Posted by lwatkins on May 22nd, 2011 in Leadership Issues | 0 comments

Too Big to Manage

It seems lately that I am writing about things I have heard famous people say. I’m not sure I sure I know why. Perhaps I have been in sponge mode unconsciously looking for ideas. Perhaps ideas I’ve...

Posted by lwatkins on May 1st, 2011 in Leadership Issues | 0 comments

Talent versus Capital – Malcolm Glad...

On Sunday Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers was on Fareed Zakaria talking about the growing inequality of wealth in the United States. The U.S. is about to have the same inequality as Venezuela. He referred...

Posted by lwatkins on Apr 7th, 2011 in Leadership Competencies | 0 comments

Practical Leadership

One of my graduate Personal Mastery students wrote a paper about embodied leadership in which he said it is equally important to know about practical leadership as theoretical leadership. His comment put me in...

Posted by lwatkins on Mar 13th, 2011 in Inspiration, Leadership Competencies, Leadership Development | 0 comments

Bill Gates and Goals

Just finished watching Bill Gates on American Perspective (C-Span) in a far reaching interview before an audience in Washington DC. He covered everything from his children and family, business, his personal...

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