It appears, that former University of Missouri System President Tim Wolf ignored reports of an unsafe and unfair racist environment growing within his community. Was it a failure to listen to the members of his community or the failure to give the message the importance it demanded?  Whichever error he made, it cost him his job.  We do not know what was in his heart, but we do know that he failed to appreciate the cost others were paying for his lack of active response.  How many times have you, as leaders or teachers, heard from a person or a group that they were upset about one thing or another?  And how many times have you dismissed it?  In the hurried worlds of leading and teaching, it is an easy to make a mistake in judgment. But what you do when the high stakes are revealed is also important. Read more...