COLUMBUS DAY
As a leader, you understand that Columbus’s attributes—the positive ones—also help you to be successful in your role: Courage to speak up and defend your ideas, conviction to maintain your position, perseverance to continue pursuing your purpose, faith that what you offer is beyond what others can imagine. Change Agents hold a weight on their souls, one which cannot be pressed down forever. You see a vision to improve an area of the organization and, thus far, it has not been executed successfully by another. You are the Change Agent for that purpose.
Celebrating Labor Day
Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. But, as with many positive modern constructs, this national holiday had dark origins. In the late 1800s, at the height of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, the average American worked 12-hour days for seven days a week in order to earn a basic living. Let us not speed through this holiday weekend without reflecting on the significant impact that strong leadership has on organizations—for good and for evil.