Leadership

The reckoning: A new role for schools of public affairs

Dec. 8, 2020
Leadership and Public Management By Angela M. Evans Given the clear evidence of our government's failures, we as schools of public affairs are facing an existential reckoning. COVID-19's threat to...

Clearing of peaceful protesters not morally right, says Adm. McRaven

June 5, 2020
Retired U.S. Navy Adm. William McRaven weighs in on military leaders becoming increasingly vocal against the president and the president's clearing of Lafayette Square for a photo op, which Adm. McRaven says was not morally right.

War hero McRaven tells MIT grads they're the 'real heroes'

May 29, 2020
William McRaven, the retired U.S. Navy admiral who directed the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, told members of MIT's graduating class Friday that they are the “real heroes” who will save the world from pandemics, war, climate change, poverty and racism.

War hero McRaven tells MIT grads they're the 'real heroes'

May 29, 2020
William McRaven, the retired U.S.

Grieder: Gov. Abbott needs to keep focus on public health, not political distractions

May 9, 2020
LBJ's Don Kettl talks with columnist Erica Greider (MPAff '11) about leadership during crisis in her column assessing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's recent decisions. "I've talked to a lot with people who...

The coronavirus has thrown us all in the mud

March 19, 2020
"Today, the coronavirus has thrown us all in the mud," writes Adm. William McRaven of the LBJ School, comparing the pandemic to training with the Navy SEALS. "We are cold, wet and miserable, and the...

When the president is more like a little kid than a leader

April 17, 2020
In his review of Toddler in Chief , a new book by Daniel W. Drezner, LBJ Professor Jeremi Suri looks at the ways the Founders constructed American democracy and its current state under the Trump...

FEMA: Leading in the COVID-19 Crisis

April 7, 2020
Renowned public management scholar and LBJ Professor Don Kettl talks with Admiral Thad Allen, the lead federal official for the responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the national incident commander for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Allen brings his expertise on addressing large-scale, complex disasters and operational challenges that require unity of effort among diverse stakeholders to our current context.
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