Are People Losing Faith in Their Leaders?
On Wednesday, The Takeaway spoke with Thomas Day, an Iraqi War veteran who grew up in State College, Pennsylvania, where he took part in Jerry Sandusky's Second Mile program. "Young folks of my...
View ArticleRobert Kagan on America's Global Influence
Historian Robert Kagan holds the distinction of influencing both Mitt Romney and President Obama's political discourse. A foreign policy adviser to the Romney campaign, Kagan's ideas were also evident...
View ArticleThe Girl Scouts Celebrate 100th Anniversary
We’ve all seen the Girl Scouts selling their tagalongs and thin mints. More than a few of us used to sell those cookies ourselves. But the Girl Scouts, of course, are far more than cookies, badges and...
View ArticleThe Documents that Define America
What does it mean to be an American? By what texts do we define ourselves as "We, the People"? Since our country's founding, Americans have debated the speeches and tracts sacred to our founding, from...
View ArticleAs More Women Enter Congress, Power Shifts Towards Men
For all the infighting that plagues our lawmakers on Capitol Hill, there is one small silver lining: The 2014 elections ushered in a record number of women.For the first time in history, more than 100...
View ArticleBuilding The Next Generation of Female Leaders
How did Marissa Mayer at Yahoo, Mary Barra of General Motors, Ginni Rometty at IBM and Indra Nooyi at PepsiCo get to the top of their companies? Were they groomed for management and designated as the...
View ArticleMeet the Army's First Female Four-Star General
Since the early days of the U.S. military, there have been women in action. They may not always be in uniform or on the front lines, but women have always played a crucial role in the American armed...
View ArticleDo Good Liars Make Great Leaders?
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview. Leadership development is a $130 billion a year industry. The traditional thought is that good leaders—whether they are CEOs, politicians, or...
View ArticleA Good Speech, But to the Wrong Audience
Last night I watched with 100 of my fellow political junkies as President Obama gave his third State of the Union address. We tweeted along, in earnest, with mostly substantive commentary, though the...
View ArticlePower and Politics
In light of the rash of scandals afflicting politicians in office, Deborah Gruenfeld, professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, joins the...
View ArticleEl Museo Del Barrio Appoints New Leader
El Museo del Barrio announced on Tuesday that Margarita Aguilar would be the East Harlem museum's next director. Her first day on the job will be September 12."To me this is the job of a lifetime, this...
View ArticleCrazy to Lead
Nassir Ghaemi, MD, professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine, director of the Tufts Medical Center Mood Disorders Program in Boston and author of A First-Rate Madness: Uncovering...
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How to Be a Principal: 10 Lessons in Leadership
Thirty-nine years is a long time to do anything. It's a long time to live in the same place, be married to the same person, or work for the same employer, especially if that employer is the New York...
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To Be Strong Leaders, More Principals Need to Share Authority
In my last post, I laid out 10 lessons in leadership. I'm going to talk about the first one here: The more authority a leader is willing to share, the more influential he or she becomes.City Hall...
View ArticleLeading Minds
Harvard education professor, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and author of the newly reissued Creating Minds and Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership, Howard Gardner revisits his work on...
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Teachers' Peer Review Would Strengthen the Profession
Education is leadership development, plain and simple. In the best schools, we're preparing students to exercise leadership over their lives, in their families and communities, and for our society. The...
View ArticleAsia Society Leader Leaves Post to Consult at Guggenheim
The leader of the Asia Society is stepping down.The society announced on Wednesday that Dr. Vishakha Desai is leaving her post as president and chief executive officer in September to join the...
View ArticleMentor Recalls What it Takes to Excel
I have something to confess: when I was twelve I forged my mother’s signature on a form that allowed me to take the Prep for Prep admission test.It was the first of many forgeries and little white lies...
View ArticleVIDEO: Forum on School Leadership
Here is partial coverage of the WNET-sponsored forum, Critical Conversations: School Leadership Initiative held on Thursday, Nov. 16. Chancellor Dennis Walcott opened the event with a talk about the...
View ArticleCuomo Claims He'll Avoid Senate Control Fight
Governor Andrew Cuomo says he’s staying out of the ongoing fight for control of the State Senate, maintaining that he’ll work with whoever ultimately wins the struggle.Cuomo says he’s not interested in...
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