Leadership Now Project’s Post

Really important message for business leaders. There is a role to be played in preserving democracy.

If you regard yourself as a US business leader who knows a well functioning American democracy is good for business, I encourage you to view this short TED talk by the founder of the Leadership Now Project.

If you're curious how business leaders can (and why they should) bolster democracy then check out Leadership Now Project. A good place to start is with founder Daniella Ballou-Aares' new TED talk.

Watch this please! Daniella Ballou-Aares makes a compelling case: “Pro-Democracy Business Leaders stay out of politics because it's the safe thing to do, it's the respectable thing to do...BUT history tells us that when business leaders stay out of politics - from Nazi Germany to modern-day Turkey and Hungary - they passively enable autocrats, and democracies collapse. When business leaders engage, we have a better chance of protecting our democracy.” 'But when business leaders engage, we have a better chance of democracy surviving. As occurred in South Africa, when a group of business leaders played a pivotal role in ending apartheid without a civil war.' This highlights the powerful impact that business leaders can have on promoting and preserving democratic values when they choose to actively participate in political processes."

“Don’t talk about politics!” I’m not. I’m talking about leadership. Our democracy can survive or fall depending on who we choose to lead us. “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” John Maxwell We can’t afford to choose a leader who fosters division. We can’t choose a leader who acts like a child, “When I was child I thought like a child, acted like a child . . . when I became a man I put away childish things.” We have too many complex issues facing us. We are inching closer to arguably, the most important Presidential election of a lifetime. It’s not about politics; it’s about Leadership. Sharing an excellent Ted Talk on how business leaders can renew democracy. . #democracy #leadership #vote2024 #commongood

How to lead with Influence and Impact? The power of “all in” expresses itself in people from ordinary walks of life. #Leadership

How to lead with Influence and Impact? The power of “all in” expresses itself in people from ordinary walks of life. #Leadership

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Today the third question I asked an international meeting of political leaders during my opening keynote: Who are our people - who do we listen to and why? As leaders we tend to get stuck in our small bubble of close advisors (who often also want to protect us with the best of intentions), and we then become entirely dependent on them and their by nature limited perspectives for making far-reaching policy decisions, forgetting to listen equally to the other sides and perspectives of the storyline. We need however to add another element here, and that is the plague of cancel culture. Increasingly, governments, international organizations and citizens alike, in different shapes or forms, are unwilling or unable to deal with opinions and assessments contrary or otherwise diverging from their own. The core democratic virtue of respectful debate with my opponent and disagreement through reasoned arguments is at stake.