President Barack Obama was recently awarded the 2024 Sylvanus Thayer Award and is the fifth president to receive the honor.  The ceremony was held on the grounds of West Point and led by Bob McDonald, Chairman of the West Point Association of Graduates. Bob McDonald Presents President Obama with Sylvanus Thayer Award About the Sylvanus […]

I was recently invited to The White House to attend the unveiling of the official portraits of President and Mrs. Obama. The National Museum of American History Prior to the event I visited the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.  It is one of my favorite museums in D.C.  The Smithsonian does an outstanding job […]

Below are comments and thoughts from current and past CEO’s from around the world on the topic of the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia. FedEx Founder Fred Smith “Europe is a huge part of the FedEx network. We serve every company in the world except the five prohibited by law. We have a daily flight into […]

Bob McDonald has been selected by presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden to his transition team advisory board. The transition team also consists of four co-chairs and other advisory board members with various backgrounds that include: senior campaign aides, a former primary rival, other potential running mates, an economic advisor, and those with […]

Government Matters recently hosted a podcast by Robert McDonald that covered principles for developing sustainable leadership in positions in the federal government.  Such as: 1. Steps leaders can take to build more leaders2. Including transparency in leadership and by those in leadership3. The self-awareness of public sector leaders4. Have a belief system and be in […]

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 […]