Richard Lummis and Tom Fox conclude a two-part series on leadership lessons from Woodrow Wilson. In this Part 2, we look at lessons from Wilson’s two terms as President, his illness and short post-Presidential life and early death. Highlights of this podcast include:
A. New Freedom Agenda
1. Tariff and Tax
2. Federal Reserve
3. Anti-Trust Legislation
4. Labor and Agriculture
5. Immigration (here we go again)
6. Judicial Appointments
B. Race relations and Wilson’s attempts at Segregation
C. Foreign Policy-how did he “keep us out of war”
- Re-Election in 1916
- Move towards and declaration of War
- D. Miscalculation by Germany and Wilson Response
- 14 Points
- The Peace Conference
- Ratification debate and Incapacity
- Death
- Leadership lessons
Resources
Ten Ways to Judge a President
Woodrow Wilson Quotes
Woodrow Wilson-a Failure in Leadership
How Woodrow Wilson Lost the Peace
Woodrow Wilson-Life Before the Presidency
13 Leadership Lessons from WWI