Most important leadership quality

This week a friend asked, “What is the most important quality about a leader, regardless of their field?” He was specifically looking for something about leadership that is overlooked. The answer that immediately came to me is likely the same as comes to...

Love your work

This week we announced my new business platform, White Oak Leadership, through social media. Scores of people enthusiastically responded with kind words of encouragement and affirmation. The response was amazing, far greater than I expected. I’m grateful for the...

Do circumstances change the facts?

Truth. Is truth absolute or relative? After a day of being harangued to change my answer from a simple statement of the facts to a response that people wanted me to give, I realize that there are differences of opinion about this. Here is the situation. Tenants in a...

Which candy bar would you choose?

Culture is a complex topic. It is impossible to fully understand another culture. In fact, it is difficult to understand your own, although your culture is at least comfortable to you. Our challenge in cross-cultural understanding and communication is to suspend...