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Kepemimpinan
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Oleh Dr. Beni Bevly
Agaknya baru pertama kali dalam sejarah di Tanah Seberang bahwa seorang Presiden turun tangan memecat Chief of Executive (CEO) perusahaan swasta. Di akhir bulan Maret dan awal April 2009, media cetak dan elektonik membuat head line besar bahwa President Barack Obama memecat Chairman dan CEO General Motors Corp. (GM), G. Richard Wagoner Jr., 56, yang telah bekerja selama 32 tahun dan menjabat sebagai CEO selama 5 tahun. Mengapa Wagoner sampai dipecat oleh Obama? Leadership atau kepemimpinan seperti apakah yang diinginkan olehnya?
Kepemimpinan Wagoner terangkat kepermukaan dan dipertanyakan oleh banyak pihak termasuk masyarakat awam di Tanah Seberang ketika ia terbang ke Washington untuk minta bantuan pemerintah dengan menggunakan jet perusahaan pada bulan November 2008. Di depan senat ia tidak bisa memberikan menjawab yang memuaskan mengapa ia membutuhkan bantuan berupa uang dari pajak rakyat Tanah Seberang. Read the rest of this entry »
From Golden Bridge to Golden Monument: Essays on Humanity, Fairness, and Peace
Title: From Golden Bridge to Golden Monument: Essays on Humanity, Fairness, and Peace
Author: Jennie Siat Bev
Language: English
Publisher: Afton Asia & Afton Institute
Genre: Anthology
Specification: 221 pages, 6 x 9 inch; soft cover
Price: $21.95 (BUY)
We live in an interesting time.
We could be nearing the end of time but intelligent optimists believe that we are embarking on a new beginning, which is more hopeful and meaningful. After all, everything comes in cycles. In grand epic A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens wrote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair; we had everything before us, we had nothing before us.” Paradoxes are looming and one has full discretion to stand for anything he or she believes in.
I believe that with conviction and consistency, we can make the world slightly better than yesterday. Thus, we should stand on the side of wisdom, belief, light, hope and abundance rather than on the side of foolishness, incredulity, darkness, despair and nihilism. From time to time, we should remind ourselves to be intelligent optimists, regardless of the current state of the world. Through writing, I believe that I have this option. Read the rest of this entry »
