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Aug.12.2009
“The most miserable and tragic thing about poverty is not the lack of bread or roof, but the feeling of being no one.”
That quote was from Jose Antonio Abreu, a musician and composer and the founder of El Sistema, a music education program that has created over 150 youth orchestras in Venezuela and...
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Apr.05.2009
Following is a speech delivered at the closing session of the 10th Southern Interdisciplinary Roundtable on African Studies (SIRA) at Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY on April 4, 2009.
Africa is a continent of remarkable contrasts.
On the one hand, it has some of the world’s...
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Mar.01.2009
Leading others is tough work. It's not for the fainthearted.
If you don't believe me, ask Moses. Can you imagine leading approximately two million people through the desert toward the promised land?
The Israelites had only just left Egypt when they started complaining.
They said to Moses, "Was...
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Feb.22.2009
Following is the text of remarks I delivered at the closing of the 22d Annual Black Management Association Conference, Kellogg School of Business, Northweswtern University, Chicago, IL, on February 21, 2009.
Today, as never before, we need enlightened, effective leadership. We need...
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Feb.03.2009
TV interview with Trond Arne Undheim on WTNH (Channel 8, New Haven, CT, USA) on Leadership From Below. The hardback is available onAmazon.com and the paperback is available on Lulu.com).
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Jan.03.2009
In a public relations campaign launched in the Palestinian Authority, the Hamas terror organization is claiming victory over Israel's withdrawal and promises to terrorize Haifa and Tel Aviv until Israel is defeated and Palestine restored to the Arabs. They are taking credit for the Israeli...
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Dec.23.2008
In the late morning of Thursday, November 7, 1996, Jaja Anucha Wachuku, my father's elder brother - my uncle - whom I was so close to went the way of all mankind. He was 78 having been born in 1918. I was devastated; but took firm courage knowing that within the depths of my soul lies the...
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Dec.01.2008
Have you looked around at leadership in your community, city, county or state recently? Have you examined the effectiveness of those who would typically be referred to as a "leader" because of the position they hold? What descriptive words come to mind?
The blogs about President Elect...
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Nov.24.2008
Good morning. I appreciate the invitation to be with you this morning to discuss a topic near and dear to my heart: Leadership and the key role it plays in organizational transformation.
As you heard from my introduction, I have been involved in leading government organizations for over forty...
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Nov.24.2008
Making The World A Better Place
My work requires me to facilitate Higher Level Thinking and also to employ Whole Systems Thinking in order to find truly effective solutions to a huge range of problems faced by indviduals, groups, organizations, communities, even nations and the world as a whole....
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