Ethics is a topic that book authors, who are subject-matter experts, should endeavour to make available in layman understandable terms in order to be useful for the everyday person and worker. Ronald Howard and Clinton Korver are quite successful in doing this through their book Ethics for the Real World: Creating a Personal Code to Guide Decisions in Work and Life. Much credit should also go to Bill Birchard, the writer, who converted the academic work of Howard and Korver into a reader-friendly, self-help book.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Virtuous Leadership
I think that the concept of heroic leadership can trace its roots to the earlier teachings of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas on virtue ethics. Chris Lowney propounds that leadership is all about character built by clear and focused values, in the same manner that value ethics is more about the virtuous rigor of making decisions rather than the end result itself. It's a corollary to the old adage that the end does not justify the means.
Book Review: Heroic Leadership by Chris Lowney
While most other authors on leadership have written almost the same things, Lowney’s Heroic Leadership introduced novel insights and inspired reflections on principles and concepts never quite previously associated with the subject.
The Fox and the Hedgehog
I did a bit of research regarding the hedgehog metaphor which was the basis of Jim Collins’ hedgehog concept.
The Greek poet Archilochus from the 7th century BC was the first to present the contrasting personalities of the fox and the hedgehog. In one of his poems, he said:
“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”
The Greek poet Archilochus from the 7th century BC was the first to present the contrasting personalities of the fox and the hedgehog. In one of his poems, he said:
“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”
Measuring Up President Arroyo against the Skyhooks for Leadership
While reading the book Skyhooks for Leadership, I thought of measuring up President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo against the “skyhooks”, or the core values of leadership according to John Shtogren.
Book Review: Good to Great by Jim Collins
Jim Collins succeeds in creating a “good-to-great” framework which organizations can make use of to transfigure from mediocrity to one with distinguished purpose. He banks on the human species’ innate alacrity for pursuing perfection and excellence. He postulates that meaningful work makes for a meaningful, and subsequently, a great life.
Monday, October 5, 2009
My Post on the Cory Aquino Tribute website
Alex Ustaris 8/8/2009 1:28:36 AM
My wife and I brought along our 2 sons to bid Cory farewell last Wednesday. We decided to go directly where the action was: in the vicinity of Manila Memorial Park in Paranaque. We were initially worried that our eldest Kirby, who is already 14 years old but has autism, may have difficulty adjusting to the situation. He usually is unable to adjust to crowded places and noisy events.
My wife and I brought along our 2 sons to bid Cory farewell last Wednesday. We decided to go directly where the action was: in the vicinity of Manila Memorial Park in Paranaque. We were initially worried that our eldest Kirby, who is already 14 years old but has autism, may have difficulty adjusting to the situation. He usually is unable to adjust to crowded places and noisy events.
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