Today, in fact this whole week, has been a fast flow of things to do. The sort of time when it is most important to remember to breathe. (That must be why one of my themes in aikido last night was pay attention to your breath, and what happens when you hold it - we teach what we wish to learn and remember.) So, writing for the blog this week has been a background thought. And, Judy and Ellen seem to be in the same place as no posts have surfaced from them either. It must be the alignment of the planets.
But, then, when all else fails, look in your inbox. Alia Crum, whom I am sure I have mentioned is a Ph.D. student at Yale, is developing the wonderful habit of sharing articles that she comes across that may be of interest to me. Since part of Ali's life right now is to study and research (sounds heavenly, doesn't it?!), she is accessing all sorts of great info.
Today she shared a post from the Yale School of Management on Integrated Leadership. The opening paragraph immediately caught my eye:
General George S. Patton dressed in all the regalia of a four-star general, complete with a chest full of metals and a Colt-45 sidearm with a monogrammed pearl handle. Mahatma Gandhi wore a simple cotton garment he spun himself and walked hundreds of miles to gather salt. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before hundreds of thousands of people and proclaimed a vision of justice that continues to resonate four decades later. And Steve Jobs debuted a computer named after a piece of fruit and challenged the forces of corporate darkness.
....the website page goes on to describe a course at Yale where students study these figures to better understand the kind of leadership necessary to operate large organizations, where executives never meet most of those affected by their decisions. I found the discussion a stimulating comparison of the leaders plus there are links to summaries of other weeks in the course being discussed.
Here is the link for your enjoyment.
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