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PanAmerican Health Organization --- World Health OrganizationThis international program of the Office of Disease Prevention and Communicable Diseases of the World Health Organization works on integrating clinical pathways to the major causes of infant morbidity and mortality globally. Major emphasis is placed in the region of the Americas and the Caribbean, in order to achieve the Goal 2002 of preventing 100,000 childhood deaths.Through the training of physicians and health allied professionals, the involvement of government officials and deans of medical schools, this program seeks to adapt these clinical pathways at all levels of care and according to the needs of each country. Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital's Division of Preventive Medicine serves as a World Health Organization training center to international physicians and government officials on this program.Dr. Deise Granado-Villar is an appointed member of the Global Advisory Board on Prevention of Childhood Illnesses. Physician and public health/health allied professions training are held on the third week of October and during the Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, Annual Pediatric Post-Graduate Course every year.For information please call Dr. Deise Granado-Villar at (305) 663-6853.
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This on-going research study involving Brazil, Dominican Republic, Argentina, Colombia, and Miami, will analyze predisposing risk factors and influencing cultural issues in the increasing rate of childbirths in Hispanic adolescents.Trends, parenting styles, and overall outcomes on the life of the teen parent are key factors for the primary prevention of early pregnancies in this ethnic group.
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Greetings from Guernsey Channel Islands,British Crown Dependency.The only British country occupied by Germany in WW2.They left many interesting and unusual handguns lying around at the end of the war,and as a 10 year old at the time I decided that they should belong to me.Some I still own,but how I wish I had kept them all,as some of them would be of such interest these days.It appears that German soldiers were allowed to keep whatever they picked up as they came through France,Belgium,etc,and some of the items came from little back street gunshops who produced their own ideas of mainly 25acp & 32acp in particular.Pistol shooting is a popular sport here,but only on approved ranges,We also have some excellent rifle shooters as well.Shooting off range is only permitted with shotguns as we have nearly 70,000 people on an Island approx 9 miles x 5 miles so even 22 rifles are restricted to ranges.Although British,we are not part of the UK ,so our gun laws are not the same as the UK. We are a friendly Island,. so if anyone should happen to pass this way,give us a call,you would be more than welcome to visit.
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Graduating high school seniors were honored in the WSAZ NewsChannel 3 salute to the "Best of the Class 2013."
The top scholars, from 32 counties within the West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky WSAZ viewing area, are featured in public service announcements that were videotaped during a luncheon held at the Huntington Museum of Art on April 29.
The announcements began airing on WSAZ on May 15, and continue through June 16.
Honorees individual pictures and video PSA can also be viewed at www.wsaz.com/bestoftheclass or by clicking on the "Best of the Class" tile on the WSAZ.com home page.
WSAZ celebrates graduating seniors each year with this nationally acclaimed program. This year marks the 29th anniversary for the event.
Locally from Boone County:
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Busloads???Really??? Where the police called? Where complaints filed??? Did the state of PA point to your example or any example of voter fraud anywhere in the United States??? The answer is NO
A business owner has the right to say anything they want to and potential customers have the right to patronize that business or go elsewhere.
A study done for the State concluded that slots/vlt's at the Meadowlands would bring the State $1 billion+ a year in new revenue without harming AC. For more info, please "like" our Facebook page.
Extortion???? Chirstie must think people are stupid to believe that.
The common sense thing to do is support the tax cut to kick in next year provided that state revenues meet projections.
He turns 40 in March of next season. He has averaged 36% shooting the past two years.
When Bush left office the economy was losing 700,000 jobs per month so in all fairness to Obama he should be judged on the fact that there have now been 28 straight months of job growth once the Bush depression was over.
The largest group of Catholic Nuns in the United States is in favor of the compromise offered by the administration. They understand that if you want to reduce unplanned prenancies and abortions, it is conterproductive for women not to be able to have access to birth control. Nobody is taking anyones religious freedoms away. You don't have to use birth control if you don't want to even though 98% of Catholic women have at some time in their lives.
Note that giving employers options as to what medical procedures they want to cover opens the door to other groups that want to deny coverage for other procedures. Funny how I have not heard any of the men complaining that viagra should not be covered but when it comes to women getting contraception to prevent them form getting pregnant by the ment who are using their insurance paid for viagra, that is where they feel they must say no.
Out of fairness note that when Obama became President, the economy was losing over 700,000 jobs per month. Tha number decreased over several months and now we have had 28 staight months of job growth. Still a long long way to go to make up for all of the jobs lost due to the Bush recession but a huge improvement over what he inherited.
Was it closing yesterday or is it closing next Satruday June 2?
I liked Reagan personally but he would have been booed off of Republican debates stages by this group of extremists.
It was the extremist Tea Party Republicans in the House that would not support their Speaker and torpedoed plans for a "Grand Compromise" that would have reduced future deficits by several trillion dollars.
Note that every indpendent study done on the deficit has concluded that in addition to huge cuts in spending, there also needs to be more tax revenue raised. Hard to do when 238 or 242 Republicans in the House have signed their master Grover Norquists pledge.
As Santorum said, Romney has been on different sides of every major issue. The other candidates endorsing Romney is like watching one of those Stalin era show trials where people were forced to read a confession before being taken away to the gulag or to the firing squad out back.
There are pleanty of people in the world who would have no probelm with hiding a small explosive devise on a child.
For everyone who wants to get rid of the TSA, how do you intend to make sure the skys are safe and there is not a repeat of 9/11?
#1 rule is avoid another disaster like Palin who clearly was not fit to be President...that also reflected badly on McCain who has health issues. Best bet this time around would be Daniels, Portman, Jeb Bush. Rubios day might come in the future but the three I just mentioned are much more qualified than he is so it would be hard to argue that Rubio is the best pick.
I thought Trump was the only one left who still believed in insane birther conspiracy theories. Whether you are a D or an R, Bucco's comments show you that he is not fit to hold office.
A study done for the State of NJ several years ago concluded that slots/vlt's at The Meadowlands would bring the state over $1 billion in new revenue with almost no harm to Atlantic City. The Gov and Sen Sweeney need to realize that people in northern and western NJ are going out of state to gamble and are not going to AC. Just check out all of the NJ plates in those out of state casino parking lots. For more info and links to some great articles, check out this Facebook page and "Like" it: https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Save-New-Jersey-Horse-Racing-Allow-VLTs-at-the-Meadowlands/129193943805073
To clarify, only two other states rely more on the local funding (property tax) than NJ in terms of the percentage of $$$ to fund local schools. The other way of looking at it is that there are only two states besides NJ where the state supplies a lower percentage of local school funding than NJ.
The D's are willing . Obama, Boehner, moderate R's and most of the Dems in Congress were working on the "Grand Compromise") which would have cut future deficits by over $4 trillion.....that was until the extremist Tea Party members in the House refused to back their own Speaker's efforts. Vote those people out and you will have a deal.
A big question is what version of Joba are the Yankees getting?? The last complete year he was very good was in 2008.....4 seasons ago. He was at best average as a starter in 2009 not very good in 2010 and hurt for a good chunk of 2011 (although he had been pitching decently.)


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The Associated Press touched off a round of Knesset-ology yesterday when it reported, based on an Israeli TV report, Benjamin Netanyahu "has agreed to negotiate the borders of a Palestinian state based on the cease-fire line that marks off the West Bank." The story termed this a "dramatic policy shift."
Was Netanyahu now capitulating to President Obama's declaration that negotiations start at the 1949 armistice lines? Did something change? Unfortunately, the subsequent articles in the Israeli and American press weren't much help. Both sides are being vague about what it actually means, but it's all based on one question: whether the 1949 armistice lines (also referred to as the 1967 lines) should be treated as though they constitute an international border. Curiously, however, we were given a reminder this week of an actual international border where U.S. assets have been attacked and its clear boundary recognition ignored. Yet the president, far from giving a national speech hectoring the leader of that country (as he did to Netanyahu) seems unmoved.
Last week, Eli Lake reported U.S. intelligence officials have confirmed a previous claim by Georgia that a bomb blast at the American embassy in Tbilisi last year was carried out by the Russian military. "It is written without hedges, and it confirms the Georgian account," an American official told Lake.
In a follow-up, Lake reported the Russian intelligence (GRU) officer suspected, Maj. Yevgeny Borisov, remains at his post in the Georgian province of Abkhazia–a clear swipe at American officials' concern:
Some U.S. intelligence officials complained that the U.S. reaction to the possible state-sponsored terrorism has been too weak. "The fact that this GRU major is still at large in Abkhazia should tell you all you need to know about how effective our response has been," one U.S. intelligence official said.
Normally, intelligence officers who are exposed by another government are recalled home and their careers are cut short.
In today's edition of the New York Times, Ellen Barry received a response from Russia's foreign ministry to Friday's Senate resolution describing Abkhazia and South Ossetia as "occupied by the Russian Federation." The statement was utterly dismissive of the U.S. government's right to declare borders in Russia/Georgia: "The statement of the American senators about this testifies either to illiteracy of international law, or else complete disregard for the real facts."
And what are those real facts? Barry explains:
Little has changed on the ground since Russia and Georgia agreed to a cease-fire after five days of combat in August 2008. The French-brokered deal required Russia to withdraw its troops to prewar positions, but Russia then argued that its recognition of the two enclaves nullified that commitment. Although the United States has maintained that Russia is in violation, the dispute has been soft-pedaled amid efforts to work cooperatively with Moscow on issues like Iran's nuclear program and the war in Afghanistan.
So the Russian line is since it declared South Ossetia and Abkhazia to be its possession, the matter is solved. The U.S. has not fought the Russians on this, because we're trying to get their cooperation on other matters. It is interesting to see–whether or not you agree with the president's position on either issue–the difference in the way the administration practices statecraft with regard to Russia and Israel.
Russia invaded another country's sovereign territory, crossing international borders and refusing to give up their claim to land inside Georgia. Our response is not to challenge them on it. Israel, however, is quite clearly our ally with whom we have a great relationship that benefits our national interests in the Middle East. The White House's response is to browbeat Netanyahu into recognizing lines that are explicitly not international borders to bring him in line with the president's disregard for Israelis living on the other side. It's quite a contrast.


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Wow wahoo -- just for that little tantrum I will increase my visits to Chick-Fil-A by 25%.
At this point, I'd rather have the Joe the Plumbers. They certainly couldn't do any worse than the elitist "career politicians" that you espouse. Marvelous job they've done with this country, eh, Dieselbuck?
As I said a few weeks ago, Ohio Roundtable, back off. Some casino company that has an interest in a nearby state is probably giving them donations. I would have said MTR, but they own Scioto Downs.
And Howdy, I was at the Horseshoe. It's fine...easily the nicest casino I've ever been in. Have you been there? I doubt it.
Duly noted. And I've got a long memory, so expect a reply on just how wrong you were.
Heard it referred to as an "Irish Hooters". Fat Fish, while a good place for most of its run, became disappointing towards the end.
Disappointing? How in the world is Rocco's place disappointing?
You have three distinct Cleveland eateries in the food court. What the hell did you want, Pizza Hut?
The casino purchased the Ritz-Carlton and (they say) need at least 100 rooms per night for the high-rollers once the Horseshoe gets going. That's half the hotel, and if you bother to check the casino's website, they have three preferred hotels you can make reservations at (the Ritz, the Renaissance, and the Key Center Marriott).
Please don't post if you are going to criticize without research. I swear all some people want to do is throw tomatoes.
Oh, please BrianMay...get a grip.
This guy was not the second coming of He Who Must Not Be Named...he wasn't even the second coming of Jeremy Lin. This team has some hope next year. A really deep draft with four picks. The Cavaliers could conceivably get 2-3 starters from the June draft. Cleveland may well have the youngest team in the NBA next year, and the Cavs could get real good, real fast.
I agree with deanimator and DrSheldonCooper (who by the way has the best handle I've ever seen on here), but I will go a little bit further:
To surrender what is clearly a Second Amendment right (the part where it states "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed") is tantamount to tyranny. It would reduce us to little more than slavery. Without the right to defend yourself, you are at someone else's mercy. The old adage, "when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" rings true. If someone is going to commit a criminal act, do you really think that outlawing guns would stop them?
Deanimator, your statement about the guy at McDonald's who said that the extermination of 6,000,000 Jews "wasn't so sure that was a bad thing" chilled me to the bone. That single statement shows how little regard some people have toward others.
There's an old saying among those who are pro-gun: "When seconds count, the police are only minutes away."
Agree fully. But some people aren't happy unless they're bitching about something.
Would you have sat out there tonight?
That's what I thought.
That's tremendous. I hope it happens.
Ohio Roundtable, back off.
There are a lot of reasoned, thoughtful responses here this morning. Many more than I thought there would be.
Terry wrote an excellent column, as usual. I hope he tells Bruce Hooley his thoughts, because Bruce was on 92.3 the Fan yesterday, spouting off that it was horrible that the Browns didn't up the ante on this deal, and that H&H were inept for not trading three #1s plus at least a #2. To move up two spots in the draft.
I finally had to turn the radio off because Hooley wouldn't shut up.
I agree 100%. The price was too high, and I wouldn't have made the deal either. Nothing is certain in this league. Many wanted Ryan Leaf over Peyton Manning, and we all know how that turned out.
Check the Kansas City Chiefs' uniforms the next time you see them. They've had "LH" for Lamar Hunt for several years since his death.
The intelligence and lack thereof of the PD commentariat never ceases to amaze me.
19-47 this year. But that's a lot better than 2010-11 -- same number of wins in 16 fewer games.
Improvement will come.
Mike Astrab's seat is not up in 2012. He won a full six-year term, because McCafferty was still eligible to run and ran against him.
I know Suster's seat is open, and there will be a free for all there. That may be where Cullen Sweeney is going.
A loss for the field, but please read the entire article.
Belcher is staying with the team, as he's been with the Tribe virtually since the day after he retired. He also turns 50 next month. With kids growing up, he probably just doesn't want to be away 8 months of the year, including spring training. He's from Mount Gilead, about two hours south on I-71, and still lives in that area.
If he were getting a job elsewhere, he'd be further away from home.
Well, it's as far away as Dennis can get and still be in the United States, so I'm all for it.
As far as Alaska and Hawaii are concerned, Hawaii might want him, but Dennis would probably not receive a warm welcome in Sarah Palin's home state.
Could be Pam Barker, could be Ed Wade, who I think is running for Cleveland Municipal. Ed Wade is African-American and would be a good choice.


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AMES, Iowa — The Big 12 Player of the Year, Melvin Ejim, returned from Italy Thursday, but he's going back Friday.
The reason for the short trip: The Eji-nator. It's a burger at Okoboji Grill in Ames.
Ejim loaded it up with ingredients from his home country: Canadian bacon, maple syrup, guacomole, and pepper jack cheese.
NBA teams passed on Ejim, but he's excited to play in Europe. Ejim fell in love with Italy when Iowa State played in Rome during his freshman season.


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Boccieri Heavy White Driver
Riding the popularity of its Control Series Heavy Driver, Boccieri Golf has unveiled a limited edition of the driver featuring a white finish. Like the original model, the 460cc Heavy Driver is strategically engineered with a 50-gram backweight in the top-end of the shaft that, Boccieri Golf says, significantly improves tempo and stability by consistently delivering the club's sweet spot to the ball. The club also includes "Dimple Face Technology," which allows better weight distribution throughout the head to make it one of the highest MOI drivers available.
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Are Today's Business Heroes Challenging Our Ideas About Leadership?
SUMMING UP New leadership styles should not cause us to challenge our belief in traditional leadership values, Jim Heskett's readers write.
Summing Up
Is There Really a Formula for Great Leadership?
The overall sense of responses to our question for the month is that the leadership stars of today—Jobs, Bezos, Gates, etc.,—should not cause us to change our time-honored ideas about great leadership. Among the notions advanced were that they: (1) are special, (2) are entrepreneurs first and leaders second, (3) or represent a kind of leadership important for only one phase of the longer-term development of a business. Comments did suggest, however, that some ideas about leadership can benefit from a reexamination.
Tema Frank addressed a couple of these points when she said, "The fact that we can name so few leaders as readily as the ones cited in the article is because they are exceptions. There is no question that brilliant, strongly mission-driven founders can inspire people to follow them, despite personality flaws." Once the excitement fades, a different type of leadership is essential. Bill Eickhoff would compare Jobs, Bezos, etc. to Ford, Edison, etc. "No one ever raves about their so-called 'leadership' style. These men were outliers. Their style is not duplicable."
Kim Forbes set forth an interesting hypothesis in commenting that "We will always be able to identify examples of leaders that 'buck' the now orthodox definition of the balanced, emotionally intelligent, people-focused leader� the likes of Gates and Jobs may have highly effective leaders below them and they are the true heroes of these large successful corporations, in spite of their dysfunctional 'leadership'."
Today's leadership heroes, however, stimulated debate about just what constitutes leadership. It is an important discussion, as several pointed out. Paul Stavrand put it this way: "We need to be concerned about the outcomes of business practices and products on our global society, and evaluate leaders accordingly." Yadeed Lobo commented that "the mark of a great leader is the impression they leave on any employee." G. P. Rao added that the lack of humility and leadership appear to be inconsistent, if not contradictory. "In the ultimate analysis, however everything boils down to perception of the team members or subordinates or followers of the leader concerned."
The importance of maintaining an open mind on the subject of leadership was stressed by several. Ronnie Kavuma commented that, "I think that there is a place for both kinds of leaders and/or their schools of thought in the modern high tech and versatile business environment." David Wittenberg said that an "effective leader must be true to himself. Personalities differ, so leadership styles differ. It is a common fallacy that there is only one style that leads to leadership success." Pradip Shroff added: "The simple fact is that leadership is an art and science of blending various styles based on the situation." Yan Song summed up this point by commenting that, "Stereotyping leadership might be the greater danger here. Evolution neither begins nor ends with current crops of leaders. In all practical situations, one needs a mixture of different leadership styles to induce human energy � " Jerry Houser advised us to consider that "understanding leadership means understanding the emotions of leaders and followers. Brain science is making me question much of the literature I've read on leadership."
These comments call for the question: Is there really a formula for great leadership? What do you think?
Original Article
Just as I began to conclude that I understood leadership pretty well, I've begun to wonder. Let's start with the leadership associated with large organizations with relatively long histories.
In recent years, we have been educated by concepts such as MBWA (management by walking around, introduced by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman), Level 5 Leadership (described by Jim Collins as centered around personal humility and professional will), servant leadership (defined by Robert Greenleaf in terms of service to others as a leader's most important role), and authentic leadership (characterized by Bill George as comprising leaders who understand their purpose, are true to a set of solid values, lead with their heart, establish connected relationships, and demonstrate self-discipline), among others. These philosophies, based on a lot of anecdotal evidence, describe the kind of people we'd want to work for. They are associated with large, well-established organizations that I studied and admired in graduate school, the kind that Collins and Jerry Porras wrote about as being "built to last."
Then I read biographies of today's business heroes. They portray people who are not short on vision. But are these people who meet the standards for great leadership described above? For example, both Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos are said to have challenged people to do their best work, but in somewhat demeaning ways. They, along with Bill Gates, threw public tantrums. Whether it is a consequence or not, there appears to be a trail of former executives of Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft. (I specifically referred to heroes in my question, because potential heroines like Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer have just recently risen to high levels in the high-tech world.)
Maybe venture capitalists have the answer. They have followed a long-standing practice of cashing out founders and entrepreneurs at the time of a first or second round of outside funding. The idea is (or was?) that at that stage of development, an organization needs professional leadership of the kind that Peters, Waterman, Collins, Greenleaf, George, and others describe.
Maybe Jobs, Bezos, Gates, and others are the exceptions that didn't get cashed out. They survived the venture capitalist's "purge" by growing their companies in ways that allowed them to retain ownership and control. Or they made their genius indispensable to the success of their companies (in the eyes of funders). When asked the standard "cash out" question by venture capitalists, "Would you rather be rich or be king?," they must have answered, "Both," and made it work.
Should we attribute a few examples of the Jobs-Bezos school of leadership to the diversity within any small group of leaders, or to the world of high-tech startups? Regardless, they cast long shadows in that they appear to be the inspiration for a new generation of entrepreneurs who are founders of companies getting very big very fast with neither formal leadership training nor thought of cashing out.
Are founders and entrepreneurs a separate breed? Should they be excused from a discussion of great leadership? Or are the most successful among their ranks a harbinger of the future of management in a fast-moving, high tech competitive world that increasingly rewards innovation, transient competitive advantage, and the kinds of leadership that produce them? Are today's business heroes challenging our ideas about leadership? What do you think?
For additional reading:
Jim Collins, "Level 5 Leadership: The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve," Harvard Business Review, January 2001, pp. 67-76.
James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (New York: HarperBusiness, 1994).
Bill George, Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Value (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003).
Robert Greenleaf, Servant Leadership (Mahwah, N. J.: The Paulist Press, 1977)
Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011).
Thomas J. Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr., In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies (New York: Harper & Row, 1982).
Brad Stone, the everything store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon (New York; Little, Brown & Company, 2013).
Note: There is no reference to a biography of Bill Gates. While several are available, I don't believe the definitive biography for him as a business leader has yet been written.
- Joel M. Koblentz
- Senior Partner, The Koblentz Group
This is truly a leadership dilemma.
Once again, CEO tenure is beginning to shorten and accordingly, these leaders view their roles as short term stewards to accretion and not necessarily as stewards of longer term sustainable positioning and value.
As such, many of these leaders, founders/visionaries or not, place their personal and professional interests above those that they lead. In times of uncertainty and in the face of a rapidly reforming global economy characterized by technology and asymmetrical aspects, this is especially prevalent.
Winning trust among leadership teams is essential to building winning but flexible strategies and effective execution. Today, we are "brain driven" by talent in every respect. And, if top talent isn't fully engaged and in an environment where trust of competency and action leads to winning, it see no barriers or any alternative but to exit.
- Pradip Shroff
- Owner, CEO Coach
We are in a world with many Management Guru who come out with new insight. Quite frequently these are "word smithing" of a core concept. The simple fact is that Leadership is an art and science of blending various styles based on the situation. Most successful leaders have neither been Level 5, nor authentic nor servant. They however have delivered results. One can find may of them as leader of countries like UK's Margret Thatcher, Singapore PM Lee and now India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi. All of them have a combination of "autocratic, democratic ( may be benevolent is a better word) leadership style with understanding of ground level reality."
- Anonymous
CEOs are often isolated and perhaps purposefully aloof from their employees. Hence, the-disconnect, carelessness and disloyalty of the worker bees. To make matters worse, the salary discrepancy between the executive and the regular staff has become monumental. In order for the upper management to gain the respect and admiration of their employees, they need to be more open, transparent, sincere, approachable, empathetic, mentoring, encouraging, recognizing, genuine, inspiring & serving the needs of others, and most of all humble. To do all that, and be the innovator, navigator and strategist of your company, is being a true visionary striving for excellence, company wide.
- G.P.rao
- Founder chairman, Spandan (Foundation for Human Values in Management), India.
An interesting and intriguing proposition. Interesting, because, on the face of it, lack of humility and leadership appear to be - as made out a case in the write up - inconsistent, if not contradictory. Intriguing, when we think of looking in to the issue deep. For instance, let us take the route of 3 Ps: Possession, Projection and Perception. What do we mean by humility? Is it an end or a means vis a vis effective leadership? If it is a means, can a mask of humility be put on if it (is expected to) helps the leader motivate the team in the desired manner? Conversely, can a face of assertiveness - if not, aggressiveness - be projected? In the ultimate analysis, however, every thing boils down to perception of the team members or subordinates or followers of the leader concerned. The projection of humility by the leader may be perceived as his genuine face or act of concealed hypocrisy.
- Kim Forbes
- Director, Tui Cleaning
I remember a friend of mine saying that his father smoked until he was 92, so smoking can't be that harmful. We will always be able to identify examples of leaders that 'buck' the now orthodox definition of balanced, emotionally intelligent, people focused leader. However, all of the four dysfunctional organisations I have worked in have been lead by a leader devoid of balance, emotion or empathy. In addition, leadership at all levels of the organisation is important so the like of Gates and Jobs may have highly effective leaders below them and they are the true heroes of these large successful corporations, in spite of their dysfunctional 'leaders'. This phenomenon too I have witnessed.
- John Slagboom
- Automation Analyst, WellPoint, Inc.
I am not an academic leadership professional on executive compensation; however, I do have a graduate management degree and did a paper on CEO compensation.
I understand that CEO compensation is very complicated and for very important reasons. How do you motivate CEOs to act like owners of the Enterprise, i.e. act in the best long term interest of the Enterprise, when in fact, the majority of their potentially astronomical compensation package comes from stock options, that both they and the real owner of the Enterprise, the Stock Holders are very motivated and even demanding to see the value increase this quarter, not a year or two down the road, much less the three to five years necessary to see strategic change take root?
The answer to that seemingly self-contradictory problem is probably as difficult as the central one we face in my industry, Managed Health Care. How do you motivate providers and user of healthcare to control cost when a third party is paying for it; talk about complicated and convoluted solutions we come up with!
I do not claims to have the answer to either dilemma; however, I do believe the problem of CEO motivation became hopelessly complicated and dysfunctional when the Boards that are supposed to hold CEO's accountable for performance, also became compensated by stock options.
Now the Board is essentially in the same bed as the CEO and no matter what types of complicated and convoluted checks and balances that are created to make sure everyone in acting in the best, long term interest of the Enterprise, the whole system it too easily "Gamed" to the advantage of all those who are supposed to prevent such "Gaming" in the first place!
The CEO and Board are being incentivized to go for short term gain. Throw in Golden Parachutes and I fail to see what real risks a CEO runs if he or she chooses to "Game" the system to get rich quick, regardless of the medium to long term consequences to the Enterprise and as I have pointed out, the Board may significantly benefit by such behavior as well.
- Evgeniy Rudnev
- Associate Professor, Moscow State City Pedagogical University
It seems to me that today's leaders look too prosperous. Heroes of past times were not so. If to analyze their way of life, not always - but some of them were traumatized individuals. That is what leads to a rethinking of values and the emergence of vision, new inspiration. Modern leaders have little difficulties. They are more concerned about income, find consumers and drop them into mouth. Most outstanding ideas and products in the past have arisen from personal needs and life of their creators. These were Disney and Jobs ... They were real. Or in the description of the leaders do not avoid the effect of Photoshop?
- Kamal Gupta
- Co Founder, Energized Solutions India
I have similar observations. Good of you to bring it out in a discussion.
Most respected leaders in Indian business, till the mid-90s, followed the traditional culture of humility, remaining in the background in public, of treating the organization as family. Maybe this was rooted in Indian culture of living as a large undivided family, where four or more generations lived together, of bending and mending to absorb and accumulate different viewpoints, but rarely splitting.
That has changed to nuclear families, and that has affected values and thinking. We are increasingly becoming a "transactional" society from being a "relationship" based society. I guess we have to accept this and go with the evolution.
- steven howard
- vice president, sworld
Look, the whole problem is their vision is their bank accounts. They do to a certain extent what was done before them, basically accounting changes, and lower the cost and try to increase efficiency and productivity. They don't have the vision thing, because they are in it for the money and fame. Also, the workforce is fractured, and because they reward the wrong people, with the wrong incentives, there are higher turnover rates than ever before. Plus the fact, the millenials are stupid in general.
- Hugh Quick
- Home, None
Leadership and the relationship between leader and led has been a critical factor in human achievement ever since we made our (human I mean) appearance on Earth. Modern leaders are not expected to wield a sword and shout, "Follow me!" but it is not very long ago that they did. It may be that in a 100 years or so people will wonder how Bill Gates did it.
- Dr A Jagan Mohan Reddy
- Associate Professor, Institute of Public Enterprise
Humility and integrity are the two most important traits of a great leader. Today we need leaders who not only show to their associates the stars in the sky but enable them to reach them as well. let's hope that the current crop of leaders understand these time tested wisdom and get extraordinary efforts from their people.
- Joe Schmid
- Managing Principal, Oak Leaf Consulting, LLC
Leadership "heroes" from headline grabbers to startup founders, regardless of style, are highly visible to the organization and genuine. People see their passion, believe in it and make it their own. Want-to-be leaders are rarely visible, speak from their desk, and put on ad hoc fa?ades. It's that simple.
- Paul Stavrand
Leaders driven by a passion for their work/company will often achieve significant results; but their methods should be evaluated, and outcomes measured, in a more comprehensive manner. If we measure only one or two bottom lines (e.g., profit, sustainability), the list of successful leaders will be long. However, if we include measurements such as overall employee wealth and quality of life, customer enrichment, and community/society growth, the list becomes shorter. With the economic and employee size of Fortune 500 companies having ever greater impact on the world, and e-businesses reaching into billions of people's lives, we need to be concerned about the outcomes of business practices and products on our global society, and evaluate leaders accordingly.
- Ronnie Kavuma
- Finance Manager, Amatheon Agri
I think that there is a place for both kinds of leaders and/ or their schools of thought in the modern high tech and versatile business environment. The 'right' ideology or leadership style will largely depend on the stage that an organization is in. For instance, the likes of Gates and Jobs would be better placed to lead a startup because of their sheer passionate persistence regardless of the sometimes negative humane consequences. This would ensure survival through rough terrains characteristic of startups. So a true leader should know when to exhibit the different traits. He should know when to take charge and when to step back
- David Wittenberg
- CEO, The Innovation Workgroup
Jim, I vote for your option A: leaders are diverse.
In the leadership class I teach, we discover that an effective leader must be true to himself. Personalities differ, so leadership styles differ. It is a common fallacy that there is only one style that leads to leadership success.
This does not excuse bad behavior by leaders, nor does it signify that the ends justify the means. It merely reminds us that followers may give their hearts and minds equally to either tough-minded and prickly or soft-hearted and gracious leaders as the circumstances dictate.
- David Physick
- Consultant, Glowinkowski International
Jobs, Bezos and Gates are outliers. They're the equivalent of the Morgans, Carnegies, Rockefellers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Their psychological metabolism is different and combined with some element of serendipity their ideas landed at the right moment in time. For the rest of the leadership population I believe the approaches advocated by Greenleaf, Collins et must prevail. Indeed, their "tough love" approach is craved by the young entering the world of work who want reason, purpose, support, development, encouragement. Is the reason the world economy has been through the mincer recently due to an absence of such qualities? Businesses are not mathematical models; they are collectives of people with all their inherent foibles and complexities and, sadly, in many instances these contrive to allow them to be led into blind canyons of dishonest and malfesant behaviour. Are the real role models those business leaders runni ng small, third or fourth generation family enterprises, unsullied by the oppression of large corporate performance management / long-term bonus schemes? In their own quite way, they are putting mighty dents in the universe.
- Yadeed Lobo
I think I would go with Jim Collins Level 5 leadership trait of personal humility and professional resolve.
Unfortunately in today's world, narcissism and the cult of personality is so pervasive. It has become hard to distinguish between the image portrayed and what the person actually is upfront.
With so many autobiographies/secretly paid for biographies being published(like the recent one from New Zealand's sitting Prime Minister) it almost seems as if everyone wants to prove/justify their leadership in words not earn their leadership in genuinely intentioned actions.
I guess the mark of a great leader is the impression they leave on any employee.
One I think which is very important is the ability to genuinely listen and then actually follow-up. To the rank and file in any organisation who just wants to make their voice known and feel a bit important, that can make all the difference.
- Donald Alexander
- Senior Lecturer, Public relations & Organisational Communication, Charles Sturt University
My PhD research has identified another type of leader- the Communicating Leader. This person is an effective listener, builds and maintains strong relationships with key stakeholders ( external and internal), is honest and transparent, trustworthy and can articulate and deliver a vision. A small number of Australian CEO's meet this criteria, and their organisations are also leading performers, delivering strong returns to shareholders, and they are nominated by analysts and the media as being effective leaders.
- Marc Bridgham
- Founder, The Triskelion Group
I think there may be two factors that make leaders like a Jobs or others palatable as leaders even though they are not the kind we might wish to follow personally. One is that they are usually authentic or congruent in the sense that they are always purely themselves, regardless of how appealing that self may be in the moment to others. Many times they are, in fact, fearless and somewhat frightening in their authenticity. So I think there is some respect for that congruence, consistency and authenticity. Secondly, and I suspect more importantly, these leaders are creating unprecedented possibilities and entities. It is the lure and gratification of belonging to such an organization that creates followers more than the leader-person themselves. I had a very personal experience of that myself working for a vice-president who broke most of the rules of an admirable leader and yet he was so bold and willing to create unprecedented and hi storic circumstances that you willingly put up with sometimes cringeworthy behavior in order to be part of those things. To be fair, if he thought you were ok and part of the team, then you were not often subject to the objectionable behavior.
- Charles Clark
- General Manager, SP Municipal Utility District
i don't consider Jods/Gates etc leaders in any way shape or form; to compare them with the true leaders is an insult. There is no way to compare greed and wealth with developing people; the whole concept of "I" want to be rich and king has absolotlly nothing to do with leadership.
- Yan Song
Stereotyping leadership might be the greater danger here. Evolution neither begins nor ends with current crops of leaders. In all practical situations, one needs a mixture of different leadership styles to induce human energy flowing in the direction of greater complexity, give and take a few twists and turns here and there, now and then. A great versus merely good leader is one who is able to weave such twists and turns into patterns of consistent beauty and effectiveness. There is no such thing as 'leading from behind'. If a leader could not see what's ahead in him/herself and others, he or she cannot be a leader by definition. The so called servant leader is one who has mastered the art of harnessing human potential out of imperfect human beings by democratic versus tyrannical means. He or she is not leading from behind at all but miles ahead when measured by evolutionary standards. I seriously doubt the notion that past leaders have mo re humility. In any age, what dominates the popular press is hardly the leading edge of evolution. Jobs, Bezos and Gates are hardly the pinnacles of leadership nor the most ruthless organizers of human endeavor in history. We could all learn something from their great accomplishments without necessarily embracing the abrasive aspects of their imperfect personality as is the case for the rest of us.
- Ganesan Srinivasan
- Director of Business Analysis, Bunge
Innovator CEOs, who have a vision for game changing technology or business, and are passionate and driven to achieve their vision at all costs, tend to be ruthless, brutal and obnoxious in their approach. But they do accomplish what they set out for and it is often game changing. CEOs who gain leadership of established businesses are often the ones who have the luxury of a measured, longer term outlook and leading from behind may make sense in this context.
- Klasie Wessels
- Founder of Streetschool, Streetschool.co.za
Very good question! I would agree with you. We did some qualitative research in South Africa and most lacking in Leadership development are aspects such as: leading self with humility, leading others with the awareness that we are all interconnected and interdependent, leading with a sense of meaning. the next leadership frontier may be "leading self" in addition to leading other and the company. We are in the process of developing a leadership workshop in conjunction with Tibetan monks in India. www.streetschool.co.za
- Dr Ramanand Yadav
- Lecturer, Indian Maritime University
First of all, I would like to thank Mr James for initiating a discussion with comprehensively outlining the significant theories of leadership.
While going through various theories of leadership, particularly, with my ongoing teaching career, I found every theory speaks about leadership in an unique way. Every theory has a situational relevance and no theory can be best fitting to all situations. Personally, I feel, in today's context Higher Ambition Leadership is most appropriate in ideal situations of competitiveness and innovation, where managers are need to bring differences. In the context of the futuristic orientation of leadership, I feel, exploration of great leadership practices will continue either by creating a new theory altogether or by merging two or more theories to suit the situation. The technical skills will be contributory to effective leadership practices.
- Tema Frank
- President, Frank Online Marketing, & Web Mystery Shoppers Inc.
The fact that we can name so few leaders as readily as the ones cited in the article is because they are exceptions.
There is no question that brilliant, strongly mission-driven founders can inspire people to follow them, despite personality flaws. As Guy Kawasaki said in my interview with him (http://frankonlinemarketing.com/guy-kawasaki-steve-jobs-hockey-crappy/), "When Steve said your idea was crap, it really was crap."
Remember too that Jobs got fired because of his personality flaws. Turned out he was so determined and so brilliant in his understanding of consumer behaviour that the company needed to give him a second chance or die. And, as one of the other commenters noted, people will put up with a lot if they get to be part of something truly revolutionary and exciting.
Once the excitement fades, a different type of leadership is essential. Which is why most company founders do end up stepping back eventually, and accepting the need for more professional leadership. (Unfortunately, those leaders also often fail because they lack the inspirational vision of the founders.)
- Hugh Quick
- home, None
It is a fallacy to think that real leaders were modest and 'retiring' types and modern leaders won't succeed if they try to be so. The minute men didn't sit in their chairs and say, "It doesn't matter." they got on their horses and warned others of what was happening.
- Jerry Houser
- Associate Dean, University
Brain science is proving that decision making is first of all emotional, then self-justifying/rationalizing. It is not a logical data-driven activity. Followership is similar. We follow stupid leaders or ideas because of our needs, fears, goals, etc. Leaders make emotionally-based decisions and followers go along with them because of emotional alignment.
So, understanding leadership means understanding the emotions of leaders and followers. Brain science is making me question much of the literature I've read on leadership. Even in my MBA program where we were being trained to use "scientific" tools for decision-making, logic, numbers, and rationality did not often win out in case studies or role plays.
- Karen Rohde
If Jobs-Bezos were leading "non-consumer" companies, would we be having this discussion? Is our interest in them because we use their products? A decade or more ago, the names were Welsh, Iacocca, Gerstner, Ghosn etc.
Are there any "non-consumer" or "B2B companies whose CEOs have reached the same iconic stature? What are their leadership behaviors (if there is a pattern)? Have those behaviors changed over the decades?
- Kapil Kumar Sopory
- Company Secretary, SMEC(India) Private Limited
Today's business leaders are hard-pressed for time and aim to achieve results as fast as possible. Their span of working for organisations is short as frequent change is a regular phenomenon. In view of this most do not feel they need to be part of very long plans. Thus, their leadership style varies from time to time and is not like the professionals of past who were more value and decent culture obsessed. Today's guy is least concerned about niceties and would like to achieve even by short cuts which may not at times be good in the long run.
- Edward Hare
- Retired Director, Strategy and Planning, Fortune 250 Industrial company
You ask, "Are today's business heroes challenging our ideas about leadership?" I wonder....exactly what ARE our ideas about leadership? And who annoints...or deifies...these business leaders? I've worked for C level executives who said "it's all a game"...meaing, a game to get all the money they can and get out of Dodge. People were as as disposable as a Bic pen. All that mattered was their compensation. Is that leadership? Of course not.....but that's often their mindset. Founders and entrepreneurs can sometimes be a different breed, but not always. The question is really about what drives a leader. What's his/her motivation? What does he care about? What will he do when the going gets tough? Hard to know.....but that's what I strive to figure out before I'd conclude that a person in a leadership position is somehow "special".
- Dr. Bill Eickhoff
- Founding member of the John Maxwell Team, John Maxwell Team
I would compare Jobs, Bezos, etc. to Ford, Edison etc. These men were at the fore front of technological innovation and chaos. No one ever raves about their so called "leadership" style. These men were outliers. Their style is not duplicatable.
I noticed that Jobs spent his last 6 months working on his autobiography. When asked why he said " I wanted my kids to know me". That's pretty pathetic. He should have done I Dad. The extreme majority of businesses and organizations absolutely need the servant leadership model. Look at Tony Hsieh of Zappos and Jim Sinegal at Costco. Leaders lead people not things!
- Joel Whitaker
- Editor and Publisher, Whitaker Newsletters
This simply reflects the classic dichotomy between leadership and management. Jobs, Bezos and Gates all qualify as leaders -- they had a strong vision and the will to make it happen.
Thanks to a focus on "shareholder value," many if not most CEOs are not leaders, but rather managers. Consider the difference between Fred Smith of FedEx and the unknown-to-the-public Postmaster General who heads the Postal Service.
Both lead large organizations. I assume both manage their organizations effectively in terms of planning, budgeting, organizing and controlling, etc.
But Smith has an entrepreneurial vision of growing a business, while the Postmaster General has a bureaucratic vision of managing an enterprise.
Bureaucracy works well as long as things are stable. And most ceos are, in fact, bureaucrats. Business bureaucrats can build sales, manage costs, maintain or increase profits. Business leaders, on the other hand, build new enterprises -- sometimes those new enterprises are built out of an old enterprise.
Consider the history of The Wall Street Journal: Barney Kilgore had a vision of a national business newspaper. And he intuitively understood how to define his market: The businessman in San Francisco is in pretty much the same things as the businessman in New York.
On that premise, he took the Journal from 29,000 circulation to more than 1 million the day he died. Along the way, he figured out how to deliver the same paper to readers in San Diego and New York, in Milwaukee and New Orleans, the same day.
But Kilgore wasn't bombastic: He literally "managed by walking around." Instead of having department heads report to him, he walked down to their offices every morning, along the way talking with employees. All descriptions of him show him to be quiet and humble.
Or consider the history of the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times). Nelson Poynter had a vision of building "Florida's Best Newspaper" and systematically did so, in the process becoming the first newspaper to print color photos or maps on the front page of every section, every day. And he was the first businessman to successfully win an unfair labor practices charge AGAINST a labor union.
There are many reasons for the economic troubles of the newspaper business. But one has to be the development of large media chains.
The ceo's of these organizations aren't focused on innovation, but rather maximizing profit. And the local publishers have exactly the same objective.
So when the web came along, they responded like Postal Service bureaucrats -- not like the newspaper publishers of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s almost all of whom were among the first to get licenses for those new-fangled things call radio and television.
- Marlis Krichewsky
- social science researcher, CIRPP- Paris
According to my experience in private and public organizations in Europe good leadership is leadership in tune with the situation (process, system, actors, stakes). So from my point of view the most important leadership qualities are 1. intelligence of the situation 2.careful decision making 3. relational competences to get real team support 4. charisma and modesty well balanced when the company faces important difficulties. Service, support, empowerment and continuous learning are important as well on an every-day basis.
- Maneesh Singhal
- Sr. IT Applications Manager, Vermeer Corp.
Leadership is situational. Every leader has to adapt to what they have to overcome to maintain the integrity of their vision and purpose. Common thread among leaders listed is that they had unwavering vision of new things that were not established at the time they started. May be the question is, given their challenge, what prompted them to choose the style they did choose? Is it the group of people around them, what pressures were they facing in launching their ideas....?
Obviously, other leaders have tried different styles based on their own industry, newness of their ideas, type of workforce around them etc. Many of them have been very successful. Not all of them are as publicly known or their impact on society as visible. That does not diminish their achievements or validity of their approach. Celebrity nature of the leaders mentioned in the article does not make them role model for all, in all situations.
- Hugh Quick
- home, none
Leaders must lead, that is they must inspire or force others to follow their schemes. I was an enthusiastic sportsman in my youth (oarsman). I quickly discovered that leaders had the ability to inspire me to greater effort than I could have achieved on my own.
- Mason Oghenejobo
- Strategy and Portfolio Adviser, Seplat Petroleum Dev. Co. Ltd, Lagos. Nigeria
We should not confuse leadership styles with the heart or values of leaders. I will argue that Bill Gates has a humble heart. The fact that he currently spends a great deal of his time and money for humanity attests to this. Steve Jobs was also humble as he did not flaunt his wealth around. Leaders who are strong willed and resolute do display tough love, which is not pride or lack of humility. Some key characteristics of proud leadership include self-centeredness, poor listening, willfully blocking followers from growing or flourishing, non-concern for societal or human development and flaunting of wealth. Your examples do not fit the pack of proud leaders. They fit the description of level five leaders.
- Ibrahima Diakite
- Team Leader, Managing Director of CAC Guinea
This is an excellent article about contemporary leadership. However, for me leadership is not about how successful you are in your business or organization but how much efforts you devote to making your followers as successful as you are. I have been to many leadership forums but have seen very few or maybe none of our today's leaders being able to accomplish this ultimate goal. I do recognize that leading is a tough job but this would have no relevance if it doesn't lead to positive changes for followers.
- Gina Briguglio
I agree with Dr A Jagan Mohan Reddy's take:
"Humility and integrity are the two most important traits of a great leader. Today we need leaders who not only show to their associates the stars in the sky but enable them to reach them as well."
I believe the recent Market Basket saga would be a great case study as we are observing an unprecedented non-union strike of hourly employees who are not asking for additional wages or benefits, but for the return of their recently ousted yet beloved CEO -- Arthur T. Demoulas. Clearly they are passionate to this man, someone they believe is such a great leader, they would put their own job security on the line.
- Allan Cohen
- Distinguished Prof. of Global Leadership, Babson College
The endless discussion about what constitutes good leadership is at least in part due to the abstracting of leadership from actual organizational issues. Leadership happens not only when leaders are doing "people work" but making product, marketing, technical, operational, and other decisions. It would be more meaningful to judge leadership in context, as the VC community very roughly does by trying to match leadership style with organizational stage. That a few uniquely brilliant individuals like Jobs, Gates, and Bezos seem to transcend their harsh styles doesn't justify those styles in all contexts. And let's not forget that each of them has had failures and flaws. The propensity to attribute heroic capacities to leaders inspires a lot of truly poor behavior, both on the part of powerful leaders who dismiss those below them, and less powerful followers who hold back what they really think, costing the organization their valuabl e knowledge and confirming the dismissive views of them by the highly powerful. Leaders definitely need others, but enormous love and respect for a leader who has a flawed vision, misses important external changes, and only focuses on good relationships is also problematic. Beware of universal models!
- David Whelpton
- Private Investor
I think the flamboyant leaders are indeed outliers. Collin's exhaustively researched "Good to Great" showed that the all of the best performing companies had level 5 leaders--not many or most but all. Sustained greatness requires level 5 leadership. You could argue Microsoft and Apple did not continue their excellent performance when their founders were no longer at the helm. This despite the network effects that leading technology companies often benefit from. These effects should make it easier to sustain performance.
I might add that Steve Jobs had an extraordinary ability to inspire and persuade that may have offset his rough edges in the area of emotional intelligence and social calibration.
- Peter
- Engineer, Spectrum
Fascinating discussion. Eric Stein is a professor in the business school at Penn State who has spent the last several years researching creative behaviors, teaching business students how to express creativity in the workplace, and identifying critical success factors for innovation.
The bottom line is that many schools and companies are just not doing a good job at nurturing creativity. However, his work indicates that creativity can be fostered. Check out ericwstein.com for more info.


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In case you haven't heard the good news, Las Vegas-based ConvExx was named our new SHOT Show management company. For the next installment of the series of "who's who" blog posts to familiarize you with the ConvExx team, meet Cassandra Stock who will be the Registration Manager for SHOT Show. Get to know more members of the management team, here.
Name: Cassandra Stock
Position/Title at ConvExx: Registration Manager
Family Members: Nicholas (husband of 4 ½ years), Asher (6 ½ month old), and two cats Paris and Sahara (yes, named after the Vegas casinos)
Education: B.S. in Advertising and Public Relations from Southern Utah University
Work history: Experient 06 – 09, ConvExx 09 – present
Hobbies/Sports: Reading, Floating in my pool, Field Hockey
Favorite book: Anything by Nora Roberts
Favorite movies: Love Actually, X-Men Movies
Hometown (where were you born): Augusta, GA but home is Frederick, MD
In Las Vegas since: Lived in Vegas after college from 04 – 05. Ended up moving back in January 2009 for a boy and a job.
Favorite Thing about Vegas: You can find anything you want to eat 24 hours a day! (Very handy when pregnant)
Favorite Quote: "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" – Dr. Seuss (OR "Whoever said that money can't buy happiness, simply didn't know where to go shopping.") – Bo Derek
What are you most excited about for SHOT: I will be the first to admit that I do not know much about the firearm industry. I am excited for the opportunity to expand my knowledge and work with some really great people along the way. Not to mention, this has to up my cool factor in all of my guy friends eyes!
Chris Dolnack is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for the National Shooting Sports Foundation. Follow him on Twitter at @ChrisDolnack.


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PFS Staff Picks – Favorite Thanksgiving Movies
Turkey Day is the first stop on the road to the holiday season- check out the list of PFS staff picks of our favorite movies that get us in the festive mood!
Turkey Day is the first stop on the road to the holiday season- check out the list of PFS staff picks of our favorite movies that get us in the festive mood!
By Megan Reilly
With the 23rd Philadelphia Film Festival celebrating films now through October 26, I took a moment to reflect on some standout films from festivals past. Here are my personal favorites from the last three years.
By Davis Rivera
With Jimi: All Is By My Side, John Ridley makes it known that he is a filmmaker fed up, like many theatergoers, with the by-the-numbers biopic studios never seem to tire of churning out. From the brilliant casting of Andre Benjamin as Jimi Hendrix to the impressionistic approach to editing the film, Ridley has crafted a spectacle that perfectly matches Hendrix's idiosyncratic style. As Mr. Benjamin once put it: "Invite you to an emotion filled theater / Bring your umbrella 'cause young fella it gets no weirder."
By Davis Rivera
As a native Texan and a fan of great cinema, I had every reason to look forward to Richard Linklater's twelve-years-in-the-making Boyhood, his portrait of a child maturing from age six to age eighteen. What I did not anticipate was Linklater proving himself the 21st century's master of the bildungsroman, on par with Henry Fielding and James Joyce before him. His achievement is unparalleled and sets the new benchmark for what is possible in the world of narrative cinema.
By Alex Gibson
Imagine this:
After a long week of work, you relax for the ideal weekend with your friends and family. It's a beautiful day, perfect for the beach during the day followed by a night on the town. Then, suddenly, in the blink of an eye, half of the people around you disappear into thin air. In fact, half the world's population vanishes instantly.
This is the premise of Left Behind, starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Vic Armstrong. Left Behind, produced by Stony Lake Entertainment, is based on the best-selling series of the same name. The film depicts the first few hours after the Rapture, a biblical prophecy that says millions of people will ascend to Heaven instantly to save them from the darkest time in human history.
Left Behind follows Rayford Steele (Cage), an airline pilot who is flying from New York to London when a portion of his passengers – including his co-pilot – disappear. Chaos ensues as the remaining passengers wonder what happened to their friends and family, while cut off from the rest of the world. As he tries to get the plane safely on the ground, Rayford is assisted by a flirty flight attendant, Hattie (Nicky Whelan), and hardened investigative journalist Buck Williams (Chad Michael Murray).
By Davis Rivera
In Michael Winterbottom's The Trip to Italy, a sequel to 2010's The Trip, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a restaurant tour that doubles as a retracing of the Romantic poets' Italian odysseys. Along the way Coogan and Brydon offer insightful anecdotes on Al Pacino, Alanis Morissette ("a Morrissey fan who dubbed herself a Moriss-ette"), and countless others in a film that proves a perfect showcase for the considerable talents of both men.
By Kim Scott
Dolls coming to life? Abandon your frilly and fond memories of Toy Story, and let me remind you of a lil' plastic piece of hellspawn named Chucky! Wanna play?
By Muhammad Naqvi
Afflicted by the paradoxical gift of losing humanity in order to help it, Scarlett Johansson falls into the part of Lucy in the Luc Besson's 2014 release of the same name. Morgan Freeman and Amr Waked also star in this campy and sporadically thrilling actioner. Although it seems like the Besson's work is slipping when Lucy reaches unfathomable cognitive capabilities, it's fun to see him juggle larger philosophical ideas within the conventional tropes of Hollywood.
By Ben Silverio
During the 21st Philadelphia Film Festival, we celebrated the 10-year anniversary of M. Night Shyamalan's 'Signs' at the Prince Theater with a Q&A with the director and WMMR's 'Preston & Steve' morning show host/movie buff Steve Morrison after the film. Here are some pictures from the event to relive the great time had by all attended:
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Making canonical lists of important works is an activity that is necessary to parse the history of art in search of a concise collection of digestible accomplishments. Like editing a film or book, exclusion becomes key to unveiling the incomparable, autonomous forms which the artist was able to invent. What characterizes the filmography of Marlon Brando, however, is its inability to be whittled down. Rather than recommending his entire body of work, which should be viewed at some point, there must be an entry point and that lies within the 129 minutes of Bernardo Bertolucci's 1972 film Last Tango in Paris.


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Photoshop Extreme Makeovers
My daughter wanted to be an Avatar, because she happened to see a video on YouTube of Venessa Hudgens being given the Avatar treatment. I had a good look at the video, and gave it a go. Here's the result:
Also, if you want to give it a go yourself, here's the YouTube video by NEATeyePHOTOart I used as a guide:
Once I'd completed the Avatar daugher, my other two wanted their own makeovers. So they chose the vampire style of the movie "Twilight". Here's the before-and-after from each of their makeovers.
The most difficult part of the vampire makeovers was the removal of the freckles in the first one. I was told that vampires dont have freckles. Something do do with skin pigment in vampires. Where they got that from, I don't know. Anyway, they were insistent that I take out the freckles. I think they were right, it's a better result because of it.
Adobe Photoshop CS5 Arrival
I just took delivery of Adobe Photoshop CS5. I had recently got CS4, and decided that I'd like to keep up-to-date with the latest version, especially with all the rave reviews of the new "Content-Aware Fill" feature that everybody is going on about. Having played with it in the trial version, I decided it was worth the upgrade. I haven't tried it for real yet, only on some test images, but the results of the Content-Aware Fill look nothing short of magic. I was working on an image of the Dolmen in Poulnabrone, and used this feature to remove those damn ropes that surround it. Not only did it do a nice job of removing the ropes and rope-stands, it filled in what it removed with rocks, shadows, highlights, etc, which all made for a retouch that is very hard to tell from the real thing. Much better (and faster) than the older patch tool in CS4.
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Photo Retouching
I just subscribed to www.GuyGowan.com. He's a photo retoucher and Adobe Photoshop Trainer, and I happened to see a couple of his seminars at Photofest in Dublin in April 2010. The stuff he does with channels in photoshop is nothing short of amazing. It really does speed up workflow. Also the emphasis is on non-destructive methods, and natural-looking retouches, so using a combination of curves and channel masks, all the retouches work with the image, making the changes as natural looking as possible. There's also a method of doing HDR withouth any 3rd party program or the HDR action in photoshop. The result is a very dramatic, natural looking image with all the dynamic range of a HDR, but without the halo's and other negative effects you usually associate with HDR. If you get a change to catch Guy in a seminar near you, he's defintely worth a look.
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