Hello, dear readers. It is a gray, warm (70F) day in the ATX. Today, I speak to you of the curious case of Virginia Governor Ralph Northam.
If you don’t know who Governor Ralph Northam is, then you may stop reading right now, go to Sbux and contemplate the prospect of Howard Schultz as our next President.
If you are acquainted with the subject, then read on. [BTW, you are looking very sharp today. Lost weight?]
Leadership changes can effect policy which can alter outcomes. Leadership changes are critical to outcomes.
Big Red Car here on a glorious Texas, Austin By God Texas, day. Ahh, on Earth as it is in Texas!
One of the easiest ways to change outcomes is to change leadership. I say this in the context of business leadership (startups, in particular), but the example I will use has to do with the Middle East and ISIS. Hello, America!
If you have been following the unending war in Iraq and Syria, you will note several interesting things.
ISIS is kaput and it is only a matter of time before its leadership is dead, and its footprints disappear.
Let’s explore how this happened.
Leadership style or cattle today? Hmmm, which one?
Big Red Car here on one of those Texas days that makes you want to get on a horse and herd cattle up the trail, cross the Red River into the Indian Territory, and kick up your heels at a dance hall in Abilene, Kansas.
Listen, Big Red Car, I am not going to Abilene, Kansas. I like it right here. Go away, Big Red Car. Notice the lovely earrings. Cattle are controlled by numbers and they are assets on the hoof.
Maybe not.
OK, so I wrote a blog post a while ago about finding your “authentic” leadership style. I was talking to some CEOs (me, the Big Red Car, not that other guy, The Boss) and we got on the subject of leadership style. Everybody got hung up on the word “authentic.” Haha, it was funny.
Finding Your Authentic Leadership Style <<< read this
Hiroshima.
Big Red Car here on a nice but cloudy ATX day. Going to rain, y’all. Getting into the Memorial Day flood cycle. Flash flood warning last night. Lakes more than fill and flooding the marina parking lots. Lots of water.
So, the President is in Hiroshima becoming the first sitting US President to visit Hiroshima whereat the United States unleashed the power of a new weapon, a nuclear bomb called “Little Boy” which was delivered by a B-29 bomber on 6 August 1945.
Little Boy nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, killing an estimated 145,000 civilians
On 15 August 1945, the Japanese surrendered entering into a formal surrender on the USS Missouri (one of the refloated ships sunk at Pearl Harbor by the Japs) on 2 September 1945.
The war the Japs started was finally over.
Big Red Car here. Ahh, you know the shtick by now — On Earth as it is in Texas!
Every so often, we find ourselves being drawn into a discussion that is endless.
One such discussion is the ramifications of leadership and management for the startup and small business. It is a continuous discussion.
Note that the Big Red Car did not say leadership “versus” management because they are not in a contest with each other. Continue reading
Big Red Car here in the tropical rain forest known as Austin by God Texas.
It’s been raining a little here. Not that we don’t need it; we do. If we did not have such an arid climate, we would not be complaining but we are not really used to this much rain; so we complain.
Shame on us.
In life, we are propelled ever forward by our emotions — driven by the slings, arrows, slights, insults that are visited upon us and which tempt us to anger. Anger can be very destructive. How are you harnessing emotions?
Listen carefully — this is a “good” thing. Not a GOOD thing, a “good” thing. Continue reading
Big Red Car here. Weather getting better in the ATX. Things in the world, however, are not getting better.
Pure evil conveys a great luxury on those who are forces for good. Its purity is so virulent and undiluted that a thinking man does not have to engage in subtle thought to fashion a plan or to justify action. It broadcasts a call to action that is unequivocal. It screams out for a grave and to be laid in that grave.
Nazis, ISIS — so evil that the reaction is instinctive, pure and obvious.
They must be eliminated. There is no other course of action to contemplate. ISIS must be eliminated. Continue reading
Big Red Car here. I’ve been listening to The Boss complain how damn cold it is in NYC. [He’s such a hot house Texan, no? Haha, Boss, that was your choice to go hang out in a blizzard, no?]
Going to be 72F today and sunny in the ATX, Boss. [Hahaha, this one’s on you, Boss.]
So The Boss is constantly working with his brilliant CEOs and they are constantly talking about their team members and their problems.
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