Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States, a national holiday. It is a day that I find both inspiring and saddening: Inspiring because it honors a man who sparked in our national conscience a recognition of the injustices suffered by Blacks and other minorities and played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement. Saddening because this extraordinary man of peace was taken from us far too soon in a senseless act of violence.
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While visiting my daughter Shannon in Los Angeles this past weekend, I had the opportunity to stop by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. What an outstanding example of a values-based leader! What impressed me most was the personal history of Ronald Reagan, a man who came from a very modest background in Illinois and rose to become the governor of California and eventually the 40th president of the United States of America.
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Even though it feels like 2023 just started, it is already 2024!!! I remember discussing the challenges of keeping New Year resolutions for 2023, and it is time to start making resolutions for 2024.
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I was driving around doing errands on Saturday, and several times on the radio I heard the words “peace on earth, Goodwill to men.” When I got back to the house, I decided to use my primitive Googling skills to find out the origin of these words.
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Given my extensive background in finance, which includes a stint as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Baxter International, and my general love for economics and numbers, I am often asked why I choose to focus most of my classes at Kellogg on values-based leadership and not something more quantitative and finance-based. To be honest, while I do love finance and economics, I feel that I have a real calling to have a small positive impact on the next generation of future leaders around the world. I strongly believe the world would be much better off if we had more values-based leaders. While I am overall an optimistic person, I am very concerned that we currently have a severe lack of values-based leaders in all areas of global society, including government, business, sports, and even religious institutions.
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