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In my interviews with highly effective teachers, a fourth grade teacher told a story every leader should understand.  On first […]

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Sometimes I will ask a group, “Did you know that organizations are political?”  This always brings a knowing laugh.  The […]

Maslow studied self-actualizing people.  He said they had “a rare capacity to resolve value dichotomies.”  Then he wrote, “Duty cannot be contrasted […]

I was doing a week of executive education with senior government leaders.  Many had military backgrounds.  In the middle of […]