Womanly leadership

By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria

This is one hot debated topic in leadership studies. Needless to say, I was the only male in some of my classes and this topic spurred me to seek further study in some of my spare time. An article over ...

The first school

By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria

Time after time after time I read a leadership post or article and always conclude, “It begins in the family.” Why are there so many leadership books out there now? Walk into Barnes and Noble, cruise Amazon, and you will ...

Recent religion

By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria

Every father has etched in stone memories of special moments in the life of their children. First steps, first words, first recognition, first day they run to you when you pick them up from somewhere, first good deed, Baptism, first ...

Business of business

By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria

Over at HBR, I ran across this nifty blog post that quotes Milton Friedman, “There is one and only one social responsibility of business — to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.” It sounds, ...

Has lit on virtue

By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria

No worries, here. I promise to bring scandal and much discussion in a near future post in which I complete my thoughts on inflation, promiscuous license, and inflationary sex. Trust me, it is amazing the corollaries. Today, though I want ...

They boom, we bust

By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria

I was commenting on the good Doc’s facebook the other day and mentioned “Why can’t they see it?” After a mere few conversations with another very intelligent person a few years ago, my attention drifted to economics and I was ...

The house was packed

By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria

There was standing room only at my parish this past Sunday. I think it was over 30 kids dressed in Sunday best knelt down to receive Holy Communion for the first time in their life. Father Bob presented a wonderful ...

"Listen to me."

By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria

I recently read a list of leadership no-nos. Actually, I would suggest these are acts against leadership. I understand leadership as a virtue rather than a title. Of course, many would disagree. However, my research suggests that most people want ...

Scandal

By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria

Wow, with less than 12 hours left of Lent… “Jared, what the hell are you talking about? Lent is not over today?” Well, yes it is. This evening marks Maundy Thursday. No, it is not meant to confuse. I said, ...

Marriage and Libertarianism

By Jared in J.Q. Tomanek of Victoria

Over the last few days, Jennifer Roback Morse has presented a case regarding marriage and non-privatizing the institution. Here are the links: Privatizing Marriage Is Impossible Privatizing Marriage Will Expand the Role of the State Privatizing Marriage Is Unjust to ...