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View Original / Inc.com / Jeff Haden DeM Banter: I have yet to read anything from Jef Haden that is NOT spot on... please search him out... great writer with big ideas! Forget vision, passion, and other B-school platitudes. Here are the nitty-gritty details on what makes leaders great. First he spoke about the importance …
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DeM Banter: I have been pondering a reading list for quite some time. Several folks have asked for the top 5-10 leadership books and I always enjoy asking people..."What are you reading now?" I threw a few books down on paper and then came across West Point's Top 10 Military Classics. Of course this …
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DeM Banter: So many issues to consider here...of course we all wish it were black and white, but live in the gray... not only do we need to ponder the 3rd and 4th order effects, we need to take it out to the 10th. Amazed we don't hear more about national security from the candidates.... …
blogs.hbr.org / view original DeM Banter: Still a bit frustrated that we still don't seem to "get it," we still hang on to the ways of the not so distant past...but that too shall pass...we need to embrace and guide the future. When I say, "Social is and can be more than media," people resist. It's as …
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View Original DeM Banter: thanks Javie for sending the article...believe we need to examine ways to teach the craft of leadership in more intentional ways Doug Conant was the president and CEO of Campbell Soup Company from 2001 to 2011, reversing the firm’s precipitous decline in market value and employee engagement. Conant joined Campbell Soup …
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DeM Banter: always interesting...can our "strategy" and doctrine keep up? What about our JAGs? Who writes, arbitrates, and establishes laws for such equipment and capability? Agence France-Presse September 28, 2012 The US military's current fleet of drones will soon be overtaken by a new wave of robots that will be faster, stealthier and smarter -- …
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DeM Banter: ....profound....as Sgt Raab says..."This is uncomfortable, isn’t it? Then I guess we’d better start talking....." At War (NYTimes.com) September 27, 2012 Sometimes we think it’s better to linger in silence, hoping that our problems will go away. But when we don’t talk about our problems, they get worse. And we get worse, too …
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DeM Banter: Absolutely love this stuff... but we have been hearing it for so long and nothing seems to move...and we have to continually adjust for reality and budgets. Is this a concept shaped by a threat or is it a strategy shaped by budget? Only ask, because those two end states will look very …
DeM Banter: many thoughts and issues generated from this piece by LtGen Barno...one thought: what does this mean for Airpower? Sounds like we will be hanging around for a while (not a huge surprise). Another thought: was the AFG Surge a success? Or was it too mirrored on the Bush surge in Iraq against a …
DeM Banter: as I review the news this AM...I can't help but ponder how these stories....only a few clicks apart not be sending some very strange international messages....thoughts? Wondering where the lions are.... NationalJournal.com September 24, 2012 Analysis The United States, Iran are on a collision course, and neither side is blinking. In an endless …
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