I attended law school, the progression into a career in corporate law was almost foreordained. I set about to craft a career reflective of my values.….

Wal-Mart, with its legendary focus on customer value in terms of price, is innovating in sustainability. Now, we're beginning to see the mirror image….

Woodrow Wilson is reported to have told a Princeton colleague, shortly after the 1912 election, "It would be an irony of fate if my administration ha….

I've benefited greatly from studying many effective people from history. Among those who've influenced me the most are Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosev….

One wonders if Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon's administrations may come to be viewed, in the future, as having been underestimated in some respect….

Any gathering of people requires leadership to cohere, to achieve its potential contribution. What is not needed is a "boss" of yore, directing every….

Effective leaders at a high level tend to be skilled actors. Franklin Roosevelt is said to have to quipped, on being introduced to Orson Welles, that….

My Army reserve service was in the 1990s. It was, more than anything else, an opportunity for me to express gratitude. My understanding of and admira….

Legal training has been quite useful in developing critical thinking. Whether one attains it in mathematics, philosophy or law, an analytic grounding….

Ronald Reagan was unusual in being an authentic personality. Unlike many professional actors - and politicians - he was much the same behind the curt….

The unprecedented transparency of our time is a making change by the day. Our era, with transparency and the spread of information, is decentralizing….

I would suggest two approaches to begin the leadership journey in earnest. First would be to ask oneself, in every interaction with others over the c….

Theodore Roosevelt is of singular interest, because he was, in many evident ways, a self-created figure. He transformed his life into performance art….

Many people have a very hard time truly believing that doing the right thing by others, striving to serve them to the greatest extent, can actually b….

There are people all around us whose lives are masterpieces of service. One thinks of parents working two or three jobs to serve their families and c….

Ronald Reagan was notably able to avoid having personal considerations dissuade him from taking decisive actions. This may have arisen in part from h….

Effective leadership relationships at a high level include the insertion of a degree of distance from those being served. That may be part of what Pr….

Everyone knows that Theodore Roosevelt was able to wring so much life out of each day, every hour, every minute. And yet, when one is immersed in a d….

Some critics have suggested that Ronald Reagan succeeded in a series of careers, ultimately as a two-term president of the United States, by a series….

Theodore Roosevelt regarded leadership as his one gift, the area in which he might be considered to possess genius. He presented his views on leaders….

If leadership is, fundamentally, about serving others, then any one person should be able to move between being a "leader" and a "follower.".