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Have you ever heard of the DEW Line? If you haven’t, don’t feel too bad.  It was operational between 1957 and the late 1980’s, then deactivated between 1988 and 1993.  DEW stands for Distance Early Warning. During the Cold War the enemy of the west was communism, and the big, bad bully of communism was the Soviet Union.  In an …

Leadership is tough.  It’s not for the faint of heart. When you are a leader not everyone is going to like you.  Hey, if you want everyone to like you, you should probably stay away from leadership and start giving away ice cream. One of the toughest aspects of leadership is confrontation.  People need correction and directional shifts from time …

Integrity is defined as, “Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.” In research on leadership, integrity is consistently rated as one of the most important character traits of a respected leader.  It is often considered a ‘given’ – the basis upon which all other leadership traits are built.  After all, if you cannot count on a …

When you think of great leaders who do you think of? Perhaps history changers?  Men and women who changed the course of history through their convictions, commitments, character and courage:  Winston Churchill?  Rosa Parks?  Theodore Roosevelt?  Martin Luther King Jr.?  Mother Teresa?  Julius Caesar?  Nelson Mandela?  Margaret Thatcher? Socrates?  Catherine the Great?  Queen Victoria? They are all epic leaders who …