Professional Leader 2012-2016
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Professional Leader Magazine Issues 1–10
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Issues 1-10 Summaries
Issue 1
The Dale Carnegie Lessons
Dale Carnegie, bestselling author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, inspires this opening issue on interpersonal communication and human relations. Nicholas C. Hill explains how you can build trust, win cooperation, and strengthen team relationships. Themes include influence, listening, appreciation, confidence, emotional intelligence, credibility, and earning support through respect and genuine interest.
Spring/Summer 2012
Issue 2
The Harriet Tubman Lessons
Harriet Tubman, remembered for her courage, strategic resolve, and commitment to freedom, inspires this issue on principled action under pressure. Nicholas C. Hill explains how conviction strengthens decision-making, how trust grows through reliability, and how you can lead others through uncertainty with calm determination. Themes include courage, loyalty, judgement, resilience, responsibility, moral purpose, and decisive action.
Autumn/Winter 2012
Issue 3
The Walt Disney Lessons
Walt Disney, one of the twentieth century’s most influential entrepreneurs and storytellers, inspires this issue through vision, imagination, and disciplined execution. Nicholas C. Hill explains how ideas translate into structured effort, how culture supports performance, and how high standards yield memorable results. Themes include creativity, persistence, service quality, innovation, standards, teamwork, and strategic thinking.
Spring/Summer 2013
ISSUE 4
The Katharine Graham Lessons
Katharine Graham, respected for her courage, resilience, and judgement during intense public pressure, inspires this issue on responsible leadership. Nicholas C. Hill explains how you can act with integrity, make difficult decisions, accept accountability, and uphold standards when the stakes are high. Themes include courage, integrity, judgement, resilience, accountability, influence, and leadership under scrutiny.
Autumn/Winter 2013
ISSUE 5
The Abraham Maslow Lessons
Abraham Maslow, best known for developing the hierarchy of needs, inspires this issue on motivation, growth, and fulfilment at work. Nicholas C. Hill explains how understanding the key drivers of behaviour can boost your team’s morale, commitment, and performance. Themes include belonging, esteem, purpose, development, human potential, aspiration, and the link between individual needs and organisational outcomes.
Spring/Summer 2014
ISSUE 6
The Peter Drucker Lessons
Peter Drucker, author of 39 books on management and enterprise, inspires this issue with his focus on contribution, priorities, and results. Nicholas C. Hill explains how to clarify purpose, make better decisions, manage time, and improve performance through discipline. Themes include responsibility, effectiveness, strategy, contribution, innovation, accountability, and turning knowledge into measurable outcomes.
Autumn/Winter 2014
ISSUE 7
The Madam C. J. Walker Lessons
Madam C. J. Walker, celebrated for her enterprise, ambition, and commitment to opportunity, inspires this issue through her journey of self-reliance and practical leadership. Nicholas C. Hill explains how determination builds confidence, how reputation creates trust, and how service can drive growth. Themes include ambition, resilience, confidence, opportunity, influence, personal standards, and purposeful enterprise.
Spring/Summer 2015
ISSUE 8
The Carl Jung Lessons
Carl Jung, founder of analytical psychology and one of the twentieth century’s most influential thinkers on personality, inspires this issue. Nicholas C. Hill explains how self-awareness improves judgement, communication, and leadership maturity by helping you understand behaviour more deeply. Themes include personality, reflection, perception, meaning, emotional depth, personal growth, and team dynamics.
Autumn/Winter 2015
ISSUE 9
The Mother Teresa Lessons
Mother Teresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, inspires this issue through service, compassion, and moral conviction. Nicholas C. Hill explains how values shape behaviour, how purpose drives action, and how quiet strength can influence others. Themes include ethical leadership, care, responsibility, humility, consistency, dignity, and service by example.
Spring/Summer 2016
ISSUE 10
The Stephen Covey Lessons
Stephen Covey, bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, inspires this issue on character, priorities, and personal effectiveness. Nicholas C. Hill explains how principle-centred thinking strengthens trust, responsibility, and long-term results. Themes include character, habits, proactive behaviour, trust, priorities, renewal, and aligning daily choices with lasting values.
Autumn/Winter 2016