FROM THE VIRTUAL DESK OF
FRANCES HESSELBEIN
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I have worked my entire life as a passionate advocate for justice, for inclusion and diversity, and we have so much work to do.
If we value diversity and inclusion, then we must ask, “When they look at us, can they find themselves?” This is the powerful question that uncovers whether an organization practices what it preaches.
One of our signature programs at the Forum is the Hesselbein Lecture, a series that features distinguished leaders so that students, faculty and members of the greater Pittsburgh community can learn from their experience. Our most recent speaker this year, Senior Foreign Service Officer Timmy Davis, served as the U.S. Consul General in Basrah, Iraq, where he led a nearly 1000-member staff. In his lecture, Mr. Davis said, "Leadership is finding a way to do the right thing."
Now, more than ever before, leaders in all three sectors need a combination of leadership, wisdom and inspiration—insight on crisis-management, maintaining work goals, battling social injustice, and connecting in our new world of virtual work—to help them do the right thing. "Leadership," said Mr. Davis, "is doing the right thing when it's the hardest thing to do."
Our Fall 2020 Leader to Leader Journal was just published, and I think it is one of the most important issues in recent memory. In addition to my column “Battling Racial Injustice,” two articles in particular focus on racial injustice inside and outside the workplace.
We—our small nonprofit staff in NY and Pittsburgh—continue to work on a daily basis with authors and editors, recruiting the most contemporary thought leaders and inviting them to write about their most pressing challenges and new opportunities. If you are not already a subscriber, please learn more about becoming one.
Warmly,
Frances
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FALL 2020
LEADER TO LEADER JOURNAL
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"All of the articles in this issue provide crucial insights into topics of critical, high-level importance for the leaders of today and tomorrow." - Managing Editor, Bruce Rosenstein
Issue highlights:
Winters discusses the effects of racism on individuals, organizations, and society. She outlines practical ways corporations can improve their own operations while also contributing to a more equitable and functional society.
“Leader Humility: The Essence of Working Together,” by Marilyn Gist, who held the Boeing endowed professorship of business management at University of Washington and later served as associate dean, professor and executive director of the Center for Leadership Formation at Seattle University.
Gist’s article focuses on the fact that dignity matters, and that a leader’s biggest challenge is to inspire enthusiastic engagement with a shared goal.
Goldin tells the story of Hint Water, the company she founded in her mid-30s that is now the #1 flavored water in the U.S. A self-described “accidental entrepreneur” Goldin came to the world of startups differently.
“Leading With An Adventurer’s Mindset,” by Kevin Vallely, an explorer, leadership mentor, author, and architect & Amy Posey, a leadership facilitator, keynote speaker, and former executive at The AIP Group and Deloitte.
This article provides 7 lessons leaders can learn from extreme adventurers, including tactical examples of methods any leader can use to step up and ahead.
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