Leadership Essentials
Good Thursday morning! Summer is here! It’s a warm, humid morning in Charlottesville, Virginia. It’s even warmer and more humid in Fort Benning, Georgia, 90 minutes south of Atlanta, where my son, Will, is training as a new Army officer. Regarding leadership. I know of no other school on leadership that can match that of […]
Coaching Millennials To Lead
Last year’s comedy, The Intern, features Robert De Niro as a retiree who can’t stay retired. He decides to return to the workplace as a “senior” intern, assisting a start-up CEO, played by Anne Hathaway. Here’s a great clip from the film that portrays the millennial Hathaway seeking assurance from De Niro as she collects […]
Dabo Swinney and DIY Leadership Training
Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney has his team watch a movie together the night before every game. The Wall Street Journal recently highlighted this ritual, noting that after the viewing, Swinney “holds a meeting to impart a lesson or theme drawn from the film to motivate, inspire or focus them on the following day’s challenge.” This […]
