Blog Theme Examples

Here is the list of possible examples (which you are free to use). These are first come first served to the team that signs up for this theme first. There will be no duplicates. We are striving for variety in the blog themes for the section.

1. Keeping It Real Blog: Recent examples of authentic (or transformational, charismatic, servant) leadership

Examples: See articles by Bill George (Wendy Kopp, Admiral Thad Allen (retired), etc.)

2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Blog: Ethics and scandals, leadership ethics and social responsibility (examples of ethical or unethical leadership/leaders)

Examples: Bill Gates, Warren Buffet (for their philanthropic initiatives) Bernard Madoff, Wayne McLeod (for their financial scandals)

3. Shattering the Glass Ceiling Blog: Gender (or other diversity) issues, women in leadership (recent examples in the news)

Examples: Indra Nooyi, Anne Mulcahey, Ursula Burns, Meg Whitman, Hillary Clinton

4. Big Bang Impact Blog: Recent leaders of change: Change agents who have made a real difference in their organizations/society (and why they have been successful—or perhaps, if you can find examples, unsuccessful)

Examples: Mark Zuckerberg, Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs

5. Alternative Universe Blog: Alternative types of organizations, leaders in contexts other than traditional for-profit businesses (non-profits, government and political leaders, virtual organizations, and so on)

Examples: Rahm Emanuel, Sarah Palin, Vladimir Putin, Wendy Kopp (Teach for America), Millard and Linda Fuller (founders of Habitat for Humanity), and so on.

6. Living-on-the-Edge Blog: Leaders of social movements, media celebrities, shapers of public opinion: their styles and impact (how they have been successful or unsuccessful in leading change and/or persuading others)

Examples: Julian Assange (this could overlap with ethics), Anderson Cooper, Ellen Degeneres, Oprah Winfrey, Rush Limbaugh, Rachel Maddow, Jon Stewart, and so on.

7. Dark Side of the Force Blog: Examples of leadership that one would not want to emulate, leaders gone wrong.

Examples: Michael Scott (The Office), Ken Lay (Enron), Adolph Hitler, leaders whose actions or inaction may have been responsible for various types of disasters or their bungled aftermath.

You can certainly propose others: An International Leadership blog, Adaptive Systems and Complexity Leadership blog, Great Communicators Blog, etc. Be creative!!