Strategic Resolutions (in three words or less): DeMarco Banter

Okay... I know... I'm about 2 weeks late on this one... but we have been talking about New Year's Resolutions amongst friends and I started to ponder the problems with said resolutions... it's not that they are too big... it's they are too small...let me introduce strategic resolutions. Strategic:  important in or essential to strategy. Resolution:  a resolve or determination By NO means …

An Army Of None Why the Pentagon is failing to keep its best and brightest. By Tim Kane

DeM Banter: not sure I'm buying it...it's all about the personnel system? Might not be seeing the forest for the trees...I fall back on DeM rhetoric, it all about leadership, vision, and strategy...everything rises and falls on leadership and this is a leadership problem at multiple levels for all branches. ForeignPolicy.com January 10, 2013 As …

Sequester and the fate of America’s national security by Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer (ret.)

View original DeM Banter: well, probably would have offered a different title...but other than that...spot on. Very much what we were driving toward at Stanford with Wondering Where The Lions Are. It's all about the strategy (or lack thereof). What will be the effects of “sequester” to our national security infrastructure now that it appears …

Loyalty: DeMarco Banter

"The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty."  -Zig Ziglar "Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence."  -Colin Powell Is loyalty important? Loyalty is faithfulness or a devotion to a person, country, group, or cause. (Philosophers disagree as to what things one …

Do You Lead with Passion? Why not? –DeMarco Banter

Passion (from the Ancient Greek verb πάσχω (paskho) meaning to suffer) is a term applied to a very strong feeling about a person or thing. Passion is an intense emotion compelling feeling, enthusiasm, or desire for something. I have heard many folks say leaders should NOT lead with emotion.  I think it is a bit of a fine line...but I prefer...we should be leading with …