David Smith, The Guardian; Interview: 'Trump doesn't measure up': Doris Kearns Goodwin on leadership
"Now she has delivered a book called Leadership in Turbulent Times.
It is not, as the title implies, an opportunistic entry into the
ever-expanding Trump canon. She began work on it five years ago, perhaps
because a historian’s sixth sense told her leadership, or the lack of
it, would become the story behind the story.
The book constructs Goodwin’s own version of Mount Rushmore by
examining four presidents: Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin
Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson. She considers what lessons they
offer for transformational crisis management, turnaround and visionary
leadership, but sugars the pill with telling details and funny
anecdotes...
Having made the study of presidents her life’s work, does she think leaders are born or made?
“I would say mostly made,” Goodwin says. “Does the man make the times or
the times make the man? It’s a mixture. I think you are born with
certain qualities, of intelligence probably, memory and maybe even
empathy. Some people, like Lincoln, were born with empathy. It was just a
natural part of his temperament, and temperament may be inborn too: the
way you look at the world and whether you’re optimistic or you’re
pessimistic."
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Christopher Bailey Takes a Final Walk Down the Burberry Runway; New York Times, February 17, 2018
Elizabeth Paton, New York Times; Christopher Bailey Takes a Final Walk Down the Burberry Runway
"“Trying to be both a C.E.O. and creative director backfired for Christopher Bailey,” said Luca Solca, head of luxury goods at Exane BNP Paribas. “Quite simply, he took on too much.” Josie Cox, the business editor at The Independent, a London newspaper, was equally blunt in a recent article about Mr. Bailey’s departure: “He became C.E.O. and couldn’t quite hack it.”...
“Burberry was clearly at the start of a new chapter. Would I, could I, commit to another five or 10 years there, and keep doing what I know in a world that is so familiar? Or do I explore another way of life, and at the same time spend some more time with my husband, Simon, and my two beautiful little girls?” (Mr. Bailey married the British actor Simon Woods in 2012. The two have two daughters, Iris, 3½, and Nell, 2.)...
“Whatever he touches will turn to gold,” Ms. Campbell added. “It isn’t just because he is a visionary. It is because unlike many people in this business, he is so decent. He treats everyone from a C.E.O. or celebrity to an intern with a basic level of kindness and respect. He only deserves the best.”"
"“Trying to be both a C.E.O. and creative director backfired for Christopher Bailey,” said Luca Solca, head of luxury goods at Exane BNP Paribas. “Quite simply, he took on too much.” Josie Cox, the business editor at The Independent, a London newspaper, was equally blunt in a recent article about Mr. Bailey’s departure: “He became C.E.O. and couldn’t quite hack it.”...
“Burberry was clearly at the start of a new chapter. Would I, could I, commit to another five or 10 years there, and keep doing what I know in a world that is so familiar? Or do I explore another way of life, and at the same time spend some more time with my husband, Simon, and my two beautiful little girls?” (Mr. Bailey married the British actor Simon Woods in 2012. The two have two daughters, Iris, 3½, and Nell, 2.)...
“Whatever he touches will turn to gold,” Ms. Campbell added. “It isn’t just because he is a visionary. It is because unlike many people in this business, he is so decent. He treats everyone from a C.E.O. or celebrity to an intern with a basic level of kindness and respect. He only deserves the best.”"
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