I know it sounds simple and obvious, but I believe it is important to take the time to self-reflect (yes, I am once again suggesting the benefit of SELF-REFLECTION) to “make the most of every day we are given.” I think the first time this concept really hit home for me was when I was a senior at Abington Heights
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Tom Hanks as the manager “Jimmy” in “A League of Their Own” made it very clear: “There’s no crying in baseball.” But is it okay to feel a little sad, Mr. Hanks/Jimmy? 😢 Okay, I thought I would take a little break and instead of a blog post on leadership and the four principles, here’s a post on BASEBALL. But
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It’s been a while (too long) since my last blog post. My colleague, Khalid Ali, who manages this website constantly reminds me that I owe him a blog post. So, I promised Khalid that I will send him a post at least every other week — if not more often. My only excuse for the delay in sending a post
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It amazes me to realize that the COVID pandemic started one year ago. Sometimes it feels like it started 10 years ago, and other times it feels like it began yesterday. I want to take a few minutes to SELF REFLECT on the pandemic, and attempt to look at it in a BALANCED way, the tragedy and the benefits,
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Normally by this time I would have written a blog post wishing everyone a “Happy New Year.” This year, however, given what has happened in our country over the past several months, I decided that I needed to wait. No, the cause of my waiting is not the COVID pandemic. As terrible as the impact of the virus has been
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A friend summed up 2020 the other day for me: “Harry, the only good news regarding 2020 is that it is almost over.” Very few people have seen anything like it: A pandemic that has killed more than 1.5 million people around the world, including 280,000 Americans; 25 million Americans unemployed or underemployed, significant social unrest, and a U.S. presidential
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Hi Everyone, First of all, I pray that you are safe and healthy during the global pandemic and significant social unrest. It has clearly been a remarkable year in many dimensions. As may be the case with many of you, I am constantly asked, “How are you doing?” For over a month now I have been responding to this question
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I want to wish all dads a very happy Father’s Day!!!! My day started with Daniel, Diane, and Suzie singing “Happy Father’s Day” and serving me my favorite disaster sausage omelet from Sarkis Cafe in Evanston (I highly recommend it as long as you take several long jogs the same day 😉). We then went on a wonderful bike ride
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Since the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week, I have had numerous discussions with my Kellogg students both in classes and one-on-one. The words used to describe the horrible tragedy were a combination of shock, disgust, disbelief, anger, frustration and embarrassment. The student questions included: How could someone do that to a fellow human being? Why didn’t the
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Okay, I am very troubled by the way the impeachment process ended. I can guess the two things you may be thinking: 1) Is Harry going to argue that the U.S. Senate should have voted to remove Trump from office? OR 2) Is Harry going to argue that the U.S. Senate made the right decision in not voting to remove
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Harry Kraemer on Leadership 