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DeM Banter: Not sure I agree with Ricks...there has been a good bit of introspect and study on just about everything over the past decade of war....except leadership...and on that topic all I can speak to is the USAF and corporatly we are at a place where we don't even feel we need a leadership …
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DeM Banter: There is a standard... I know we don't like to talk about it but we need to... there are expectations of leaders...no matter what network TV says, the press, or anyone else... a comment like: “What I think is happening is that in a combat setting where you value competence, sometimes character got a …
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DeM Banter: And the hits just keep coming... The USAF has core values.... Service, Excellence, and Integrity... I have always had my own... Honor, Respect, and Loyalty...and...Integrity has to be a baseline...Wonder what our nation's core values are? Something to ponder today... http://www.nytimes.com / View Original / October 23rd, 2013 BERLIN — The diplomatic fallout from the documents harvested …
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DeM Banter: Interesting take on what appears to be a very real trait in what we have come to call "foreign policy." Honestly...who would not take advantage of the crisis of leadership in DC. We are on the world stage and not for the greatness of our system, but for the folly. Interesting times to …
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"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost." — Arthur Ashe One thing I have noticed over the years, is that we all have this sort of funky relationship with the word "hero." It probably came up …
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DeM Banter: Is this a leadership issue? A cultural issue? A training issue? A selection of senior leadership issue? All of the above? Or simply just someone (one of many as of late) that messed up? Alcohol on a TDY, I doubt he simply "turned it up" on night and got busted. Thoughts? View Original: …
DeM Banter: Crisis of leadership...vision...AND strategy...wonder what we will remember of this era 20 years from now....assuming we get better, and we don't remember these days as the GOOD 'ol day... View Original: Four Budget Practices That Are Destroying America's Defenses (Forbes) 15 Oct 13 … The United States has spent trillions of dollars since …
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View Original / theweek.comDeM Banter: It's always a good thing to ponder out rituals and how to get more out of them...and who better to learn from? Want to get stuff done? Try these productivity tips from some of the most influential minds in history, as compiled by Mason Curry in Daily Rituals: How Artists Work.1. Like many of us, …
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DeM Banter: I always find it fascinating what the civilian world thinks of the military and what the military thinks of the civilian world... View Original / Forbes.com As part of a long-term research project examining the guiding tenets of creative leadership, Doug Guthrie and I have interviewed dozens of leaders of creative businesses. Many of these …
DeM Banter: Sure could have used this one yesterday...really curious how this will filter down and what the 3rd and 4th order effects will be. Totally applaud the effort...but not sure it will survive first contact with any general officer outside the CSAF's staff--but then again... I tend be wrong....a lot.... AirForceTimes.com September 17, 2013 …
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