Leading an Island of Sanity

What does it take to lead an island of sanity? What does the practice of sane leadership look like? Is it possible to create protection from the wild irrationality raging about us?

This is where it gets simple.

Even though there is now a vast body of work on leadership, I find it far more enlightening to consult our personal histories. All of us have had multiple experiences with good and bad leaders, from kids working in fast-food franchises to retirees with more than forty years of work history. When asked (which I’ve done thousands of times), “What is good leadership?” people in all places, of all ages, come up with the same descriptors. I feel confident that there is only one style, type, form of leadership that ...

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