As you know, I’m an independent consultant. Though I never hesitated to go into consulting, I did know coming in that some consultant’s have a bad rap. They have a bad rap, not because they don’t sometimes help, but because sometimes they don’t tell you anything you don’t already know. That’s fine if you want […]
Leadership
First, the latest issue of the T. T. Mitchell Consulting Newsletter, What Are You Afraid Of, is now available. Also, I realized I didn’t list the previous newsletter, Chain Of Command, so here it is also. Right now I’m listening to a book on tape by Ken Follett. The main protagonist is the son of […]
With all the bad stuff that’s come out lately about leaders of some companies, it was interesting to come across a post on a blog called Great Leadership by Dan McCarthy, called Leadership Scruples; What Would You Do? He came up with 20 questions to test every person’s morality and ethics by answering just what […]
There were three big news stories in the last couple of days that are just depressing in the area of leadership. The first involves two Pennsylvania judges, who agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges accusing them of taking $2.6 million in kickbacks in return for placing juvenile offenders into certain detention facilities. One of […]
A few days ago, I wrote about my feelings regarding the inauguration of President Obama. I was feeling really good that day, and for the next couple of days I felt pretty good also. Then certain things started happening that made me take pause, get upset, then have to come to some realities. Not everyone […]

