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View Original / Inc.com / Jeff Haden DeM Banter: I have yet to read anything from Jef Haden that is NOT spot on... please search him out... great writer with big ideas! Forget vision, passion, and other B-school platitudes. Here are the nitty-gritty details on what makes leaders great. First he spoke about the importance …
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blogs.hbr.org / view original DeM Banter: Still a bit frustrated that we still don't seem to "get it," we still hang on to the ways of the not so distant past...but that too shall pass...we need to embrace and guide the future. When I say, "Social is and can be more than media," people resist. It's as …
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View Original DeM Banter: thanks Javie for sending the article...believe we need to examine ways to teach the craft of leadership in more intentional ways Doug Conant was the president and CEO of Campbell Soup Company from 2001 to 2011, reversing the firm’s precipitous decline in market value and employee engagement. Conant joined Campbell Soup …
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DeM Banter: ....profound....as Sgt Raab says..."This is uncomfortable, isn’t it? Then I guess we’d better start talking....." At War (NYTimes.com) September 27, 2012 Sometimes we think it’s better to linger in silence, hoping that our problems will go away. But when we don’t talk about our problems, they get worse. And we get worse, too …
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By J. William DeMarco Huge issue... so many of us think of leadership in terms of position... i.e. I am the manager.... I am the CEO... so I am a leader or positional leadership vice authentic leadership. Many others see leadership only in terms of action...you know these people... LOOK at me... I'M LEADING! Leadership …
DeM Banter: Wow... such powerful leadership lessons here....a leader with a mission, a vision, a message, and he is getting it out there. Good stuff and he is making Airmen around the world... proud to be Airmen again. Air Force Times October 1, 2012 Pg. 22 Cover story Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh III …
View Original / HBR DeM Banter: Welcome to the information or maybe the social age. Geospatial and cultural awareness, obvious in today's day and age...but so tough to train to and assign forces with said skills. There are still many senior leaders that don't understand and frankly don't care about the power of social media. …
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View Original / inc.com DeM Banter: sound like any one/place you know. We mostly hear about what great businesses do well. But there are lessons to be learned from the traits that keep many businesses from reaching their potential. Plenty has been written about the characteristics of highly successful businesses. We think it is worthwhile …
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BLUF: An Very Interesting Historical Note at the suggestion of Colonel Daniel Merry from Mr Mark Howell, 100 ARW Historian. The US Army Air Force (USAAF) began using Mellaha Field, Libya as a base in January 1943. It was used by the 376th Bombardment Group to fly B-24 bomb missions into Italy and Germany. On …
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Something I have believed in since day one... Everyone wants to succeed and everyone wants to contribute. Of course, I should caveat....the difference is the level of motivation and what motivates the individual. While working for a General Officer several years ago...we had a problem with an individual in the squadron. The General looked at …
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