Bold Leaders and Stretchy Necks

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Paul Short

In an organization that I worked in many years ago, I recall once taking an unpopular and controversial stand on a particular issue about which I felt very passionate. My director at that time asked me if this was “the hill that I wanted to die on?” He did this while discreetly suggesting that I [...]

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Human Connection: The Achilles Heel of Technology

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Paul Short

Who would argue that technological advances have not profoundly changed our lives in a significant way? Information that was previously unavailable to us, or at least inconvenient to access, is now a mere keystroke away. We are more knowledgeable, and  have become a global information society, with immediate and virtually unlimited access to information. In many [...]

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Leaders as Patrons of Faith

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Paul Short

The idea of faith is often associated with theology. However, more broadly defined, faith means firmly believing in something that cannot be proved. So how does faith play out in the workplace? Merriam-Webster suggests that faith involves complete trust, without doubt or question. In viewing leadership from both a spiritual and secular perspective, perhaps the [...]

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