Partnership Advocates for a “Progressive Blueprint for Change Agenda”

“The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them” – Albert Einstein Introduction: Every day, we are bombarded with advertisements on Channel 11 of progress in our country.  Each hour of every day glossy commercials of something called LCDS are played.  Those are [...]

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Leadership Series: Developing a Culture of Excellence

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA This is a short series of columns on the subject of Leadership from my book Surfing the Leadership Wave – 2003. The previous column in the series described practical examples of leadership. In my book, I used the surfing analogy to analyze the leadership characteristics necessary to succeed, and show, [...]

Leadership Series: Building a Successful Business

by Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA It is my opinion that effective leadership is the most vital function that can exist in any business environment. If a businessman/woman can utilise successful leadership tactics and surround him/herself with others who are also keen leaders, that business has already positioned itself to flourish. As such, I have decided [...]

Managing a Public Entity (Company, Country)

By Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA, Chairman RoopGroup Managing a Public Company: One of the key focuses of any public for-profit company is revenue and shareholder value. All departments within the company are focused on the components that ensure a rising or stable stock price. Metrics are developed, starting at the top and filtered down to [...]

Defending our Republic – Bold Leadership needed

by Peter R. Ramsaroop Bold leadership is often a direct result of a well-defined and conscientious strategy. When a person knows the prime objective for which he/she is striving, all decisions and actions are subsequently guided by the ultimate goal of attaining this objective. Further, when one’s conscience is settled that the objective is in [...]

Taking Charge

By Peter R. Ramsaroop The current political climate in our nation, makes it ripe for change. We, the people want change, we want it desperately, but we are still not sure what kind of change it is we want or even how to attain that change. Historically, when the people of a nation demand change [...]

Managing in Risky Times: What can we do?

By Peter R. Ramsaroop As a former military officer with responsibilities for managing the mission readiness of troops in both peacetime and during conflict, I’ve seen the absolute necessity of having skilled, trained professionals managing operations in a time of crisis. Whether it was Desert Storm or more recently working with the US government and [...]