Stanley McChrystal
McChrystal’s work also navigates the contours of zealots, like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and heroes like Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist who ushered slaves to freedom on the underground railroad. Both leaders, he said, became larger in death than in life. McChrystal said viewing each of these individuals as humans and as leaders, helped his team to “reach a general thesis that leadership has never been what we thought it was. It’s never been the great person theory, list of traits, behaviors. In this complex interaction of factors, the leader is only one part.”
John Sculley
The following is the story of a famed, successful business icon, John Sculley, former president of PepsiCo and CEO of Apple Inc., illustrating his efforts to mediate trouble as it appeared.
Jane Grote Abel
Jane Grote Abel grew up in a family business where in the early days, Donatos pizza and customers were literally served and entertained in her dining room. She came from a strong family where love, kindness, service and care ruled the day. This not only became the essence of who she was as a mother, business retailer and customer advocate; but it was what was infused into the Donatos culture for the thousands of employees, suppliers and customers to appreciate and acknowledge in an everyday way.
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss
For Reverend Dr. Otis Moss, courage strong enough even to outweigh the possibility of death is based on a lived experience of brutality.
Toby Cosgrove
Dr. Delos (Toby) Cosgrove, a world-renowned cardiac surgeon and former health care executive can teach us much about persistence when the odds are long and the resources are limited. As a dyslexic who struggled through school, to continue to expand the expertise and reputation of the Cleveland Clinic as one of the best hospitals in the world, he has many lessons on how to leverage the best you have when at times it may not be good enough.
Ben Lesser
Permissions Granted to Distribute by Signature Contributor Ben Lesser Holocaust Survivor: Nazi Death March & Prison Camp Survivor, Global Peace Foundation Founder, Family & Community