Compliments of K.H.Reichert [ not explored ] via Flickr

Last month, I had the unique privilege of speaking with Mr. Bob Chapman – Chairman and CEO of Barry-Wehmiller Companies. Despite his many responsibilities (which include heading a global empire comprised of 12,000 employees), he devoted one half hour of his valuable time to discuss the philosophy of Barry-Wehmiller [a company where everyone is treated as “somebody’s precious child”]. A place in which workers are led (and not managed), and in which Everybody Matters. “Bosses” who would traditionally “manage” behave instead as beacons of transparency, encouragement, and support. Leadership at Barry-Wehmiller consists of individuals in “power” who lead cohorts who learn from one other, in a place where success is measured by “the way we touch lives of people.” Turn the page…

Compliments of Brian Jones via Flickr

[The following is a guest blog post from Dr. David Urban, Dean, Jennings A. Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University]

The first American president I really remember was John F. Kennedy. He was in office for less than three years before he was assassinated in November 1963. But a lot of important things took place during that short presidency requiring President Kennedy to lead the country courageously. Among them was the American space flight program—the race to the moon. Turn the page…