As the corona virus swept through the world, media highlighted women heads of government whose leadership saved thousands of lives. I read these articles searching for themes in the behaviors they were lauding. When I found these themes – reliance on science and technology, … [Read more...] about S.M.A.R.T Women Leaders Facing Coronavirus
Crisis Management
Understanding Group Behavior After Disasters
I arrived at my first ambassadorship in Nairobi, Kenya in 1996 with a leadership agenda that included inter agency teamwork and raising community morale. Like all U.S. embassies, our teams changed membership at least once a year. My last article looked at the different … [Read more...] about Understanding Group Behavior After Disasters
5 Tips to Recover from Difficulty: Resilience in Challenging Times
When terrorists detonated the truck bomb in the small parking lot in back of our embassy building in early August, 1998, I was on the top floor of a high rise building next door. The building shook while the teacup on the table rattled. Then stability returned. The … [Read more...] about 5 Tips to Recover from Difficulty: Resilience in Challenging Times
When Transformational Leadership Worked
Around 10:35 am on August 7, 1998, al Qaeda operatives detonated a pick-up truck loaded with explosives next to the U.S. embassy building in Nairobi, Kenya. The explosion left over 200 dead and 5,000 injured. Inside the embassy, we suffered 50% casualties, including 46 … [Read more...] about When Transformational Leadership Worked
Surviving an Attack on Our Community
My heart goes out to communities in our country that are in the process of creating a new normal (for themselves) in the wake of a violent attack. That challenge confronted the Kenyan and American community in 1998 after al Qaeda blew up the U.S. embassy in downtown Nairobi, … [Read more...] about Surviving an Attack on Our Community