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TINKERTOYS is an interesting book in order to interpose new ideas. The author Michael Michalko, who is known as the creativity expert, worked as Army officer in the US and organized a team of NATO …
Idea-Making Book for Entrepreneurs Read MoreWhen I first read the syllabus for the class and learned that our main topic to examine was leadership, I was a bit puzzled. I thought leadership couldn’t be taught, it was an instinct and …
Final thoughts on leadership and the Humphrey Seminar Read More“Writing…is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor …
Living a Valuable Life Read MoreBefore signing up for the Humphrey Seminar, Dr. Bill asked us to explain why we wanted to take the class and spend the semester with the Humphrey Fellows. I sent this paragraph to him: I’m …
Reflecting on the Humphrey Seminar Read MoreThe order of global leadership. Photo Credit: Berlitz.com This is my last, and an exciting, week on the academic component of the 2014/15 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Year at the Cronkite J-School. I have been …
Inside the prism of global leadership Read MoreTHIS CHILD WILL BE GREAT is a Memoir of a Remarkable Life by AFRICA’s FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT ELLEN JOHNSON SIRLEAF. The New York Times Book Review puts it as, “[An] accessible walk through Liberian history, …
This Child Will Be Great Read MoreReviewed by Lila Ojha The 372-page book, titled The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, explained and well illustrated in this 8-minute video Titled “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, acclaimed organizational and family …
Choices Determine One’s Destiny, Argues Stephen Covey Read MoreThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho follows a young shepherd in his journey of fulfilling his Personal Legend. This young shepherd, Santiago, faces numerous challenges from both external forces and from his own desires. The novel …
The Alchemist: A leader’s journey Read More
John Edgar Wideman’s Hoop Roots is a moving memoir about a man who has to come to terms with his own mortality. After playing basketball all his life – through high school and college, three …
Hoop Roots: What Basketball Can Teach Us About Leadership Read More
Years after the Watergate scandal entered history, the then executive editor of the Washington Post, Ben Bradlee, told Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward that if he knew where the investigation was leading, he couldn’t possibly …
Coping with success: life after Watergate Read More