Twenty-five years after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center that claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 innocent people, including 438 firefighters, we remember in prayer those who lost their lives, those who lived through the hell of those days in New York City, and those fighting on the front lines to defend the…
On September 10, 2001, First Officer Steve Scheibner packed his suitcase and waited for the call confirming his assignment to fly American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles. The call never came…. Only much later did he realize the fate of that first plane to reach the World Trade Center would have been…
Vic Gundotra, former senior vice president of Google and a Catholic convert, shared about how AI, the Bible, and his faith at a recent Catholic business leadership conference. At a recent Legatus Summit, a Catholic business leadership conference in California that ran from Jan. 29-31, 2026, Gundotra shared practical ways to use AI for faith…
We are now well into the first quarter of 2026. It has now been a full year since my last Catholic Business Journal article. During that time Pat and I have been continuing our work helping provide for more assistance to women in need at the St. John Paul II Life Center in Austin, Texas,…
Book Review of Joel Manby’s “Love Works: Seven Timeless Principles for Effective Leaders” Over the course of my career, I’ve read hundreds of books on leadership. Their frameworks differ, their stories vary, and their applications range across industries. Yet, the best of them share a common thread: whether stated explicitly or not, they are rooted…
A new study found that 2025 graduates of Catholic law schools are not only more focused on ethics, service, and community, but they are also more likely to be practicing law than graduates of secular institutions. The study, commissioned by the St. Mary’s University School of Law and conducted by YouGov, asked a national sample…
Review of The Origins of You: How Breaking Family Patterns Can Liberate the Way We Live and Love, by Vienna Pharaon Vienna Pharaon’s The Origins of You is one of the most eye-opening, compassionate, and transformative books I’ve read in years. It is not just a book about self-help or psychology – it’s a map…
CNA/NCR—A Massachusetts mayor is going to bat for including statues of two Catholic saints on the city’s new public safety building, saying he picked them because of their importance to police and firefighters and accusing opponents of harboring “‘negative attitudes’ toward Catholicism.” But lawyers for local residents who object to the planned 10-foot-high bronze statues…
On May 30, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SCR 19— introduced by Texas legislators Senator Tan Parker and Representative Caroline Harris Davila. The bill SCR19 approved the placement of a statue honoring “Mother and Child” in the Texas Capitol Complex, where the State Preservation Board will determine the exact location within the complex. Honoring…
Not all mentors wear suits. Some wear worn work boots, carry bricks on their shoulders, and lead without ever needing to raise their voice. One of the most influential mentors in my life was Eddie Johnson, a bricklayer’s foreman I worked for right after high school. My time with Eddie and the crew from G…
NCRegister—It’s been less than two weeks since Pope Leo XIV was elected the 267th pope, and in that short time, he seems to have pulled off the incredible feat of winning over most Catholics at a time of deep division within the Church. The Catholic Church is a global “corporation” — not in the modern…
December 1, 2015
Speaking to the CEO Council, and later in an interview with Wall Street Journal Bureau Chief Gerald Seib, one of the most successful college coaches of all time, Lou Holtz, stressed core values, vision and trust. “What holds a country together, what holds a family together, what holds a business together,” Holtz explained, “are core values.
September 30, 2013
In the course of my career, I’ve always been amazed at what leaders will do for their organizations. So many founders and CEOs will spend countless late nights in the office, endure long and grueling business trips, even sacrifice their own financial resources, all to increase the likelihood, even slightly, that their enterprises will succeed.
June 17, 2013
A couple of months back sequestration was imposed upon us with the threat that the country would essentially shut down services. I explained in my previous column why that would not happen. And, I don’t know about you but I have not seen any material repercussions from sequestration. Oh, well, maybe if you wanted to take a White House tour or you did not want to have your flig
August 24, 2010
By Randy Hain, managing partner of Bell Oaks Executive Search
As they ascend the corporate ladder, many leaders do a curious thing … they stop networking. There isn’t much else that can have more of a long term negative impact on a career.
