history – Wes MD

Leadership

Do You Need to Walk Away From Your Position?

The most powerful act of leadership George Washington ever displayed was to surrender power. This was recently expressed by Joseph Ellis, one of our nation?s leading scholars on revolutionary history. Surrendering power. Giving up a great position. Why would anyone ever want to do that? Great leaders do when it’s time. Let me share with […]

Purpose

Freedom Is Not Free

Tomorrow, the United States will celebrate her?independence. We call it?the 4th of July, or Independence Day because it was on July 4, 1776 that the Declaration of Independence?was adopted. So many have risked their lives to establish and defend our?freedom. This blog speaks to?their honor.?Specifically, I want to share with you what I observed during […]

Leadership

Values of a Great Team: GOD

Mixing God and business can be a sensitive matter. Many would contend?that making God a part of your organizational values will make for a legal and human resources quagmire. As we continue our series on Values of a Great Team,?I wish to present a case for bringing God into the work place that is workable: […]

Leadership

Cuba: What I Learned from My Trip Last Week

My visit to Cuba last week was riveting. My thoughts and emotions are still swirling in a frenzy trying to make sense of this ideologically and historically complicated place. I fell in love with the beautiful and resilient people. I became entranced with the architecture of the early 1900s. And I was quite amused by […]

Leadership, Purpose

Martin Luther King, Jr. ? Can We Live Such a Life of Great Purpose?

There are so many things to ponder when it comes to the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights movement. But I have one question for you and me as leaders: Will we be ready to make a mark on history when we are called to lead? At age 26, Martin Luther […]

Leadership

Leaders Chart the Course: What We Can Learn About Leadership from The Mayflower

November 11, 1620 Traveling the dangerous waters of the Atlantic Ocean, 102 passengers left Southampton, England headed to a new land inhabited by ?uncivilized? Indians. Their ship, the Mayflower. Their settlement, the Plymouth Plantation. These along with their harrowing voyage would be forever stitched into the fabric of our nation. I visited the Plymouth Plantation […]

Leadership

As Leaders, How Is History Relevant to Us Today?

I hated History in school. I did not see its relevance. Remembering names, dates, and obscure events was intellectually annoying to my young mind. Fast forward 20 years? Now I love history! Not only for the pleasure and intrigue of discovering great stories, battles, and tragedies, but for the chance to unpack valuable lessons from […]