By J. William DeMarco A day of leave with some time to ponder and banter: One of the biggest differences between a leader and a manager is vision. A leader casts the vision for the organization--where there is no vision...there is usually a manager at the helm. True leaders recognize a difference between leaders and …
8 Core Beliefs of Extraordinary Bosses by Geoffrey James
The best managers have a fundamentally different understanding of workplace, company, and team dynamics. See what they get right. A few years back, I interviewed some of the most successful CEOs in the world in order to discover their management secrets. I learned that the "best of the best" tend to share the following eight …
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Shifting the Monkey by Justin Tarte
I just recently finished reading Todd Whitaker’s newest book, “Shifting the Monkey: The art of protecting good people from liars, criers, and other slackers.” For the record, I am a big fan of Todd and his work. He is also a pretty big deal on Twitter; he can be followed at @toddwhitaker. This book is a quick read …
Strategic Stability In Today’s Nuclear World By Henry A. Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft
Washington Post April 23, 2012 Pg. 13 A New START treaty reestablishing the process of nuclear arms control has recently taken effect. Combined with reductions in the U.S. defense budget, this will bring the number of nuclear weapons in the United States to the lowest overall level since the 1950s. The Obama administration is said …
China, Russia Run Joint Naval Drills
Boston Globe April 23, 2012 Pg. 3 BEIJING - China and Russia launched joint naval exercises Sunday that highlight warming ties between their militaries and growing cooperation in international affairs. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said the six days of drills feature simulated antiaircraft, antisubmarine, and search-and-rescue operations, including electronic countermeasures and other sensitive technologies. Retired …
What Creates a High Performing Organization by SHARLYN LAUBY
Sharing. That’s right – Sharing. Not sharing staplers or a filing cabinet drawer. I’m talking about sharing information.I was reading the ASTD research study “The Rise of Social Media: Enhancing Collaboration and Productivity Across Generations” for a presentation I’m putting together on social learning. The report talked about the primary uses of social media in the …
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7 Ideas to Enhance Your Leadership Pipeline by Mark Miller
Over the last few years, Jim Collins has asked our organization some great questions. Here’s an example: What are the “key seats” in your organization? How many of those seats are currently filled by the right person? These are powerful questions – but in this case, the real challenge was what Jim said next. He said, “Until …
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Fear Itself: Americans Believe Iran Threat on Par With 1980s Soviet Union
by Max Fisher, theatlantic.com April 19th 2012 4:05 PM A new poll shows that Americans today are more afraid of Iran than they were of the USSR in 1985, a peak of the Cold War. In November 1985, CNN commissioned a poll asking Americans to gauge the Soviet Union's threat to the U.S. It's hard …
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Down With Everything By Thomas L. Friedman
New York Times April 22, 2012 Pg. SR11 DOES America need an Arab Spring? That was the question on my mind when I called Frank Fukuyama, the Stanford professor and author of “The End of History and the Last Man.” Fukuyama has been working on a two-volume opus called “The Origins of Political Order,” and …
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A Smaller, Smarter Military By Doyle McManus
Los Angeles Times April 22, 2012 Pg. 26 President Obama has called a halt to the decade-long rise in defense spending that began after Sept. 11, and has proposed shrinking the Army and Marine Corps by about 14%. Congressional Republicans (not to mention Mitt Romney) say that would be disastrous and that it could jeopardize …
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