Don’t ask yourself whose turn it is to do this or that (pick the restaurant, clean the car). Ask yourself who really needs the break today, or who has the energy level and mental capacity to do it. Don’t keep score. Be a team, and put the person most capable of the task at that moment up to it.
(Harvard Crimson) — In an address that drew from her background in academia and politics, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed the “ups and downs” of U.S. and international policy towards Africa last night at the Institute of Politics. Emphasizing the need for African nations to maintain their sovereignty and the relationship between African […]
(New York Times) — A cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables, most of them from the past three years, provides an unprecedented look at back-room bargaining by embassies around the world, brutally candid views of foreign leaders and frank assessments of nuclear and terrorist threats. Some of the cables, made available to The […]
(Atlanta Business Chronicle) — Leading ambassadors from across the globe stopped off at Metro Atlanta Chamber headquarters Oct. 13 for a briefing on what makes Georgia – and the Southeast – a great place to do business. Part of the U.S. State Department’s “Experience America” program, the 40 ambassadors, along with their spouses, are in […]
(AJC) — When the U.S. State Department recently surveyed ambassadors from around the world on which U.S. city they wanted to know more about, their No. 1 pick was overwhelmingly consistent: Atlanta. So later this month, the State Department will lead a group of about 50 foreign diplomats to the city, where they’re scheduled to […]