Commentary: The Pursuit of Justice: Let Us Resolve to Find the Best Leaders in Every Field

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As 2008 begins, I will pause from my series of columns on recruiting, selecting, appointing and electing the best judges to suggest that we resolve for the New Year to select not only the best judges, but also the best leaders for every branch of government as well as the private sector in 2008 and beyond.

Leadership has been defined in many ways. The one I like the best is by a political theorist named Benis: "The ability to translate ideas into reality and sustain them over time." That ability encompasses a vision for the future, commitment and, perhaps most important, a willingness to persist.

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Commentary: The Pursuit of Justice: Let Us Resolve to Find the Best Leaders in Every Field

Rapid technological change is a part of our life. The central and most difficult challenge to leaders of today is to shape the changing human organization to harness these forces in a way that serves all of the people, and to persuade those whose relationship to their company, co...

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