Every Great Leader Has This Quality – Do You? By Mike Myatt,

View Original / Mike Myatt DeM Banter:  Courage... how often do you see it in leaders? Courage is a trait possessed by all great leaders. So much so, that leadership absent courage is nothing short of a farce. Let me be very clear – I’m not advocating for bravado, arrogance, or an overabundance of hubris, but …

Military Culture and its Implication for the Future Force by Peter J. Munson

smallwarsjournal.com / view original DeM Banter:  Great thought piece... with some stellar links to other powerful articles.  This is really the sort of stuff we need to be sifting through now...thoughts? For an organization facing a period of significant transition, during a time of continued resource advantage and undefined threat, coming on the heels of the traumatic …

John Wooden’s Leadership Lessons That Work On and Off the Court From HR

View Original / HR DeM Banter:  Have received several comments, praises and quotes from those that are great admirers of Coach Wooden and in light of HR's free offer below... had to post!  Editor's note: In the honor and memory of acclaimed NCAA basketball coach John Wooden, we are rerunning our article from fall 2009 …

“Papa” Hemingway’s Thoughts on Risk, Writing, and the Discipline of Chasing Dreams…DeMarco Banter

Been going through a Hemingway phase for about the past year or so...some great life and leadership lessons in his autobiography, biographies and stories... below is a few exerpts of Hemingway talking to his friend about going into writing and pursuing dreams… "Papa" (Hemingway's nickname) I wanted to ask you….I know it is hard for …

8 Qualities of Fearless Entrepreneurs by Jeff Haden

inc.com / view original / Jeff Haden DeM Banter: More from Jeff Haden... always good, always powerful...love this stuff...even more when we are talking about badasses...we really don't want too many, but believe I am safe in saying... we DO INDEED NEED MORE... You know the type: They do things other business owners only dream of doing--and usually …

Nehemiah And the Nine Lessons of Leadership from Catalyst: DeMarco Banter

Having just returned from Catalyst...an amazing Christian leadership conference where 13,000 leaders from across the United States and around the world converged on Atlanta—truly a revolution of ideas that challenged the process and encouraged all to think unconventionally...but, now I am forced to sit and ponder--what do I do with all that I have learned, …