view original / artofmanliness.com [ note: Art of Manliness is an AWESOME blog...please check it out] We’ve always been intrigued by the last words of others. What did a person use his final mortal breaths to utter? What were they thinking about? Were they scared as they glimpsed the great beyond? Or did they brace up and …
Powerless In Kabul? By Robert Haddick
SmallWarsJournal.com May 4, 2012 This Week at War In my Foreign Policy column, I discuss the fragile assumptions behind the new Strategic Partnership Agreement with Afghanistan and explain why U.S. policymakers should have a Plan B ready. President Barack Obama's sudden appearance in Afghanistan on May 1, a calculated attempt to display his administration's foreign-policy expertise and …
Telling The Enemy What We Know By James Jay Carafano
New York Post May 4, 2012 Pg. 29 If the White House hoped that releasing documents scored by Seal Team Six at Osama's hideaway would ease anxiety about the threat of terrorism, it badly misjudged the value of reading bin Laden's mail. The government turned over a cache of the captured documents to the Combating …
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The Corps, And Core Values By David M. Shribman
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (post-gazette.com) May 5, 2012 Where to start with Douglas MacArthur? To say that he was general of the Army? To note that he was superintendent of West Point? To recall his famous exit from the Philippines and his even more famous return? To cite his role in the occupation of Japan? To refer …
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7 Dumb Leadership Mistakes Smart Managers Avoid by Marty Zwilling
view original / caycon.com Many professionals in business, from startups to multi-nationals, assume that team leader or executive is an appointed position, and the skills come with the title. In reality, leadership is best demonstrated while not in a position of authority, and is a skill that must be sharpened every day of your life. Most experts …
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How Short-Term Thinking Makes the U.S. Worse at Fighting Wars by Joshua Foust
view original / theatlantic.com From Vietnam to Afghanistan, 12-month deployments and institutional norms have made long-term planning more difficult. In 2010, the U.S. adopted a new tactic in southern Afghanistan: it began to bulldoze entire villages to clear them of IEDs. The policy -- reminiscent of Vietnam, of destroying villages to save them -- spoke to a deeper issue …
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People Are Losing Trust In All Institutions
View original Lack of Trust – Caused by Institutional Corruption – Is Killing the Economy The signs are everywhere: Americans have lost trust in our institutions. Deeper question: how do we get better?
The Top 5 Mistakes Leaders Make by Beth Armknecht Miller
view original / greatleadershipbydan.com / by Beth Armknecht Miller Guest post by Great Leadership regular contributor Beth Armknecht Miller: The Top 5 Leadership Mistakes: which one would your team members say you make? Over the years, I have worked with hundreds of leaders many who have displayed specific leadership shortfalls, that when improved, have had a positive impact on …
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The “Greater Good” Leader
By J. William DeMarco Over the years I have come to recognize there are really two basic types of leaders. Those that are about "personal power" and those that are motivated by the "greater good." Of course, we are all human...and probably slide on the scale of personal power and greater good more than we …
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