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Let’s journey back … I mean way, way, back to Freshman Biology, or was it Psychology, 101 when we learned that if you throw the frog in a pot of boiling water...
Too much leadership today focuses exclusively on the here and now, and too many leaders push the hot button of the day — the “cause de jure” if you will.
The Wholesaler invited me to write my quarterly column for another year. It is an honor and while they have been great partners and editors, I did hesitate.
What I write about today is the death of probative value. Once upon a time, we would research, think, contemplate, all resulting in the formation of an opinion.
Students of history will point back to the period of enlightenment. One of those societal points of inflection which, once complete, resets the approach to the future.
My column for the next issue of the Wholesaler was complete and as they say “in the can” when the coronavirus hit. I elected to hit pause and regroup as the COVID-19 has provided an opportunity to reflect on leadership.
Really … in this day of the denunciation of capitalism, the castigation of the successful, and the disdain of the wealthy who would take on the defense of the “haves.”
To navigate life and any aspect of such, from a morning commute, to owning a home, to raising children, to funding an education, to securing a job and advancing your career, a game plan is required. Those game plans are strategies.
Does it not seem that the national pastime is no longer baseball, patriotism, or even mom, apple pie or Chevrolet? Rather it seems the current sport du jour is “gaming the system.”
