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Dogs Don’t Bark at Parked Cars: Leadership Midst the Din Larry Gordon, M.S., M.P.H., D.A.A.S., D.H.L. Sanitarian Prepared for presentation at the NEHA Leadership Section, June 24, 2008, Tucson, AZ Public speaking is the art of enlarging a two minute idea into a two-hour presentation. For you, however, I plan to spend about fifteen minutes touching on several hours of leadership issues. I have been privileged to practice environmental health in the trenches as well as the managerial, policy and academic levels for almost 60 years. This has afforded me the opportunity to envision things that never were and subsequently achieve some of those dreams. I cannot imagine a more satisfying career than leading in developing agencies, statutes and programs; encouraging a number of outstanding protégés; and through such actions protecting the environment and public health for this and future generations. An associate remarked that life is composed of three parts. Those are learning, earning, and yearning to be young again. For me, the three parts of life are those of learning, earning, and returning some of the knowledge gained during a lengthy public service career so that others may learn, earn, and return. I am fortunate in being able to do so through opportunities such as this leadership session. 1 Environmental health practitioners who have achieved become accustomed to the constant din of barking as a result of envisioning and performing outside the box. Other practitioners accept serenity within the silent confines of immobility. Barking goes with the territory when one creates the future and escapes the confines of tradition and conformism. Barking emanates from various interests including