DeM Banter: another great post from Mike Myatt, very much want to begin teaching our leaders the pros and cons of being (or not being) leaders. View Original / Forbes / Mike Myatt Everybody thinks they’re a leader – most are far from it. The harsh reality is that we live in a world awash …
Break All The Rules By Thomas L. Friedman
DeM Banter: agree or disagree with him...ya just gotta like Tom Friedman. Now is a great time to break the rules and we are at a place where we simply have to. Status quo in the US Government seems to be stalling...no? Innovation is in demand....now! As a good friend of mine said, just this …
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CENTCOM Commander Reportedly Being Pushed Out Of Post w/Bret Baier
DeM Banter: since we have been talking about bold leadership...I imagine this is too bold? Of course this might only be Tom Ricks' opinion...thoughts? FNC January 21, 2013 Special Report With Bret Baier (FNC), 6:00 PM BRET BAIER, FNC HOST: Back here at home, it appears one of the military’s top leaders is being forced …
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Vision and 9 Struggles: DeMarco Banter
Ever read a bunch of stuff and start connecting dots...and then step back and ponder... do those dots even really belong together? The Chief of Staff of the USAF, General Mark Welsh is a leader's leader...and his Vision for the USAF was released about a week ago. There is a lot of great stuff in …
Vision is Everything! DeMarco Banter
As we sit here and wrestle with budget cuts and the way forward... I have to fall back on the above statement... Vision is everything. Even with budget cuts or a change in mission... if the leader has a clear vision of where he/she is going... you can still get there...and your leaders will follow …
The Unaffordability Of The All-Volunteer Military By Walter Pincus
DeM Banter: interesting Mr Pincus quotes Arnold L. Punaro, chairman of the board, a former top staffer on the Senate Armed Services Committee as saying “The all-in cost of the all-volunteer force is one of the time-ticking bombs that could explode our defense capabilities if not dealt with responsibly.” Wouldn't the same apply to a …
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Value, Praise, and Rewards: DeMarco Banter
We spend a good bit of time in the office sorting through records. Records of accomplishment... sometimes these are HUGE accomplishments...sometimes they are life and death type accomplishments--and sometimes NOT. Sometimes we suffer from the "everybody gets a trophy" syndrome. How in the world did we get here? I am not an expert, but can …
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9 Loves and 7 Hates of Leadership: DeMarco Banter…
I came across a couple article over the past few days that I thought were most interesting... as they were polar opposites... sort of a love and hate type theme... The first was more football than anything else... it was from Brian Dodd on Leadership. Picked some of the highlights below... agree 100%! In the …
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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 …
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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 …
