Lessons in Leadership

There's an interesting read over on the Venangoland blog on the subject of "leadership."

It's well worth a click.

Here's a brief excerpt (hope you don't mind Mr. Greene):


Bad leadership can cause major dysfunction, but non-leadership can be the result of it.

For instance, we haven’t had much in the way of political leadership in Venangoland over the past several decades. Mostly we’ve had non-leadership—don’t rock the boat, don’t disturb the status quo, don’t try anything noticeably new or different.

That may be because we just haven’t had many people emerge who have had the vision or the skills to be local political leaders. Or it may be because the electorate hereabouts, for the most part, tends to greet new kinds of vision with as much enthusiasm as someone finding a pack of rabid weasels in their dishwasher.

More at Venangoland

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Such insights help to set the context for a post to appear on this blog tomorrow, Monday July 21, about a recent moment in time that cried out for real leadership in Venango County.

And while there was a powerful and inspiring response, its sources may, or may not, surprise you.