SAT Scores Make The Leader! What….are you kidding me? DeMarco Banter…

This has been an ongoing discussion in our country for some time now, and it continues to be a debate at work as well. In the military, our goal is to produce leaders for America.  Not academics, not test takers, not “hoop jumpers”, but leaders. The USAF Officer Training School (OTS) and Reserve Officer Training …

AMERICAN POWER IN THE 21ST CENTURY WILL BE DEFINED BY THE ‘RISE OF THE REST’ By Joseph S. Nye Jr.

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, …

Theme Song Leadership, What’s Yours? DeMarco Banter…

If Harvard's Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr., can offer a course in Leadership in Literature to the school’s MBA students--I propose there is value in the concept of leadership through theme songs.  In recent years, Badaracco has also led discussions about serious literary fiction with executives at Harvard's Business School.  Badaracco uses literature to provide his students with …