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Why Don’t Structure our Schools According to the Way Children Learn?

Published on 2013-05-08 21:09:03

One of the principles of Positive Leadership is to challenge people to re-examine our basic assumptions about why we do what we do. Our systems of education in America provide a marvelous example of a system that demands a complete...

Therapeutic Alienation Contributes to Dysfunctional Organizations

Published on 2013-03-26 14:58:57

One of the distinguishing characteristics of organizations that are becoming or have become dysfunctional is that its people, employees and leaders (line and middle management supervisors and managers), begin adopting a strategy that I like to call t

Rules Can Become Self-Defeating

Published on 2013-03-04 10:19:04

An employer recently implemented a “No Overtime Policy” as one component of a corporate-wide cost-reduction initiative to reduce expenditures during tough economic times. As so often happens, such policies become more important than the purpose f

Powerful Positive Leaders talk about "We" not "I"!

Published on 2012-07-16 11:25:25

In an earlier article we said that leaders are defined by their accomplishments. Powerful leaders accomplish great things but not all powerful leaders can also be characterized as positive leaders. There are many powerful men and women who, in order...

The Power of Positive Leadership

Published on 2012-03-15 09:16:49

(This article is an updated version of an article printed on The Positive Leadership Blog in September of 2006.) Organizations led by powerful, dynamic leaders – individuals who believe in strong positive values and who are committed to infusing their...

The Challenges of 21st Century America

Published on 2012-03-14 11:10:49

The United States of America, which for nearly seventy years has been the richest and most powerful nation in the world is entering what will be the most difficult period in American history since the Civil War. If we are...

America's Pre-eminence at Grave Risk

Published on 2012-01-03 13:03:30

The United States of America, which for generations has been the richest, most powerful nation in the world, is under attack and our position of pre-eminence is at grave risk. This threat is more dangerous than anything Al Qaeda or...

America: A Leadership Crisis of Great Urgency!

Published on 2011-08-10 07:02:08

Any illusions we might have had regarding the invulnerability of the United States as the richest and most powerful nation in the world were surely shattered in the wake of Standard and Poor’s decision to downgrade our nation’s credit rating....

To Act Or Not To Act: That Is the Question!

Published on 2011-05-10 09:26:44

Recently we wrote that positive leaders make things happen and that we define these powerful men and women by their accomplishments. For many of us, however, this advice flies in the face of that which we have learned throughout our...

Positive Leadership Under Extreme Crisis

Published on 2011-03-28 10:22:30

Recent events in Japan remind us of how important positive leadership can be in crises of immense proportion. Less recent events such as the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and, prior to that, Hurricane Katrina further substantiate our...

The Passing of a Very Special Man

Published on 2011-02-21 09:13:18

A couple of weeks ago, a positive leader passed away. He was a man who made an enormous difference in the lives of literally thousands of young people and hundreds of adults. Unless you were fortunate to read the letter...

The Recent Passing of a Positive Leader

Published on 2011-02-01 08:08:49

Except for the community of a Fort Wayne high school, few people are aware of the recent passing of a powerful positive leader. He is a prototypical example of how an individual with a positive attitude can have an enormous...

Leaders Are Defined by Accomplishment

Published on 2011-01-14 09:14:13

Leaders are defined by what they do but just doing matters little without accomplishment. In the final analysis, leaders are measured by what they accomplish. Many people have what I like to refer to as “time in title” but a...

In this Season of Giving, Give the Gift of Positive Leadership!

Published on 2010-12-15 09:54:31

Across the globe our democratic way of life is threatened by political, economic, ecological, and social turmoil and anyone who harbors the illusion that these problems will just go away, on their own, is part of the problem. With the...

Positive Leadership Critical to the Future of Public Education

Published on 2010-10-26 10:02:13

The crisis in American public education could also be described as a crisis of leadership. As is true in so many venues, we have a tendency to view our problems from a perspective of encapsulation. Within a system, we examine...

EXPONENTIAL THINKING

Published on 2010-09-14 09:40:41

How do you teach yourself and your people to think exponentially? Exponential thinking is often referred to as “thinking outside the box” or creative thinking. While the phrase “thinking outside the box” has become somewhat cliché, the activ

Customer Service and Positive Leadership - Interdependent!

Published on 2010-08-09 10:23:27

A reader recently questioned my assertion that leadership and customer service are two ways of looking at the same phenomenon. “Leadership is running the show!” he pointed out, “it is making tough decisions.” Running the show and making tough

Do Your Leadership Expectations Match the Reality in Your Organization?

Published on 2010-06-28 15:41:13

Recently, in a local restaurant, I overheard the manager of a prominent retail establishment boast about the quality of customer service his staff provides. When my wife and I paid a visit to that store, a few days later, I...

The Politics of Intractability

Published on 2010-02-24 08:21:36

Intractability is not leadership. Leaders accept responsibility for finding solutions to problems. Leaders can be strong advocates for their point of view but they are also realistic men and women who believe common ground can be found upon which mea

A Positive Leader's Vision

Published on 2010-01-25 13:13:13

A positive leader’s ever-expanding vision for the future of his or her organization is an energizing force. In this, as in so many things, positive leaders are relentless. If you are a leader and your vision has grown stale, your...

Welcome to the Positive Leadership Blog

Published on 2009-12-07 18:47:39

Welcome to The Positive Leadership Blog sponsored by Mel Hawkins & Associates. This is an open forum in which the principles of Positive Leadership are discussed and where the reader can ask for ideas about how to respond to a...