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DeM Banter: WOW! Powerful stuff here...Don't know how to say it any better...well, I have an issue with Umair's piece on vision below...but that's pretty small. It is all about love... could not agree more. I penned a piece on love and leadership and never published...I guess it is time to dust that off. Thoughts? …
Continue reading "How and Why to Be a Leader (Not a Wannabe) by Umair Haque"
DeM Banter: Or... maybe no one really wants the job? I did put it on my ADP... we will see what happens... Air Force Times July 15, 2013 Pg. 37 When Americans complain about a breakdown of government in Washington, they're usually venting at our dysfunctional Congress. But sometimes it appears the executive branch is …
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DeM Banter: Lack of vision and strategy, lack of will, lack of money? Washington Post July 7, 2013 Pg. 17 The United States has generally been a great force for the promotion of democracy around the world. But no one should be surprised that President Obama winked at last week’s military coup in Egypt. …
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DeM Banter: more often than not...we simply hurt ourselves...“If you reduce our budget but don’t allow us to reduce forces or reduce deployment around the world, how do you do that?” - Maj. Gen. Mike Holmes Washingtonpost.com July 5, 2013 For an illustration of why the federal government has become so unmanageable, consider the Air …
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DeM Banter: and there you have it... “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.” ― Aldous Huxley The industrial revolution shifted the tide of war as the information revolution has as well...has strategy? ForeignPolicy.com July 3, 2013 …
Years ago I heard a pastor speak on defaulting to generosity...and selflessness. Sure, one would expect a pastor to talk of such things--but for some reason those words have stuck with me for years. Why? How many default to generosity...to selflessness.... not many... well, I don't think there are many. I know a few who …
DeM Banter: wait....there's supposed to be a strategy? Who's responsibility is the National Security Strategy from which all other strategies are branched from? See the gear chart... ForeignPolicy.com July 1, 2013 At the cash-strapped Defense Department, the bean counters now have the upper hand. When then U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates began a series of …
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DeM Banter: So is this a leadership issue? A lack of vision? Leaders that are all about their personal power and not about the greater good of their people? Or is that just too simplistic? But... I am a simple man.... New York Times June 30, 2013 Pg. SR11 THE former C.I.A. analyst Paul …
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DeM Banter: Big Dr Nye fan...but does this sound like wishful thinking and rationalization to anyone else? There is one statement below that all of this hinges on: "....if our leaders follow smart strategies." Do we even have a strategy...dumb or smart? Therein lies both the question... and the answer... Washingtonpost.com June 28, …
DeM Banter: BPC or BP... or Partnership Strategy... call it what you will--there is value if it is done correctly and part of a larger strategy. Where is the larger strategy? It is expensive as well... and requires Whole of Government or Interagency Planning...my work and knowledge is dated, but trying to get anything interagency …
