There was an interesting article in the Sunday NY Times called “Is It Time to Retrain Business Schools?”. Well worth reading and thinking about. It raises the question for business school’s responsibility in our current economic mess.

Finger pointing at any one possible source of the issue isn’t helpful, and all the stories about the greedy and crooked execs out there aren’t ether. Perhaps part of the problem is the news media itself – by focusing on all of the negative people and institutions that have contributed to our situation (including a few bad apples in leadership), they tend to lead the public to believe that “all leadership is bad leadership”. What role might this play in our current economic mess?

How often (recently) have the NY Times and other similar publications reported on the ethical and hard working CEO’s and other leaders who are working their tails off to keep their companies afloat and, more importantly, keep their employees in jobs? And please, when you see these stories, send me the links!

I’d love to see reporters allowed (encouraged) to report on “what and who is good in leadership” during this recession. The stories are out there. We need to hear them. Our news media would do all of us a favor by providing stories of great business leader role models. How hard could it be?