Election Day 1994, November 8, is a day I long remember and a memory I’ll long treasure. It was the day I was first elected to serve in...

Twenty-eight years ago, my name was on the ballot for the first time. Four years ago, for the first time in twenty-four years, it wasn’t....

Like all of the leadership competencies we preach, giving the work back takes a lot of skill, patience and habit changing. In the...

Russ was a high-ranking officer in the U.S. Navy and subsequently held leadership positions in the business world. So I sat up and...

The retreat into tribalism that is today's politics poses an existential threat to this country and the world. There's no way to sugar...

If you're not standing in your purpose, you're standing in someone else's. Hugh O'Doherty

Serving in public office is assuming enormous responsibility. The well-being of your community and, in these challenging times, the...

Leadership entails moving yourself and your people from an aversion to an appreciation of uncertainty, conflict, not knowing, and...

There is no person, couple, family, or group that doesn’t experience conflict. What’s your reaction to conflict? For most of us, it’s...

January 14, 2022 Under the headline “Dueling Crises in the U.K.,” today’s New York Times relates two stories about the misadventures of...

Twice over the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of co-leading (with Ed O’Malley first, Jill Hufnagel most recently) 1775 to Today:...

Mobilizing people to confront tough, intractable problems, overcome differences, and move beyond the natural resistance to change...

A vibrant democracy demands an informed and engaged citizenry. How can we expect to have good citizens, much less good leaders, if we...

Marty Linsky wisely offered that "leadership entails dispensing loss to your people at a rate they can absorb." Leadership entails change...

Coauthored by Jay Kaufman and Laurence Prusak Wisdom. It’s easier to notice when it’s absent than to define. And sadly, if not absent,...