Most of us are familiar with the type. We’ve worked with them and maybe even tried to love them – individuals who live in a state of perennial woundedness. You know what I mean – the kind of people who… Continue Reading
Rabbi Moshe Hayyim Luzzatto (known by his initials RaMHaL) was an eighteenth-century mystic, whose most famous work is Mesillat Yesharim, The Path of the Upright. In his discussion of humility, Luzzatto notes, “You will observe that the more ignorant a man… Continue Reading
A recent NY Times column with the provocative title, “The Real Problem with Hypocrisy,” makes the counter-intuitive claim that the trouble with hypocrisy is not, as many of us believed, a “failure of will or a weakness of character.” No,… Continue Reading
Having made the decision (described in the prior post) to blog on a regular basis, it seems appropriate that I offer a word or two of explanation about the name Growing Leaders. Growing Leaders is a double entendre (without the… Continue Reading
With one exception, I have consistently avoided the blogosphere throughout my career. In that one case, The Leading Edge was an attempt to repay a favor. I found the experience stressful. Once-a-month submissions are hardly onerous, but because writing is… Continue Reading
This article was originally published by eJewishPhilanthropy.com It is hard to recall a time when the interest in “conflicts of interest” has so dominated the American political landscape. During the campaign season we were inundated with allegations of improprieties from… Continue Reading