A Larger Way of Looking at Leadership

A lesson from David McCullough

David McCullough greets the Main Stage crowd at the National Book Festival, August 31, 2019. (Shawn Miller/Library of Congress - public domain)

“Public virtue cannot exist in a Nation without private Virtue, and public Virtue is the only Foundation of Republics.” — John Adams, 1776

Why should leaders care about history?

It’s a question I ponder frequently, as I write this eclectic newsletter.

Readers like you know that this isn’t a standard “Four Ways Leaders Can Improve Performance” publication.

The death of David McCullough caused me again to consider why I beat this drum. And the answer is twofold:

Stories and humanity.