REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP

THE NEW EUROPEAN BUSINESS LEADER 277 the diverse cultural and family backgrounds found in the member - states. During my consult ...

278 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP After the rise and fall of so many empires in Europe — of which the Roman Empire is ...

LESSONS FROM THE ‘ WILD EAST ’ : RUSSIAN CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP Russia on its path has oftentimes discussed and overdiscussed ...

280 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP paints a stark contrast between the conduct of the men and the women. Women are port ...

LESSONS FROM THE ‘WILD EAST’ 281 because they permeate Russian literature. The idea that suffering is a virtue is a recurring th ...

282 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP World War II. While I almost died of frostbite in the process, they manifested few s ...

LESSONS FROM THE ‘WILD EAST’ 283 passivity, Russians oscillate between feeling that they are in control and feeling that they ar ...

284 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP corollary to the mir mentality is an emphasis on the role of self - sacrifi ce out o ...

LESSONS FROM THE ‘WILD EAST’ 285 year and a half (Kluckhohn, 1961 ). This approach — making what they call a ‘ log ’ out of thei ...

286 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP important function of Russian schools (Ispa, 1994 ). The role of teachers was to bri ...

LESSONS FROM THE ‘WILD EAST’ 287 in ‘ brown fi elds ’ (existing organizations) than in ‘ green fi elds ’ (new start - ups). Time ...

288 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP Although a certain split between the public self and the private self is inevitable, ...

LESSONS FROM THE ‘WILD EAST’ 289 newer generations is only just beginning to be seen. Preliminary hints suggest that the effects ...

290 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP and limitations. In unguarded moments, Russian emotions are displayed fl agrantly. T ...

LESSONS FROM THE ‘WILD EAST’ 291 lingering Oblomovian outlook is the absence of a national work ethic ( ‘ We pretend to work; th ...

292 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP that people are subjected to forces over which they have very little or no control. ...

LESSONS FROM THE ‘WILD EAST’ 293 Because of this outlook — especially in conjunction with what we know about Russian child - rea ...

294 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP This avoidance of reality reached incredible heights under the State Planning Commit ...

LESSONS FROM THE ‘WILD EAST’ 295 climate of Russia has certainly contributed to this ‘ being ’ orientation: when people feel tha ...

296 REFLECTIONS ON CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP some extent similar to those of entrepreneurial ventures elsewhere in the world, and ...