Leadership Training Moves Ahead

Deep drilling moves ahead

Deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico could resume within weeks under a policy by the US government, which has come under increasing criticism from the oil industry and politicians in the region over the impact of the drilling halt and worries from scientists that the full impact has not yet been assessed. Oil and gas exploration in the gulf’s deep waters has been stopped since May, when Ob...

…while Melbourne moves ahead

UK higher education institutes are lobbying to get the commission to accept the idea of credits based on learning outcomes rather than length of study. But within the UK, Scottish and Welsh universities are already implementing credit systems compatible with the European Commission's system. The Bologna process objectives enthuse many people. George Winckler, president of the European Universit...

"Resilience and leadership for the challenges ahead".

Who Starts Ahead and Who Moves Ahead? Achievement, Social Adjustment and their Production in Children

A great deal of T. Paul Schultz’s professional career was spent looking at the forces behind economic development. As Adam Smith pointed out, the wealth of nations is in their inhabitants, making the development of children central to economic development and progress. Schultz made the case several times that there is a payoff to educating women in less developed countries. Many of the “gateway...

Training for leadership.

part of a curriculum of study, is in vogue in medicine and in many other disciplines. In his 2010 James Mackenzie Lecture, 1 Ritchie defines leadership as 'the ability to influence and motivate people' and describes leaders as people who 'cope with change, they set vision and direction, and stimulate team members to follow that vision'. It may seem ironic that leadership is assuming greater pro...