I had the opportunity to meet Senator John McCain when he came to Chicago during the 2008 presidential campaign. When it was my turn to shake his hand, I said, “Senator McCain, it is an honor to meet you.” His immediate response as he looked at my name tag: “Harry, it is a pleasure to meet you.” I had read
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I have the opportunity to participate on the Relevant Radio show, “Morning Air” (www.relevantradio.com), the first Monday every month at 7:30AM CST. I focus my comments on values-based leadership from a spiritual perspective. Last week we addressed “How Can We Improve Civility?” I admit that the first thing I did was look up the definition of “civility.” According to the
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I hope you had a wonderful Independence Day! I think of this day as our birthday, this year being our 242nd one! July 4th is a day in particular that reminds me of how blessed I am to be an American and how thankful I am for the amazing collection of leaders that made it possible, including Washington, Adams, Jefferson,
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I usually avoid getting into political discussions because the extreme partisan positions of many people make it almost impossible to have a truly BALANCED discussion. Values-based leaders truly need to understand all sides of the story. I strongly believe the words of St. Francis who taught us to “seek to understand before we are understood.” However, since I spend so
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One of the many reasons I love teaching is I realize that until I can explain something clearly to a bright group of people, I really don’t understand it as well as I think I do. Also, I love the questions students ask because they force me to really make things clear to them and myself. A few weeks ago
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As many of you know, one of the best examples of values-based leadership and truly making a difference in the world is the One Acre Fund (OAF) founded by several Kellogg alums in 2006! In a little more than 10 years, Andrew Youn, Matt Forti, and their team (currently more than 2,000 members) have doubled, tripled or quadrupled the annual
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I always focus on my second principle of BALANCE when discussing any issue…..that is “take the time to understand all sides of the issue,” or as St. Francis stated, “Seek to understand before you are understood.” As a result, when I am having a debate with someone, I try to never say, “I don’t understand” because that seems ignorant. I
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