Bob McDonald Visit Re-Cap To Ukraine For Its VA Best Practices
Monday morning I was up at 5:30 a.m. in my hotel room in the Hyatt Regency Kyiv in Ukraine. I exercised in the hotel fitness center and cleaned up. I met my host John Boestler, CEO of Combined Arms, at 8:30 a.m. We were driven to the veterans hospital Lisova Polyana in the Obolonsky district […]
The Leadership Potential of War Veterans
Bob McDonald was recently interviewed by UATV during his visit to Ukraine to talk more about how the year-old The Ministry for Veterans Affairs can model itself after the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. McDonald who is the former CEO of Procter & Gamble, and, the eighth United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs shared insight […]
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P&G Alumni Podcast
Bob McDonald served as the 8th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, under President Barack Obama. He is ALSO the retired chairman, president, and CEO of Procter & Gamble. He’s now Chairman of the Board for RallyPoint – the premiere community US military service members, veterans, their family and supporters. Graduating among the top of […]
Emphasizing Stewardship in Government
Government Matters recently hosted a podcast by Robert McDonald that covered principles for developing sustainable leadership in positions in the federal government. Such as: Steps leaders can take to build more leaders Including transparency in leadership and by those in leadership The self-awareness of public sector leaders Have a belief system and be in touch […]
Leadership In Government Matters More Now Than Ever
As COVID-19 spreads around the globe and throughout the United States, effective government leadership matters more than ever. You can read more about this critical need in a new article, published today, in the Harvard Business Review: A Nonpartisan Model for Developing Public Service Leaders, by myself, Doug Conant, and Andrew Marshall. The article introduces a […]