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...take on the dysfunctional intelligence agencies--is a case study of the decision-making process of America's first M.B.A. President. George W. Bush likes to think of himself as a CEO who makes the big decisions but leaves the implementation to his hand-picked team of hands-on deputies. How that model has played out over the past few weeks reveals much about what's going wrong and right in America's war on terror. Here are the five management techniques at the heart of Bush's method...
...mean, Richard's role is kind of like a producer. We both produce and write, but I'm actually the hands-on guy; Richard doesn't really touch the gear. Well, he does, but when he does, we slap his hand. [Laughs...
...HANDS-ON ADULTS School-safety advocates cite the importance of having adults on hand. According to Ronald Stephens, director of the National School Safety Center, "The single most effective safety strategy is the physical presence of a responsible adult." At every class change, Grimsley principal Jane Teague, assistant principals and teachers are in the hallways, chatting casually with students as they pass by. At lunchtime, Teague and her staff roam the campus, saying hello and asking kids how they're doing. "To the extent that every child is known, then a school is safe," Teague says. "The key is having...
Aside from their headline-grabbing size, those gifts reflect changes in the character and aims of big-money philanthropy. While there are still benefactors who hand wads of money to nonprofit institutions to disburse as they wish, today's philanthropists are more likely to approach charity with the same hands-on management they bring to their businesses and stock portfolios. Says H. Peter Karoff, head of the Philanthropic Initiative, a consulting firm that helps wealthy clients donate like investors: "The hard look at the management of charitable groups, the scrutiny of how an organization makes an impact--all those things...
...Hands-on participation allows Langone toreflect somewhat philosophically abbot medicineand life in general. His gross anatomy experience,for example, prompts a reflection about death,privacy, sex and love. "The heart is out," hewrites, "and holding it in my hand. I feel that itis cold, and I think of hard-hearted Hannah, thevamp of Savannah, and hear of my heart andValentine cards and love, courage, and thestrength of kids and lions...