Blog about Leadership

Good and Great Leaders
Reed Markham is the author of such books as Leadership 2000, Excellence in Public Speaking, and Effective Speechwriting. While most of his writing concentrates on oratory, I want to share with you a quote from Reed Markham about one difference between a good leader and a great leader.
Quote from Reed Markham about [...]

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Barack Obama is the leader with the message of hope. He has given speech after speech with this message and even wrote the book, The Audacity of Hope, which was a New York Times bestseller.
“Hope” is an interesting word for a leader to focus on. From my background, I can tell you a lot of [...]

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I have spent some time contemplating the failed bid for the Democrat Presidential nomination of Hillary Clinton. Naturally, I also tied thoughts into the failed bid for the Presidency by Al Gore in the 2000 election. While Al Gore won the popular vote, he lost the election by the Electoral College vote following the Supreme [...]

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