The Barrett Leadership Blog

Failures in Leadership!!!!!!! Who is Accountable and Why Do We Keep Seeing Things Like This Occur?

2012-01-22T13:53:00.001-05:00

Really??????????????

Is this what leadership has come to in the world?

Who and how are our "leaders" being trained?

We have to get this right and we have to keep our leaders accountable for their failings.

Please share your thoughts on this any other incidents of failure in leadership.

Blog Talk Radio Spot

2012-01-20T13:38:00.001-05:00

To my listeners that have not been able to listen to my radio spots.

Here is a link to one of my radio spots:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/boxingforsuccess/2009/04/18/leading-from-the-inside-out-with-drmario-barrett

Take a listen.

More to come.

Upcoming Radio Appearance

2012-01-19T13:15:00.004-05:00

Upcoming Radio Appearance

To my readers:

I would like to inform you all that I will be making a radio appearance on WHCR 90.3 FM of NYC What's In Your Hand? on Sunday January 22nd, from 6-8 AM EST. I will be discussing self-empowerment and how to overcome life's obstacles. Please listen in. I guarantee an interesting discussion.

The Debt Ceiling Debate--Where Is The Leadership?

2011-07-31T08:17:00.002-04:00

What do Americans think?

Pessimism Among The Unemployed In America, What Can Be Done To Reverse This Trend?

2011-07-20T11:56:00.000-04:00

High Unemployment Among African American Men, What Can Be Done?

2011-07-12T11:50:00.001-04:00

How Did We Get Here?

2011-07-05T11:46:00.000-04:00

Hmmmm...

2011-07-01T11:43:00.000-04:00

My Reason For Being... Headley Sanderman Barrett

2011-06-27T19:53:00.005-04:00

Father's Day came and went about a week ago.

As an African American man who came from poverty, I guess I can be proud of myself. Why you may ask? Maybe because I have avoided many of the traps that have prevented many African American males from becoming educated, owning their home, having a career, maintaining stable relationships, and raising their children. I have avoided many of the traps and achieved all of the above and more not solely because of my actions, but because of the actions and support of those around me, such as my father (Headley Sanderman Barrett).

Now, I will be the first to admit that my father and I had a very contentious relationship growing up and did not always see eye to eye even as adults, nevertheless I am clear that if not for the stand that he took for me being great, I would not be who I am today or who I aspire to be tomorrow.

My father preached discipline, respect, and most of all held exceedingly high expectations ("nothing less than number 1..." he would always say) for his children. Truthfully, I resented much of this as a youth and could not stand my father, but time and added wisdom has a way of shifting one's perspective. As I matured into manhood, I could see the value in the attributes my father preached. I began to see where the lack of these attributes in others caused them to fail or to give up on their goals in the face of adversity (something my father would not tolerate in me and my siblings).

In the West Indian culture, men do not often show signs of outward affection especially to their sons. I found this very difficult to comprehend as I always got a heavy dose of discipline, but little in terms of love and outward affection. It was not until I got older and a little wiser did I begin to think about my father's life, how he was raised, and what he encountered making him who he was. I never attempted to walk in my father's shoes to try and understand how growing up poor in the Jamaican countryside in the 1930's or being an uneducated Jamaican immigrant and trying to make a name for himself in a hostile 1960's America shaped his worldview. I can only now imagine what courage, determination, and sheer will it took to for him to not only survive but thrive as he started and ran his own real estate office in East New York, Brooklyn in the 1990s.

Well, today, a week after Father's Day, my father has passed on. I am sad as expected, but overwhelming appreciative of having been his son. It's only been an hour, and I must say I miss him already, as I am only really beginning to understand the important role he has played in my life and that of everyone I encounter. I am only now grasping his struggle. I am only now understanding his unique way of showing affection.

I know that you cared dad and expressed it in the only ways that you knew how (discipline, respect, and those pesky high expectations). At least you were alive long enough to see that your time was not wasted and that these attributes serve as the foundation of my being and are being transferred to my children as they grow, but with a touch of outward affection of course.

As you go on to your final resting place, I would like you to know that I appreciate all that you have done for me and continue to do for me. I love you and miss you dad.

XOXOXOXOXO

Your son,

Dr. Mario Oneil Barrett, Ph.D.

Are You Aligned With What You Do For A Living Or Where You Work?

2011-06-26T11:41:00.000-04:00

Building A Learning Organization...

2011-06-24T11:35:00.000-04:00

Does Your Organization Retain Knowledge? If so, how?

2011-06-22T11:31:00.000-04:00

What Is A Learning Organization?

2011-06-20T11:29:00.000-04:00

What Do You Want Your Life To Look Like? Be Clear About It!

2011-06-18T11:24:00.000-04:00

Does Your Quest For Success Begin Within?

2011-06-16T11:22:00.000-04:00

Are You Choosing To Be Successful?

2011-06-14T11:19:00.000-04:00

Where Does Your Leadership Perspective Come From?

2011-06-12T11:17:00.000-04:00

Successful Leadership Requires Confidence

2010-11-04T15:31:00.001-04:00

Are you confident?

Winning May Not Be Everything, But It Sure Is Important

2010-11-03T15:28:00.002-04:00

Does your organization want to win?

Do you agree with Jack Welch's message?

Please share your thoughts.

Contrary To Popular Belief, Organizational Leaders Are Usually Not The Smartest People In The Room

2010-11-02T15:24:00.000-04:00

Are you the smartest person in the room?

If so, you may want to rethink things.

Share your thoughts.

A Changing World Requires A Change In Individual Mindset

2010-11-01T08:42:00.001-04:00

Please share your thoughts.

It Is In You...

2010-10-31T08:37:00.001-04:00

For all of the gloom and doom we see today, the world can change and will. The question is when will you decide to be that change. Poverty to wealth, intolerance to tolerance, ignorance to educated; we all have the power to change the world.

Tap into the entrepreneurial spirit that is already within you.

Please share your thoughts.

Will America's Future Entrepreneurs Be Its Saviors?

2010-10-30T08:32:00.000-04:00

Do you have what it takes to be part of the entrepreneurial class that will lead America out of this recession?

Please share your thoughts.

Wake Up America and Reclaim Your Entrepreneurial Spirit!!!

2010-10-29T08:24:00.003-04:00

Wake up America!

Where is our entrepreneurial spirit?

Where has our risk taking ability gone?

Our ingenuity, our innovativeness?

When Ddd we become so beholden To corporate America For our survival?

Are we a nation of entrepreneurs Or....? You tell me.

Please share your thoughts.

The Great Recession, Winners and Losers...

2010-10-28T08:14:00.003-04:00

Is Wall Street to blame, the U.S. government, the American banks, or main street?

Who is taking on the brunt of the fallout and why?

Please share your thoughts.