Posted on 05/13/2010 9:52:11 AM PDT by Patriot1259
Most of us hold a leadership role at some time in our life. It might be in family, church, work, or school. However, it would be my hope, that some of the principles I learned the hard way, as a navy aircraft carrier torpedo pilot in World War II, as a teacher, high school principal, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, might still be of value today.
From 1959 until 1976, I was the principal of Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. Now, in retrospect, I see how that troublesome time has affected our lives today. A generation has passed but there is merit in recalling the cultural confrontation of that time which has changed our nation and our institutions today.
Life under the relentless passage of time moves on. How easy it is to forget the lessons we would do well to remember. Some of the dynamics that existed between administrators and students in the high schools and universities of the 1960's can be present between leaders and their people today. This is true in corporate, religious and political institutions as well. For persons who seek new dimensions in the quality of their leadership—and, as I have said, we are all leaders at some level—the experience I relate may provide insight and encouragement.
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