http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/ 15 Steven Pearlstein and Raju Narisetti join executives, leadership experts and national leaders to explore how leadership is shaping the news. Join the conversation at On Leadership. en Copyright 2009 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:48:02 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.2-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss In an era when business leaders are retooling their mission and methods to be more socially responsible, and social entrepreneurs are using market mechanisms to solve social problems, is corporate philanthropy still relevant? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/11/dead_philanthropy/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/11/dead_philanthropy/all.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:48:02 -0500 Now that Democratic leaders have been forced to accept a ban on abortion coverage to win House passage of health reform, proponents of other single-issue causes will be emboldened to achieve similar concessions during Senate deliberation. How much should leaders sacrifice other goals to achieve a top priority? When does pragmatic compromise begin to undermine authority and long-term effectiveness? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/11/the_abortion_compromise/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/11/the_abortion_compromise/all.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:24:33 -0500 UPDATE: In light of our discussion this week about trust in the military, we've asked our On Leadership panelists to weigh in on the Fort Hood tragedy. A new survey out from the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership shows Americans have significantly higher confidence in military leaders than leaders in government, business and the media -- and that this confidence rose over the past year, in spite of two ongoing, unresolved conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. What explains this high level of trust in military leadership? What can leaders in other sectors learn from the military? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/11/secrets_of_military_leadership/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/11/secrets_of_military_leadership/all.html Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:28:33 -0500 As the Washington Redskins have learned with Coach Jim Zorn, whose play-calling responsibilities were handed over to an offensive consultant, it's tricky bringing in someone to help compensate for a particular weakness of a leader without appearing to undermine his leadership. In your experience, are there effective ways to pull that off, or is it a doomed strategy? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/10/stripping_responsibility_without_undermining/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/10/stripping_responsibility_without_undermining/all.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:41:20 -0500 What is it about airline Captain "Sully" Sullenberger and his "miracle on the Hudson" that has so fascinated the public? Is it his competence, his coolness under pressure, his humility, or the self-less teamwork of his crew? What does it say about the public's hunger for leadership? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/10/filling_a_leadership_void/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/10/filling_a_leadership_void/all.html Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:08:08 -0500 If there were a Nobel Prize for Leadership, what would the criteria be and who would you nominate? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/10/a_nobel_prize_for_leadership/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/10/a_nobel_prize_for_leadership/all.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:40:11 -0500 Being in charge sometimes seems to mean having to attend every meeting, no matter how unimportant or poorly run. What are your personal rules and practices for attending, running or avoiding meetings? Can a leader ever be meeting-free? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/10/leadership_without_meetings/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/10/leadership_without_meetings/all.html Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:31:49 -0500 The White House Fellows program for 45 years has selected a handful of young Americans to participate in the highest reaches of federal government. On the Oct. 3 anniversary of this program, Rice University sociologist D. Michael Lindsay has released a new study of this effort to train and inspire public-service leaders, and in this special "On Leadership" section, we explore the program's legacy in depth. http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/10/the_white_house_leadership_pipeline/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/10/the_white_house_leadership_pipeline/all.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:17:35 -0500 Most Americans would probably agree that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is effectively leading Iran in all the wrong directions. How should other leaders deal with such a clever but menacing adversary? What's the right balance of toughness/boldness vs. patience/accommodation? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/09/facing_off_with_bad_leaders/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/09/facing_off_with_bad_leaders/all.html Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:28:24 -0500 One of the toughest decisions for any leader is to reverse a course he or she has set, as executives at companies like Citigroup and Time Inc. have done recently. President Obama now faces such a decision on Afghanistan. How should a leader evaluate and execute an about face? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/09/about-face_on_afghanistan/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/09/about-face_on_afghanistan/all.html Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:15:20 -0500 A major cause of the year-old financial crisis was a failure of leadership in a financial sector that had become focused on its own short-term profits rather than the long-term health of the economy. What does Wall Street have to change to produce better leaders, a different culture and a more long-term focus? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/09/building_better_wall_street_leaders/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/09/building_better_wall_street_leaders/all.html Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:53:12 -0500 Should President Obama have insisted on keeping Van Jones as his "green jobs" adviser after conservative critics began making an issue of Jones's radical past? What signal does this send to other administration officials? Should officials be vetted for their political views? How does a leader make the trade-off between loyalty to a valued colleague and protecting an organization's public image? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/09/staying_loyal_or_cutting_losses/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/09/staying_loyal_or_cutting_losses/all.html Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:15:16 -0500 Ted Kennedy's death provided a poignant reminder that there aren't many "giants" left in American politics. Why is that? Has the leadership talent gravitated to other fields? Have voters become so cynical that they cannot be lead? Is it all the fault of the media, or the special interests, or the demands of modern campaigns? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/08/where_are_the_new_giants/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/08/where_are_the_new_giants/all.html Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:36:34 -0500 What were Ted Kennedy's strengths and weaknesses as a national political leader, a congressional leader, a world leader? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/08/kennedy_as_a_leader/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/08/kennedy_as_a_leader/all.html Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:14:27 -0500 Things in Afghanistan are not going well. Is that because the situation requires a different kind of military leadership, as suggested by the Pentagon's decision to install a new commanding general? Or is it because political leaders have been unable to articulate credible goals and a credible strategy? What would you do? http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/08/the_afghanistan_challenge/all.html http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/2009/08/the_afghanistan_challenge/all.html Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:52:36 -0500