At LSU, Shaq O’Neal recently wrote a thesis on mentorship in the Odyssey. I imagine the basketball examples he might have used.
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Tag Archives: leadership
Antigone Taught Mandela Leadership
While in prison, Mandela performed the role of Creon in Antigone. The experience may have helped train him for leadership years later.
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Biden Is No Beowulf–And That’s Okay
Biden lacks Beowulf’s leadership charisma but has other gifts, ones recognized by Wiglaf.
Joe Biden as a Tom Robbins Character
Think Biden is too old? See what Tom Robbins in “Jitterbug Perfume” says about such complaints.
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Homer’s Masterclass in Leadership
Homer’s “Iliad” functions as a leadership clinic. So don’t heed Plato’s dismissal of the poet.
Kipling’s Stellar Advice for Leaders
For a new incoming college president, Kipling’s “If” provides excellent advice.
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Boehner’s Monkey and Ellison’s Sambo
Speaker John Boehner may keep a wind-up monkey to express how he feels jerked around by the rightwing Freedom Caucus, which prompted him to resign. There is a similar puppet in Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man,” also signifying emasculation and humiliation.
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Literature as a Social Experience
Sharing newspaper clipping about Shakespeare is one way to share one’s love for the Bard.