Transparency, Privacy, and Public Obligations

A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency employee is forced to face his own words on video. He soon resigns.

The New York Times finds that its business imperatives are at odds with its public obligations as a media giant.

The president of the United States is questioned about a girlfriend from decades ago.

What are the evolving standards for transparency and privacy amid public purposes and obligations?

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Elbert Hubbard | Understanding Silence

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Irene Becker | Against All Odds

In this post, acclaimed success coach Irene Becker shares her personal leadership journey.

How would you summarize Irene’s journey, as recounted here? My one sentence: Persistence and resilience can build a bridge between adversity and excellence.

What is your leadership journey? Do you recognize aspects of your experience that coincide with Irene’s?– jms

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Just One Thing: Silence is not Assent

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One sees it all the time: disputatious individuals who assume that others’ silence represents assent.

That assumption can be unfounded.

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Shawn Achor TED | The Happiness Advantage

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Presidential Leadership Needed for Energy, Environment

Does presidential leadership matter for our energy and environmental future?

Not so much, according to some observers. Pointing to the “black swan” of oil and gas fracking–and the consequent, dramatic increase in American reserves and supplies–they conclude that we’re doing just fine without engaged presidents, thank you.

In fact, the ongoing absence of presidential leadership is causing the nation to miss major opportunities. It may also be laying the groundwork for grievous problems for future generations.

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WalMart | Always Low Ethics?

As one who has applauded WalMart’s recent forays into sustainability and 21st century leadership, I’m profoundly disappointed by the recent, credible revelations of serious corporate misconduct at the highest level of the company.

What is to be done?

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Khalil Gibran: Service is Joy

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Just One Thing: Tip Hotel Housekeepers

Not Downton Abbey....

Most people would never neglect to provide a tip for a bellman or restaurant wait staff. Yet many people apparently don’t provide for hotel housekeepers.

Surely we can all do better.

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The Beatles and Decca Records and Opportunity

Monday, January 1, 1962 was bone-chilling cold across England. An aspiring musical group, the Beatles, crowded into a small car, wended their way through snowstorms from Liverpool to London.

Their determination paid off: they were on time for an 11 a.m. audition at Decca Records.

Mike Smith, the Decca rep who would supervise the audition, was late. His priorities had been elsewhere on New Years’s Eve.

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