Every April 15, Jackie Robinson Day invites us to remember more than a moment in sports history. It invites us to reflect on leadership and what it means to step forward when the path is blocked, the risks are high, and the cost is personal. Jackie Robinson’s legacy endures not simply because he broke baseball’sContinue reading “Jackie Robinson Day: Leadership Lessons from Breaking Barriers”
Category Archives: Leaders
Celebration of a Personal Female Leader: Amy Dietz
By: Brian Redmond, PhD It’s a little early for International Women’s Day today, but thankfully it’s Women’s History Month! And to celebrate, I’m going to focus on a female leader from my life. There actually are many I could write about as I’ve been lucky to have quite a few in my life. But the oneContinue reading “Celebration of a Personal Female Leader: Amy Dietz”
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
By: Brian Redmond, PhD A while back, I wrote a post on the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King. But since high school I’ve actually been more intrigued by his contemporary: Malcolm X. In fact, I still have the report I wrote from then (1992ish). It’s one of the few things that I’ve carried around theContinue reading “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention”
Thoughts on MLK and Leadership
By: Brian Redmond, PhD I often take Martin Luther King Jr. Day to reflect on the concept of leadership. Quite obviously on the leadership of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. himself as he is typically regarded as one of the greatest American leaders of all time, if not the world. There are manyContinue reading “Thoughts on MLK and Leadership”