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I've been doing some light reading this week...light reading usually means pointless reading in usual DeMarco Fashion...books like Death Star by Michael Reeves and Steve Perry (don't think it is the same Perry of Journey fame...but you never know). The book chronicles the building of the Death Star and career of Grand Moff Willhuff Tarkin. …
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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” ― Abraham Lincoln As I continue to ponder how we select the best individuals to lead our future, I keep coming back to character. If we can select individuals with the strongest character, we will achieve success. …
We spend a lot of time in my line of work attempting to determine which young folks will make the best leaders as they grow, experience, and mature. We lean heavily on things like academic grade point averages, standardized testing, and such. As I glance through some of history's greatest leaders it strikes me time …
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To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less. -Andre Malraux serv·ant [sur-vuh nt] noun 1. a person employed by another, especially to perform domestic duties. 2. a person in the service of another. 3. a person employed by the government: a public servant. Origin: 1175–1225; Middle English < Old French, noun use of present …
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I recently started a new part-time gig...teaching online courses in Leadership and Command for the USAF's Air Command and Staff College. We have an intro where students introduce themselves and I am always impressed when they place their qualification as a husband, wife, mom or dad in their remarks...so we get things like C-17 Globemaster …
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DeM Banter: Very much an honor to be interviewed by Jason Womack and the Hesselbein Leadership Institute. View Original Leadership is more than just a word to Col. Joseph William DeMarco. It is a way of life. Over a 24 year career in the United States Air Force, Col. DeMarco has pushed to understand effective …
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We all know folks that pride themselves on how busy they are...but aren't we all busy? In fact at times, it seems our culture breeds and idolizes work-aholics. Honestly, There is no correlation between how busy one is and how productive they are. Busy and productive aren’t the same. The most productive people really seem …
I was glancing through a book this AM... The Top 10 Mistakes Leaders Make by Hans Finzel, and came across a chapter titled "No Room For Mavericks," and of course if got me to thinking...Many of today’s most inspiring businesses were created by maverick leaders who colored outside of lines and thought outside of the …
“The bad news is, time flies, the good news is, you’re the pilot.” Orrin Woodward Intentionality is a philosophical concept defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy as "the power of minds to be about, to represent, or to stand for, things, properties and states of affairs." The terminology of 'intentionality' can also be confusing, …
As we sit here and wrestle with budget cuts and the way forward... I have to fall back on the above statement... Vision is everything. Even with budget cuts or a change in mission... if the leader has a clear vision of where he/she is going... you can still get there...and your leaders will follow …
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