Lessons in leadership from… Admiral Sir Trevor Soar

Successfully Implementing Soar : Lessons Learned from Six States

The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) programs provide cash assistance to individuals who have disabilities that limit work. Although people who are homeless have a particularly urgent need for this kind of assistance, they are much less likely to be approved for benefits compared to other applicants. The SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (...

Lessons learned from women in leadership positions

BACKGROUND Eileen Elias has decades of experience in leadership positions within government and nongovernmental organizations. As the first female Commissioner for Mental Health in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the US in the early 1990s, Elias gained experience on navigating gender-based challenges to attain recognized performance outcomes. OBJECTIVE From lessons learned from women le...

Leadership Lessons from the Animal Kingdom

Here, using various examples and a number of Chinese proverbs, the authors indicate, draw parallels as well as highlight and examine the leadership lessons drawn from nature, particularly so, of the animal kingdom. Interestingly, the Chinese visor or perspective is added to these interpretations.

James Leadership in context Lessons from new leadership theory and current leadership development practice

Re-evaluation of the diagnosis of porphyria cutanea tarda in Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort

OBJECTIVES Two biographies of Admiral Francis Beaufort (1774-1857) have stated that, aged 20-25 years, he suffered from porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) that was 'cured' following severe blood loss during a naval skirmish. We have examined the evidence concerning the nature of his skin disease. DESIGN Primary records, most notably Beaufort's correspondence with his family, his journals and his f...