Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
Rumours of Glory V – Not One of Those
“Our journey is driven by longing….Longing has to do with God, because what humans long for most is a relationship with the Divine. We may not be conscious of it, but we long to know God, in whatever context or guise that might mean to the individual….Only God can fill that hole.” Bruce Cockburn, Rumours […]
Rumours of Glory IV – Cabaret Nicaragua
To mark the release of Bruce Cockburn’s memoirs, Rumours of Glory, this week I am telling some little known Cockburn tales that you won`t find in the book. I wasn’t there in 1987, but I doubt the tent had changed much from the previous year when I had watched Mike Peters put on an inspired […]
Rumours of Glory III – After the Flood
It was January 20, 1981. Bruce Cockburn was scheduled to give a performance, a sold-out show at the National Arts Centre (NAC) in his hometown of Ottawa. I had done a radio interview by telephone with Bruce a few days before, talking about the show and his upcoming album. I don`t remember now exactly what […]
Rumours of Glory II – Encounter ’76
This week Bruce Cockburn publishes his memoir, Rumours of Glory, and I am taking the time to reflect on some of my interactions with Bruce over the past 40 years. “Thanks to Encounter ‘76-the messages were deeply appreciated and the money put to good use.” – Bruce Cockburn, liner notes to his 1976 album […]
Rumours of Glory I
The first time I heard Bruce Cockburn’s music on the radio was more than 40 years ago, a song called “Musical Friends” taken from his first album. That was about 1970 or 1971 on CHOM-FM in Montreal. I don’t know exactly when I first saw Bruce Cockburn in concert, sometime fairly early in the 1970’s […]
Positioning Your Organization for the Future
Today I am continuing with my impressions of presentations from the 2014 Global Leadership Summit (GLS), which I attended last week. Jeffrey Immelt is Chairman of the Board and CEO of US powerhouse General Electric (GE). You could say he joined the family business when he was young and has never left – his father […]
Mastering The Art of Crucial Conversations
Today I am continuing with my impressions of presentations from the 2014 Global Leadership Summit (GLS), which I attended last week. Last week was not the first time I had heard Joseph Grenny speak, in fact I saw him twice in 2013. I have appreciated his approach to communications, especially his work on what he […]
Defining Leadership
Today I am continuing with my impressions of presentations from the 2014 Global Leadership Summit (GLS), which I attended last week. Carly Fiorina was the first woman to become CEO of a Fortune 50 company, Hewlett-Packard. Being first at anything is rarely easy. It seems many of those around, instead of rejoicing with us in […]
Hard Fought Leadership Lessons
For the next few days I will be giving my impressions of presentations from the 2014 Global Leadership Summit (GLS), which I attended last week. Bill Hybels was the opening speaker, with a presentation titled “Hard Fought Leadership Lessons.” Maybe it is me, but when I think of leaders the first people that come to […]
The World Needs Leadership
I have here in the past mentioned, or more accurately lamented, that there seems to be a lack of leaders in our society. There are those we follow due to their celebrity: heroes of Hollywood or stars of the sports world. Shaping and influencing culture does not necessarily make them leaders; they may just be […]
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