am, wo A The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, December 29, 1994 $ As I was saying fll id Jack Hilsher Mists in the clouded crystal ball sometimes part just long enough to clearly foretell the fu- ture. Take this prognostication for instance: “We may be quite sure that the motor car is far from perfection yet. On the day when a cheap, light and compact means of storing a great power of elec- tricity is discovered, we shall see the last of the motor car as we know it at present.” Those words by Editor Filson | sing the auto electric a trickle, even if all the experts won't admit it. Ask them. You'll get different answers from every one, instead of the real answer: “The End is Near!” I knew it all along. In my pre- teen years growing up in Wil- liamsport (where natives pro- nounce it “Wee-yams-port” with the “I's” for some odd reason being completely silent) I well remem- ber watching my first electric car with awe. It glided by looking for all the world like the royal chariot it was. Built high off the ground, it had no doors, but sturdy run- ning boards. There was no steer- ing wheel, that being accom- plished by alever. There was a big rubber-bulbed horn and neat brass lamps on each side. It was black. It was shiny. It was beau- tiful. A banker drove it, for bankers were the only ones who could afford electric cars. (That hasn't like in the year 2000. P. Brown, research lab director for the U.S. Dept. of Transportation said, “The auto will be obsolete for urban transportation, used only for non- city travel. I look for electric.” Arjay Miller, Sanford dean, said, “My personal bet - engines will change to electric.” Visitors to the 1st National Auto Show were asked which motor they preferred. Electric was the overwhelming first choice, steam came in second, and the third place gasoline engine got less than 5% of the votes. A critic called them, “noxious, noisy, unreliable and elephantine, they vibrate so violently as to loosen one’s den- tures. The auto industry will surely burgeon in this country but this gasoline motor will not be a factor.” (Clouded crystal!) In 1984 the first solar-powered car drove 2300 miles. GE worked ona battery-driven compact which The economic viewpoint | Howard Grossman | While there are no guarantees relative to becoming a leader, Warren Bennis in his book titled “On Becoming a Leader” has de- fined the first basic ingredient of leadership as a “Guiding Vision”. He notes that “the leader has a clear idea of what needs to be done and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even fail- ures.” The second basic ingredi- ent of leadership is passion - the How to be a good leader if you weren't born one in being at the head of the pack. You can get shot in the back. People try to trip you. People want you to fail. . And at some point or another, every leader falls off his pedestal. They're either pulled down, shot down, or they do something dumb, or they just wear out.” Bennis suggests 10 factors for the future in determining how a leader can learn to transmute chaos. These factors include the following: —Leaders manage the dream. This is defined as having the capacity to create a compelling vision and then translating that vision into reality. —Leaders embrace error. —Leaders encourage reflective backtalk. —Leaders encourage dissent. leadership qualities is not an easy task. Skill building needs to be developed at an early stage in a career. While leadership can be taught in college and even high school, it does not necessarily prepare individuals for the vari- ous difficult and often perplexing problems, controversies, issues and human interaction clashes which require independent thoughtand action and team work at the same time. Some of the words which Ben- nis utilizes to describe leaders include understanding, ideas, experiential, questions, process, discovery, initiative, flexible, risk, open, imagination. These are contrasted with what he calls manager words such as memoriz- ing, facts, rote, content, tactics, dogma, direction, rigid, closed. f « Young of the magazine Complete changed. Bankers are the only reached 50 miles before recharg- underlying passion for the prom- —Leaders possess the Nobel To apply leadership skills in Motorist were written only a short ones who can afford today's elec- ing. General Motors had several ises of life, combined with a very factor. He defines this factor as everydaylife, at work and at home, period before Henry Ford built his trics, which start at 26 grand.) experimentals with up to 80-mile particular passion for a vocation, being optimism, fate and hope. does not come easy in terms of millionith Modet T. So, was Edi- But what I remember most of all ranges. Ford and Chrysler also a profession, a course of action. —Leaders understand the Pyg- consciously deciding that “today, tor Young wrong? Nope, justabit jj; Williamsport was the absolute had models. His third basic ingredient of lead- malioneffectin management. One I am going to be a leader”. It premature, because almost a guijet that followed that car's prog- Last May a Geo Metro con- ership is integrity. In defining ofthe characteristics of thiseffect requires patience, determination, century later the motor car with ress down West Fourth St. No verted to electric went 214 miles integrity hebelieves thareare three is the abilily to create high per- and a dose of managerial talent its internal combustion engine is pojse. No exhaust. No pollution. before recharging. The Eastern essential parts including self- formance expectations that sub- which sometimes is being ignored about to undergo a transforma- Hot damm! company which produced the knowledge, candor and maturity. ordinates fulfill. in the rush to be a leader. | tion so radical as to border on You could see it coming, al- conversion grossed $2 millionlast He, then, notes that “Integrity is —Leaders have what the gyretzy Institutions across Northeast- extinction. (And why not? Dino- though from quite a long way off. year and expects $4 this year. the basis of trust.” Two more factor. Inother words, itisnotas ern Pennsylvania cannot be suc- a saurs did.) In 1901 the Auto Association of California has adopted a regula- basicingredientsofleadershipare jmportanttoknowwherethepuck, cessful on leadership alone. It #7 » My own peek at the crystal ball Americasponsored a 50-milerace tion calling for 2% of each car curiosity and daring. is now as to know where it willbe. takes financial resources for all | 39ys the Day of the Electric Car on Long Island. An electric racer maker's sales to be electric in One of the most powerful state- —Leaders see the long view. sectors of the economy; govern- | is dawning. High time too, as We built by A.L. Riker won with an 1998. Other states are following. ments of Bennis suggests that —Leaders understand stake- ment, private sector, and not-for- | continue sucking up the earth's ayerage speed of24 mph. In1975 It's coming, slowly but surely. “Life on this turbulent, complex holder symmetry. profit to turn the engines of prog- | fossil fuel at an alarming rate. At Motor Trend asked a number of Now do you believe the crystal planet is no longer linear and —Leaders create strategic alli- ress. Leadership can be instru- | a foreseeable point in time oiland experts to look at the future and ~~ gazers? sequential, one thing logically ances and partnerships. mental in helping to bring re- | gas production will slow down to predict what autos would look leading to another. It is sponta- These tools, characteristics, sources toward the solution of a | neous, contrary, unexpected, and techniques, and strengths repre- common and recognizable prob- - ambiguous. Things do not hap- sent opportunities for maximiz- lem. Team building which emcom- | [ | b ra ry n e ws pen according to plan, and they ing leadership. They are benefits passes a variety of collaborative oy are not reducible to tidy models. which can be a significant devel- partners to achieve results is the (i We persist in grasping at neat, opment in the saga of Northeast- essence ofa connected network to Library's Book Club holds Christmas Tea By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The Book Club of the Back Mountain Memorial Library held its Christmas Tea on Monday, December 19 in the reading room at the library. Total membership for 1994 is 215 members with $1,975 collected in dues for Book Club books. The program con- sisted of stained glass slides with descriptions by Rev. Loren Swartz of Pittston and a musical inter- lude and group singing of Christ- mas carols given by Paul Zanelli of Dallas and his synthesizer. The next Book Club meeting will be held on March 20 of 1995. Orders for six more Chefs and Artists cookbooks have been re- ceived in response to the Good Housekeeping advertisement, bringing the total sold through this means to 76. The latest or- ders came from Houston, Texas; North Metro, Georgia; San Fran- cisco, California; Boston, Massa- chusetts; Wynnewood, Pennsyl- vania and Marina Del Rey, Cali- fornia. The staff of the Back Mountain Library: Martha. Nancy, Marilyn, Scott, Jane, Millie, Barbara, Anna, Kyle, Jessica and Joe, send a sincere wish to library patrons, friends, neighbors and the entire world for a prosperous, peaceful, and healthy New Year. New books at the library: “Noctuary” by Thomas Ligotti is an astonishing volume of the author's short stories of the past two years, published here for the first time and a novella, a new departure, especially commis- sioned for the collection. The works feature some of the most grotesque images to be found in modern horror fiction and proves that the very worst horrors are often those which remain unseen. It is a skilled writer indeed who can suggest a horror so shocking that one is grateful it was kept offstage. “The Vampire Lestat” by Anne Rice opens when Lestat has risen from the earth after a 55 year's sleep, becomes infatuated with the modern world andpresents himself in all his vampire, bril- liance as a rockstar, a superstar, a seducer of millions. In this blaze of adulation, he dares to break the vampire oath of silence and determines to tell his story, to rouse the generations of the living dead from their slumbers and to penetrate the riddle of his own existence. We follow Lestat as he searches for others like him. “Standing Firm” by Dan Quayle isan eye-opening autobiography— destined to be judged one of the most candid ever. America’s 44th Vice President offers the ultimate insider's account of the Bush administration, including his own hard-fought battles with the media. The book leaves no doubt that Dan Quayle is the most mis- judged figure in modern political history. Prior to 1988, Quayle had never lost an election. Not for Congress. Not even for the Sen- ate. He was considred one of the party's bright young stars. If the newspaper you advertise in can't do this, Q Ss. av, ‘much for to o little. Youre paying t0O simple answers, when we should be questioning everything”. Bennis notes the difference betwen leaders and managers. Some examples include the fol- lowing: —The manager administers; the leader innovates —The manager is a copy; the leader is an original —The manager maintains; the leader develops —The manager imitates; the leader originates Bennis points to a college presi- dent who defined the risks oflead- ership. The college president stated that “Today there are risks ern Pennsyvlania as the region seeks to improve its competitive posture through the maximiza- tion of human and institutional endeavor. Reliance on tools and tech- niques as noted by Bennis, while being crucial, should not be ac- cepted as the only proven leader- ship skills. This is due to the fact that every organization is differ- ent; every person is different; every issue is different; every institu- tion is different; every leader is different; and every manager is different. To bring together the various disciplines needed to enhance harness the energies of all parties involved in problem solving. This region has enough prob- lems for all to share and thus, for all to participate in solving Lead- ership skills as identified by Ben- nis, combined with sufficient re-, sources multiplied by a collabo- rative, spiderweb network (agile web) represents a way to achieve, successful conclusions to the problems, obstacles, and chal- lenges ahead. Howard Grossman is Execulive, Director of the Economic Develop” ment Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania. He lives in Dallas. 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