Leadership

EJ's note Earlier, I wrote:   I am always curious about the wives of politicians, heads of state and diplomats — women who knew exactly what they were signing up for, and who carried the duty silently, without ever making a scene. Personal life sacrificed, no complaints, all in the

EJ's note How do you learn about a country? It is a Summer vacation season. My friends are talking about taking family vacations in other countries. How do you learn about a country you visit? Some people find a nation through its novels. Some through its food, its

EJ's note "Bella gerant alii, tu felix Austria, nube." — Let others wage war; you, happy Austria, marry. — the Habsburg family motto, wielded like a pun (and a strategy) by Empress Maria Theresa A summer breeze, a rooftop, a birthday. We were looking out over the horizons

I. My reflection Ivanka Trump is a controversial figure for many, and I don't want to get political here. But I think anyone in the limelight—and especially anyone who has moved through the world of politics—can learn from her life experiences and her honest accounts of

Hi All, The other day I was talking with my female friends in late 30s/40s — serious investors, partners at their law firms, women who by any external measure have made it. And yet the conversation we kept circling back to wasn't about deals or cases. It was

The history of polo dates back more than 2,000 years to ancient Persia. Originally played as a training exercise for cavalry units, the sport has evolved over the centuries while retaining its deep connection to horsemanship and discipline. Thanks to my grandparents and my military lineage on one side