04.29.09
Miss California, Tony Blair, & the 2009 Leadership Summit

Judge for yourself what the Right Honorable Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, might tell Miss California with regards to the answer she gave last week, which likely caused her to lose the Miss USA crown.

Here's part of the transcript from the Willow Creek Association video clip announcing Tony Blair as part of the faculty for this year’s Leadership Summit:

"Most people like to be liked… The thing about the whole position of leadership is that you take a decision inside yourself, that there are things you will stand for and not yield on. That is not to be inflexible or petulant, if you like. It is to say, that part of leadership is having that inner core… I think the single most important thing is that if you really believe something is right and you are then faced with the fact that that view you have come to is uncomfortable for other people, the thing you can’t do then is yield on that. You’ve got to stick with that. And, for me, I came to the view that, ultimately, for my country the final duty I owed them was to do what I thought was right. And then they make their judgment about me as a result of that… But if you really think this is the right way to go for the organization, the people that you are leading, then your job is to say what you think and to stand by it and, if necessary, to fall by it…"

Click here to watch the video clip or for more info about the Willow Creek Association 2009 Leadership Summit

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