Author: Overcoming Adversity | Buteau’s Odyssey

ADI IGNATIUS: I’m Adi Ignatius. ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. ADI IGNATIUS: All right. I want to talk about leadership. ALISON BEARD: Okay, let’s talk about leadership. ADI IGNATIUS: I think there’s a special kind of leadership that’s required today. We are in a period of intense disruption, right? Geopolitical upheaval, technological change, shifts in cultural norms. And I’m not sure anyone has defined the new skill set that is required for leaders to succeed in this kind of environment. ALISON BEARD: I think that’s right. We see all different models of leaders in…

The Islanders have seen some brutal streaks on the power play over the past few seasons, so it’s hard to blame them for not panicking over their current 0-for-23 stretch. They know that the current situation is not tenable, and nor is their season-long conversion rate of 13.33 percent on the man advantage, which ranks dead last in the league. Unlike a lot of those horror stretches in the past, though, the Islanders do not look like a nonentity at five-on-four — they are getting chances. Islanders coach Patrick Roy talks with the media. Robert Sabo for New York Post…

A leaked phone call revealed a top aide of President Trump helped coach the Russians on how to win the commander in chief over with flattery while navigating negotiations on a Ukraine peace deal, according to a report. The call between Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Yuri Ushakov, the top foreign policy aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Oct. 14, discussed the possibility of Putin and Trump hopping on a phone call to discuss a peace plan, according to the transcript of a recording obtained by Bloomberg. An Oct. 14 phone call between Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and…

Something to be thankful for. An Illinois man who spent more than three decades behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit was finally exonerated this month just in time for Thanksgiving. In March 1992, a 20-year-old Danny Davis was pressured into pleading guilty to the murder of Mildred Smith, who was found brutally stabbed to death in her apartment in Cairo, Illinois earlier that year, according to a news release from the Innocence Project. Danny Davis, 53, was fully exonerated in November, more than 30 years after he was sentenced to life in prison. The Exonoration Project Danny and…

Lately, there’s a noticeable and unspoken request in my conversations with clients, friends, and even in my own mind: Can we go back to basics? What people are longing for isn’t the next gadget or algorithm. They miss phone calls that linger past bedtime, the kind you make just because you want to hear someone’s voice. And, they want to open a real paper planner to schedule a walk in nature, a card-writing session, or a home-cooked dinner. They want to write in their journals, but the lure of their phone is often too strong, too easy, too “right there.”…

After losing their first four road games of the year, the Knicks have an opportunity against the lowly Hornets to secure two straight road wins and end this current five-game road trip with three wins. As this road trip comes to a close, here are five things we have learned: Adapting defensively without OG Anunoby It’s not exactly a new revelation how good he is on that side of the ball, but this road trip showed the Knicks defense doesn’t have to just unravel without him. He is by far their best on-ball defender, playing a key role in keeping…

A U.S. climber was among two people killed in a fall on Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest peak, authorities said Wednesday. The men were part of a four-person group climbing near the summit of Aoraki, also known as Mount Cook, on Monday. Two members were rescued by helicopter after authorities received a distress call late that night. The other two couldn’t be found. Searchers in helicopters looked for them through the night before their bodies were discovered on Tuesday morning local time. Two other members were rescued by helicopter after authorities received a call that night. AP Specialists from rescue organizations and government agencies recovered…

Williamsburg’s designer-clad dine-and-dasher could be deported back to her native Taiwan, The Post has learned. 34-year-old wannabe influencer Pei Chung has been in jail since Friday over theft-of-service charges following her bill-skipping spree, hitting at least 11 high-end restaurants around Brooklyn since October. She has also been slapped with an immigration warrant, according to the Department of Corrections website. A law enforcement source said Chung has overstayed her student visa. Designer-clad dine-and-dasher Pei Chung, 34, could be deported back to her native Taiwan, The Post has learned. Elder Ordonez/INSTARimages That means it’s likely Chung will have to face a US…

Ukraine and Russia traded deadly blows Tuesday, firing hundreds of drones in overnight assaults that came just hours before Washington officials met with their Kyiv and Moscow counterparts to discuss a new proposal to end the war. Moscow fired 460 drones and 22 missiles at Ukraine during the exchange, killing seven people and wounding 21 others in the second major attack on the Ukrainian capital this month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said. “The main Russian attack overnight targeted the capital and the region, causing extensive damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure across the city,” Zelensky wrote on X. Ukrainian…

The Issue: President Trump and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s friendly Oval Office meeting. I was shocked to see President Trump suckered in by the mayor-elect (“Zo the big apple of his eye,” Nov. 22). Zohran Mamdani will play nice until Trump’s out of office, and then he will revert to his true self. Leopards do not change their spots; Mamdani is a socialist and antisemite. It’s too bad Trump didn’t bring up the subject of antisemitism. It would have been interesting to see the mayor-elect’s response. Herb Mordkoff Rockaway, NJ Trump outmaneuvered the Democrats by bringing Mamdani into his orbit —…