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DeM Banter: I'm still looking for the ah-ha moment...where it all begins to make sense...anyone? Bueller? http://www.defensenews.com / View Original / October 22nd, 2013 Though the discussion was about building the Army that will exist beyond 2020, many attitudes and approaches were met with real-time frustrations from service members, foreign militaries and industry leaders. The goal is to go …
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DeM Banter: Nice piece from Mr Zwilling....but I honestly worry sometimes about getting too "soft" in our approach to leading---that said, it would seem a leader could hit all the traits below and still be firm, decisive, and visionary... you think? http://www.entrepreneur.com/ View Original / October 29th, 2013 The reigning theory in business has long been that "alpha" leaders make …
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DeM Banter: How much is enough? We seem to be running headlong into a 1984-esqu dystopian society and what is shocking is there is not more of an outcry. We need a "roles and missions" conversation and a constitutional review. If we could be more transparent in how we discussed and how we illustrate success …
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DeM Banter: It seems that Gen Odierno and Gen Welsh get this...yet movement appears to be non-existant (perhaps it is different in the Army). The Army has unveiled a leader development strategy, a comprehensive effort led by Odierno to bring back into focus training and education in leadership... as well as launching leader development forums ...and the USAF? …
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DeM Banter: Not sure I agree with Ricks...there has been a good bit of introspect and study on just about everything over the past decade of war....except leadership...and on that topic all I can speak to is the USAF and corporatly we are at a place where we don't even feel we need a leadership …
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DeM Banter: There is a standard... I know we don't like to talk about it but we need to... there are expectations of leaders...no matter what network TV says, the press, or anyone else... a comment like: “What I think is happening is that in a combat setting where you value competence, sometimes character got a …
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DeM Banter: Reading about this more and more... and of course it appears to be reflected in the mainstream media as well. ...and then it hit me... am I senior leadership? I think so... and now I am just mad. So what what can we do about this to change it? Please ponder that today... …
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DeM Banter: And the hits just keep coming... The USAF has core values.... Service, Excellence, and Integrity... I have always had my own... Honor, Respect, and Loyalty...and...Integrity has to be a baseline...Wonder what our nation's core values are? Something to ponder today... http://www.nytimes.com / View Original / October 23rd, 2013 BERLIN — The diplomatic fallout from the documents harvested …
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DeM Banter: Increasingly having to go to foreign papers for data... or maybe it is just me...and then there's this...as we leave the AOR...what will be the US legacy? Islamabad, www.telegraph.co.uk / View Original / October 22nd, 2013 Amnesty International says US may be guilty of war crimes over its use of drone strikes after finding evidence of civilian deaths …
DeM Banter: If it is all about taking care of your friends...allies...this has me scratching my bald head... http://www.upi.com / View Original / October 22nd, 2013 PARIS, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- Spying on millions of French phone calls raises legitimate issues for U.S. allies, the White House said ahead of a U.S.-French meeting on the matter in Paris.Secretary of …
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