In reading articles by Burns, Daniel Goleman "What Makes a Leader', and Peter Drucker's "What Makes an Effective Executive" I have been struck by the contrasting notions of the role and place of conflict that each of them reflect on in the dynamic between leaders and followers. Goleman's Emotional Intelligence seems to ignore entirely the …
Month: September 2014
Teaching “Leadership: Politics, Theories, Research, and Practice” at Hendrix College
We are off to a fantastic start. We read M. Galdwell "The 10,000 hour Rule" and "Rice Paddies and Math Tests" to warm up on questions about leadership and experience, leadership traits, characteristics and such. The students liked the articles, but I was glad they raised more questions than answers. We have been reading James …
Dr. J. Timothy Cloyd 