Whenever leadership is discussed, terms like: Visionary Inspires Focuses on people Change agent Strategic Thinker Creative Fierce Conversationalist Committed Disciplined And we can go on… are brought up as desired character traits. All the character traits of leadership you deem important are and can be developed regardless of your natural inclinations. Because the list of …
Tag: Efforts of Leadership
Independence: One Tough Decision
My favorite scene from HBO’s 2008 mini-series “John Adams” – the drafting of the Declaration of Independence: The fragile alliance between the colonies would have disintegrated if the issue of slavery was brought into the decision to separate from Britain. To make the choice to focus on independence, while leaving the slave trade and ownership …
Letting Go of Oswald Part 2
Yesterday I shared the story of Walt Disney’s first, but not well known character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. It’s a story of determination and audacity. What’s fantastic about the story is that Oswald returned from Universal Studios to the Walt Disney Company in 2006! I can think of many instances where I questioned if I …
Letting go of Oswald Part 1
This story is one of few non-biblical stories that have shaped my character. I hope you get as much out of it as I do. In 1927, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon short films burst onto the movie scenes by Universal Pictures. He was Universal’s first animated character. Oswald was popular through the 1930s with …