Tyrannical Leadership
“Tyrannical Leadership” from Berkshire Publishing’s Encyclopedia of Leadership. Ed. George R. Goethals, Georgia J. Sorenson, and James MacGregor Burns. Vol. 4. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Reference, 2004....
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Extreme leadership
Here’s a snap of Tom Hopcroft, president of the New England Business & Technology Association and my new leadership collaborator, and me with Dennis Perkins (center), our May speaker. Dennis gave a...
View ArticleNames more powerful than words?
Have you seen today’s Doonesbury cartoon? Nothing but names, box after box of names. Young men and women’s names: the Americans who have died in the Iraq War. Somehow, for me, they are all the more...
View ArticleSynchronicity online
World historians talk about synchronism: the ways developments in different places or cultures sometimes harmonize, without a causal relationship. Jung explained sychronicity as the result of a...
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Extract from Jay A. Conger’s “Transformational and Visionary Leadership”
Further to my post of this morning about Leslie Burger, here’s an introduction to “Transformational and Visionary Leadership” by the well-known leadership scholar Jay A. Conger’s article in Berkshire’s...
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Earth Day, Antioch College, and Arthur Morgan
I got the cover today for the new US printing of the Armchair Environmentalist. While I’m not exactly an armchair type and the title wasn’t my idea, I’ve come to like it. I have always wanted to be...
View ArticleCapitalism and Cycles
Even though here in the Berkshires we are experiencing an uncommonly mild winter, we still can yearn to get away from it all. Some of us might dream of a beach in the Bahamas, while others bewail the...
View ArticleThe United States and China: Be Mine, Valentine?
It always surprises people to find out just how popular some Western holidays are in China. I was stunned the first time I saw a Christmas tree and heard “White Christmas” playing. Anyone who stays in...
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Chinese Firm To Build Friendship Wall between Mexico and US
1 April 2012, Great Barrington, Massachusetts—While construction slows in China, new opportunities for foreign investment and international cooperation beckon. The Northeastern Friendship Construction...
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Berkshire Author Talks Climate Change and China
The National Committee on US-China Relations (NCUSCR) often offers its members a chance to hear directly from experts after major world events. Last week’s members-only teleconference about the...
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What Did Greece Ever Do for Us?
When I look at the New York Times and half the headlines are about Greece, I wonder if the world has gone nuts. Then I get a lecture on the European Union and the role of Germany, and international...
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Women Making History
From left: Susan Schwab Carla Hills, Barbara Franklin, and Stephen Orlins On Tuesday, 6 June 2016, Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first woman to become the presidential candidate of one of our two...
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Brexit, TPP, and the UK-China Relationship
https://www.berkshirepublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/BP17KerryBrown%202_podcast.mp3 Kerry Brown discusses Brexit, UK-China relations, and how the anti-globalization mood evident today is...
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Women’s Paths to Power & Recognition in Life & Literature
The New York Times published a list today of 15 overlooked women, and I was glad to see that the first, Ida B. Wells, is someone we included in Women and Leadership: History, Concepts, and Case Studies...
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“This Is China”– a conversation with Professor Kerry Brown
https://berkshirepublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ThisIsChina-podcast-Kerry-Brown.mp3 Kerry Brown, a leading China scholar based in London, discusses the challenges of 2020 and the growing...
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