by Sandy Stosz | Aug 10, 2024 | Blog
Leading with Character: Discipline Yields Excellence This past week I spent a couple of days at the United States Coast Guard Academy with my fellow trustees for the James Loy Institute for Leadership. The Loy Institute for Leadership integrates leadership across the...
by Sandy Stosz | Jul 26, 2024 | Blog
Leading with Character: Conditioned or Complacent? Lately, I’ve been listening to “The Program Podcast” by Eric Kapitulik, a Marine Corps veteran and founder of The Program, a company with a worthy mission to develop world-class teams through personal and leadership...
by Sandy Stosz | Jul 13, 2024 | Blog
Leading with Character: Putting Down Roots When I lived in Arlington, VA, my daily walk took me past an enormous beech tree—probably about 100 years old—with gnarled roots exposed by erosion. Those roots look like a person’s hand reaching out, digging in, and holding...
by Sandy Stosz | Jul 3, 2024 | Blog
Leading with Character: Proud to Serve The Fourth of July—Independence Day—is rapidly approaching. Last weekend I hung patriotic bunting from my deck railings and put out my American flag. It causes me to reflect that as a citizen of this great Nation, I’m part of...
by Sandy Stosz | Jun 13, 2024 | Blog
Leading with Character: Sustaining Wellness It’s an ever more complicated world, and that creates concern in the workplace and at home about how to balance requirements. People are under a lot of pressure to excel in both domains, which often leads to physical,...
by Sandy Stosz | May 16, 2024 | Blog
Leading with Character: From a Distance Last week, in honor of Mother’s Day, I treated my mom to a ride in a helicopter. Not your usual Mother’s Day gift, but it was a perfect surprise for my mom. She loves heights and has always wanted to go up in a helo. Many years...