DeM Banter: I know the name: Brig. Gen. John Michel but I am not sure we have ever met. Most impressive and hope this mindset permeates inside (and outside) of TRANSCOM. Will need to check out his book for sure... Washington Post April 18, 2013 Pg. B4 Brig. Gen. John Michel, an organizational change expert, …
Mentoring Priorities to Strategies and Leadership: DeMarco Banter
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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Pentagon Unveils Plan To Curtail Unethical Conduct By Senior Officers By Gordon Lubold
DeM Banter: But wait...there's more... I still struggle with this...is it really a "training" issue? Will "...forcing the Defense Department to expand training, emphasize ethics in military education and require a new way to assess the character of officers by their peers – and their subordinates," answer the issue? Or is this really two separate …
Conduct at Issue as Military Officers Face a New Review By THOM SHANKER
DeM Banter: Always interesting...but still wondering why we are not talking about "the system" of how we select said leader? Are we assuming the selection system is sound, but some of the people are bad? This system can produce stellar general officers like Gen Welsh and Gen Selva...so it can work, but can it be …
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Servant Leader: Have you answered your call? DeMarco Banter
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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10 Things Every Leader Should Challenge by Mike Myatt
forbes.com / Mike Myatt / view original DeM Banter: Another great article by Mike Myatt...click the above link to read the entire article. Just listed the 10 points below...really wish we had more leaders challenging the status quo...now more than ever. 1. Challenge The Foundation – Bad things happen when your foundation is shaky. If the core values, …
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What the Cuban missile crisis teaches us about facing down North Korea. By Michael Dobbs
DeM Banter: If we would only listen and learn from history... ForeignPolicy.com April 5, 2013 How To Stop A Nuclear War As he ponders how to respond to the military bluster of North Korea, President Obama is learning a lesson that was driven home to John F. Kennedy during the Cuban missile crisis: When it …
More Cuts Ahead For Pentagon, Hagel Says By Craig Whitlock
DeM Banter: Do we cut and then develop a strategy/plan or do we develop a strategy and then cut to meet it? Wondering Where the Lions Are...and...that's all I am going to say about that... Washington Post April 4, 2013 Pg. 1 Defense secretary warns that military must rein in soaring costs Defense Secretary Chuck …
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Priorities: How’s the Family? DeMarco Banter
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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America the Innovative? by Eamonn Fingleton
DeM Banter: Scary, but seems inevitable unless something changes sometime very soon. A professor of mine once said "America will not change until it has a death sentence." I wonder that that might look like... I also ponder...will we know when we are sentenced? I don't know...what do you think? nytimes.com / March 30th, 2013 / view original DUBLIN …
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