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The Globe & Mail, 12-16-09

Gil Troy on leadership

Talking Management: Gil Troy
Globe and Mail Update – Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 11:14 EST

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Talking Management: Gil Troy on leadership

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Talking Management: Gil Troy

Karl Moore spoke to Gil Troy, a professor of history at McGill University, about what CEOs can learn from U.S. [...]

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Gil Troy: Will deft shoe-dodge improve Bush’s image?
National Post, 12-15-08
According to Gil Troy, a history professor at McGill University, Mr. Bush handled the potentially embarrassing situation with a grace that could benefit the way people remember him. “One of the things that he has always had as an advantage as part of his skill set [...]

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HNN Debate: Should Obama Lead from the Center or Not?
By Allan Lichtman and Gil Troy
HNN, 12-15-08
Mr. Lichtman is a professor of history at American University in Washington, D.C. His six books include Prejudice and the Old Politics: The Presidential Election of 1928 and The Keys to the White House.
Mr. Troy is Professor of [...]

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Gil Troy “Will recession mean a toned-down inauguration?”:
AP, 12-7-08
Though costly, an inauguration helps set the tone for a presidency, said Gil Troy, a visiting scholar at the Bipartisan Policy Center.
The president shouldn’t be seen noshing on caviar, but neither should he dispense with glamour entirely, Troy said. Americans want their leader to be a [...]

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By Gil Troy, HNN, 12-4-08

In yet another example of “blowback” actually undermining Islamist terrorism, the Mumbai mayhem may boost George W. Bush’s historical legacy. In the waning days of his presidency, the massacres highlighted one of Bush’s most significant but elusive achievements. Perhaps his greatest accomplishment is a non-event. After September 11, most Americans assumed [...]

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