Posts made in April, 2009
Obama’s 100 Days: The Rational Peacemaker Needs To Be More of Himself
The quadrennial exercise of assessing a new president’s term by his first 100 days takes place tomorrow and never has the report card been so eagerly awaited as it is for President Obama. While there will be much discussion around his policies and their progress, his appointments, his race and his family, perhaps the issue that will receive little attention is how his leadership style is impacting all these elements of his life and how with greater awareness of his strengths he will be able to accomplish much more of what he wants to do. President Obama brings a strategic intelligence to the office–a style that has not occupied the Oval Office...
Read MoreWhy Change is Difficult
Change has been a buzzword since President Obama rode it to victory in last fall’s election. And while he has been credited with being the one to bring it to the American political system (which he indeed has) it was really the public that was demanding change in the systems that are so entrenched in our society. Every six or seven decades the American public recognizes that it needs help in re-inventing the systems that govern our lives. With the collapse of the banking, housing and automobile industries we are once again reminded that our history is to wait until catastrophy strikes before making the changes we need to make. “Why is change so...
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