Go On!

The last chapter of the Character of Leadership: An Ancient Model for a Quantum Age challenges leaders to think about the legacy they are developing as they engage in leadership. The goal of that chapter is to get leaders to consciously establish a vision for the legacy they want to create.

Yesterday the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation announced a $20 million campaign to encourage Idaho high school students to Go On in pursuit of post secondary education. This generous contribution is loaded with legacy implications.

Yesterday's announcement is just one more in a long line of legacy investments made by the foundation funded by the revered founders of the Albertsons grocery store chain. Their legacy of giving continues even after they have long passed. There is hardly a place that a citizen of Idaho can turn that does not have some connection to the generosity of the Albertson family. Now their foundation is giving to the children of this great state, the education and economic future that has escaped so many.

As if that were not enough, history will be witness to the legacy these young leaders leave as they learn and then lead organizations around the world. Their lives (and ours) will be forever changed by the leadership legacy of a family whose generosity is a testament to their character.

Go On!