Archive for July, 2007
Leadership at the Tour de France
We may have witnessed a turning point in leadership at the Tour de France this week. It did not come from Tour officials. It was not instigated by the French media. It was not the result of a drug test. Rather, the leadership moment was siezed by a team captain who decided a team member’s refusal to play by the team’s ethics rules was enough to expel him from the team. The reason: he allegedly (protecting my backside with that word…) lied to his teammates about his whereabouts, saying he was in Mexico while he was observed in Italy just before the Tour.
The implication, of course, is that he was doping (taking performance enhancing drugs), and that is a major no-no at the Tour de France. (As it is in…
A Learning Vacation
I started planning a summer vacation recently. Like many Americans I know, vacations are sort of stressful events, mainly because slowing down and walking away from work is hard to do. Americans are addicted to work. We equate personal power–and, dare I say, our self-esteem is tied–to work productivity. I’m no exception. While my friends in Europe take several weekly breaks throughout the year without any guilt or concern about not working and truly enjoying their preferred recreational activities, I think I should keep working.
Like many of you, I have a backlog of work that needs to get done in order to achieve my annual goals. I have two big engagements coming up, both of which require that I learn new material. Plus, there are a couple subjects I…
