Posts Tagged "political"
Let’s Move Beyond the Fear-Mongering and Power Struggles Over Immigration
This week immigration moves back into the national spotlight as the Supreme Court considers S.B. 1070, the Arizona law that encourages local law enforcement to seek out illegal immigrants, previously the purview of the federal government. Succinctly put, Peter J. Spiro, a law professor at Temple University, opines in the New York Times that Arizona “is one of several states, including Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Indiana, that, frustrated by Congress’s idling on immigration reform” have passed their own legislation. They have done so with laws which “are misguided at best, mean-spirited and racially tainted at worst,” yet “in the long run, immigrant...
Read MoreAre You a 21st Century Leader?
The Occupy movement is raising questions about leaders in business and politics. Motivated by corporate excess and government blundering of our nation’s economic system “occupiers” are expressing frustration and anger by taking to the streets. With a fuzzy message fueled by personal economic challenges and years of feeling powerless against “the big guys,” the unfortunate reality is that what these protestors are for or against is impossible to achieve. There’s only one way things will change. And looking to “leaders” to fix the problem is not the answer. The challenge in the numerous crises facing our country today is that most people can...
Read MoreIf We Want Quality Leaders, We Need to Focus on Quality Candidates
Share By: Kathleen Schafer, Founding Principal-Leadership Connection Today is the last day of primaries before November’s general election. In every story I have watched, heard or read about these races and for all the other primary days, the focus is on the supposed “quantifiable”… Who is ahead in the polls? What will a victory for a republican or democrat mean for majorities in the House or Senate? What does the outcome say about Obama and his chances for re-election in 2012? What does this race say about the Tea Party and its chances for future success? Is it any wonder we have elected officials whose primary focus is re-election when the only...
Read MoreWhat’s Wrong with Obama?
Share By: Kathleen Schafer, Founding Principal-Leadership Connection What happened to the charismatic, inspirational and visionary “leader” who rode into Washington nearly two years ago on the river of hope and an intense public desire for things to be “different?” Has this man changed from a believer in the power of individuals to make things better into a cynic, corrupted by the world’s greatest power game? Perhaps what we see in Obama now, is the stark reality of what happens when well-intentioned leaders get elected to office and start listening more to their handlers than to their authentic selves. Yes, I’ve repeatedly heard...
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