Duke Basketball in Hungary
Saturday, January 7th, 2006Well, I had to say something. At this very moment our sport channel (SportKlub) is showing a Duke vs. St. Johns college basketball game!!! This game is showing courtesy of ESPN2 apparently. The Hungarian commentator isn’t quite as enthusiatic as Dick Vitale. I can’t understand anything he’s saying, but I assume his comments are fairly neutral.
Oh! J.J. Redick just scored another three pointer.
A few weeks ago we happened upon an episode of Andy Griffith one evening. Wow. It was kind of sureal. It took us a couple minutes before realizing how weird it was to see Andy Griffith on TV in Hungary. I wonder just how many Hungarians were watching.
In 1987, Kouzes and Posner did some extensive research in preparation for their book entitled The Leadership Challenge. In this research they asked what characteristics people find most admirable in leaders. There were only four traits which received over 50% of votes: honest, 87%; inspiring, 68%; competent, 58%; forward-looking, 71%. Other research has also shown honesty to be the runaway winner and the most valued characteristic in a leader.
The Johari Window gives a nice picture for how honesty and feedback can grow in a person or culture. Each of us posesses qualities which are either public (top-left), private (bottom-left), blind (top-right), or unknown (bottom-right). The public window pane contains things about me which are know to myself and others. The blind window pane contains things others know about me, but which I don’t know about myself. It’s sort of the “spinach in the tooth” or “bad breath” window. The private window pane represents things I know about myself but which others don’t. These are the skeletons in the closet. The unknown window pane represents things about me that neither I nor others are aware of.
