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By J. William DeMarco DeM Banter: For those tracking with the last 4 weeks--we've resisted a strategy and leadership paper I worked on in 2008. In typical DeMarco fashion--we are posting the first chapter last. Chapter 1 “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” –Sun …
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DeM Banter: As mentioned in the ABSTRACT POST, Chapter 1, 2, 3 and now in Chapter 4 in 2007-08 I was fortunate enough to be selected a a National Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. An outstanding year spent with some of the foremost personalities in National Security on both the Right and the …
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DeM Banter: As mentioned in the ABSTRACT POST, Chapter 1, 2, and now in Chapter 3: in 2007-08 I was fortunate enough to be selected a a National Security Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. An outstanding year spent with some of the foremost personalities in National Security on both the Right and the …
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DeM Banter: As mentioned in the ABSTRACT POST, and Chapter 1: in 2007-08 I was fortunate enough to serve as a National Security Affairs Fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. An outstanding year spent with some of the foremost personalities in National Security on both the Right and the Left sides of the aisle. While there …
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We all have rituals to live and work more productively. These rituals act as a way to build a resiliency to what we may face during the day. They can also help us stay focused and keeping us on track throughout the day. Our daily rituals consist of habits, routine and schedule. We all have …
“Whatever a man directs, if he knows what he wants and can get it, he will be a good director, whether he directs a chorus, an estate, a city or an army.” -Socrates (Xenophon - Memoirs of Socrates) One of the essential keys to leadership is strategy. Great leaders MUST be strategists first. This is …
This year we spent a good bit of time focusing on ethics in our Leader Development course at ACSC. I am not sure if readers are familiar with the Cardinal Virtues--Plato identified the four cardinal virtues in The Republic. Plato narrates a discussion--a metaphor of sorts--of the character of a good city where the following …
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“To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.” - Andre Malraux One of my all time favorite quotes that all leaders need to be reminded of time and time again... it is SO not about you! Reading this AM from Acts and pondering the concept of servant leadership. Have you ever thought about …
(Repost from 2013--my days at OTS are done, but you just have to love anything Pappy Boyington) One of the many highlights of working at the USAF's Officer Training School is hosting a myriad of heroes and distinguished visitors (DVs)--over the last week we hosted General Duncan McNabb, USAF (Retired). If you scan the blog …
One of the most amazing things I do twice a year is work with the amazing folks at Judge Business School at Cambridge University. On my last visit our former Deputy Chair LtCol Brandie Jeffries joined us and we had the opportunity to do this podcast with Dr Neil Stott discussing social innovation. Thank you …
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