Right Wisdom

I am examining the seven common missteps of selfish leadership as identified in the article “What Makes a True Leader” written by Jerold Aust from “The Good News” magazine . We looked at the first misstep which was schmoozing. The second aspect of a selfish leader is Politics. As in schmoozing you might wonder why politics is bad. Politics is bad for a number of reasons. Politics is self serving. Many people who practice politics say what people what to hear so they can be voted into an office. Politics can be described as another way to schmooze. A person may want something so they play the game to get what they want. Politics can also become a series of mud slinging in which a person will say negative things to bring the other person down. Think about our Presidential campaigns. Think about how negative they become. That is politics they want to earn the votes for that office so they try their hardest to shed negative light on their opponent. They really should be...

Today is my first entry into my Leadership Legends group. I thought of trying to avoid politics because that is easy pickings because you have a lot of people to choose from.   However my first entry is from the world of politics and also from the world of entertainment. This person died 8 years ago yesterday at the age of 93. This man was the 40 th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. How this series works is that I give you the person resume highlighting leadership roles they were in and then looking at accomplishments. Resume: ·          Elected as Student body president at Eureka College ·          Served as President of the Screen Actors Guild ·          Climbed to the rank of Captian during World War II ·          Served as Governor of California ·       ...