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Frances Hesselbein: A Friend of the Heart, Forever

January 23, 2023 By Guy St. Clair

Like many who knew her, I was naturally grieved to learn that Frances Hesselbein had died. None of us were surprised, of course. Frances had lived a good, long life, well-loved and productive. At the same time, though, along with the natural grief for someone who was so respected and so highly thought of, as …

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Filed Under: Journal, Knowledge Services, Personal History Tagged With: Drucker (Peter), Hesselbein (Frances), Knowledge Services, Knudsen (Helen Lafferty), Lafferty (James), Leader to Leader (journal), leadership, leadership development, Levy (Barrie Schessler), Rosenstein (Bruce)

August 12 is World Elephant Day

August 9, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

One Man’s Special Interest Each of us has one or another special interest, and I’m often teased because I have three (and they are all reflected in the posts in this personal blog). The “most special” (?) is my fascination with opera. Anyone who knows me quickly learns that my love of opera (and of …

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Filed Under: Nature, Personal History, Travel Tagged With: Dy (Ehay), Frances Hesselbein Leadership Forum, Kenya - Elephants, Kenya - Masai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya - Wildlife, Leader to Leader (journal), Masese (Charles Ombongi), South Africa, World Elephant Day

Honoring Frances Hesselbein

November 23, 2020 By Guy St. Clair

A few weeks ago, I participated in a very special event. It was Frances Hesselbein’s 105th birthday celebration on November 1. In observance of the occasion, friends and colleagues gathered for a festschrift in her honor. And this was a different kind of festschrift. Instead of the usual reading of scholarly papers, for this festschrift we …

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Filed Under: Current Events, Personal History Tagged With: Drucker (Peter F.), Frances Hesselbein Leadership Forum, Hesselbein (Frances), Leader to Leader (journal), Rosenstein (Bruce), University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership

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