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AOL Defense (defense.aol.com) March 30, 2012 By Mackenzie Eaglen You know it's bad when the President's own national security adviser calls the Secretary of Defense over for a meeting at the White House to explain exactly how the administration is "pivoting" to Asia yet shrinking the Navy and the Air Force. But that's what happened …
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Boston Globe March 31, 2012 Pg. 9 TALKS BETWEEN Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1), scheduled for next month, provide the best opportunity to break the nine-year deadlock over Iran's nuclear program. Going in, the P5+1 members need to know that war or coercion are not the …
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(blogger note: follow Lolly on twitter, great inputs and connections to everything leadership on the web, just sayin') by lollydaskal in Blog, Lead From Within, Leadership Development, Passion, Personal Development, Purpose Each of us is born to lead, but not all of us are born feeling like leaders. Most of us don’t realize we have a chance to lead. Sadly, what …
by Rick Chin That great idea you are looking for is already somewhere in your mind or in the collective mind of your team. The real effort in coming up with a great idea, is all about getting out of your own way so that your great idea can reveal itself. I want to refer to …
I was late for my meeting with the CEO of a technology company and I was emailing him from my iPhone as I walked onto the elevator in his company's office building. I stayed focused on the screen as I rode to the sixth floor. I was still typing with my thumbs when the elevator …
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by Scott Edinger, blogs.hbr.org March 29th 2012 If I had to pick one skill for the majority of leaders I work with to improve, it would be assertiveness. Not because being assertive is such a wonderful trait in and of itself. Rather, because of its power to magnify so many other leadership strengths. Assertiveness gets …
All the robotic drones and battlefield sensors in the world can't win wars if the data deluge leads to information overload for military analysts' brains. That's why the U.S. military has announced it will spend $250 million each year on harnessing the power of "Big Data." That means creating computer systems that combine "computer speed, …
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DEFCON Hill (TheHill.com) March 29, 2012 By Jeremy Herb Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Thursday that Republicans are “stretching out our hand” to Democrats to find a solution for stopping the $500 billion cuts to the defense budget set to take effect in January 2013. McCain and a group of Republican senators said that a …
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Yahoo.com March 29, 2012 By Donna Cassata, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the House Budget Committee said Thursday he doesn't believe the nation's commanders gave Congress a budget based on military strategy, prompting a push back from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In one statement, Rep. Paul Ryan challenged both …
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By Mike Brown Suppose you are part of your organization’s management team. The organization is trying to encourage an employee idea program so employees will come up with possibilities to improve your prospects, processes, and products. You really want to get employees involved generating and sharing ideas, but nothing is happening. That may be because …
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