New York Times September 16, 2012 Pg. SR12 DeM Banter: could not agree more...it could not be more NOT about the video...was WWI really about Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria? "Study history , study history. In history lies all the secrets of statecraft." - Winston Churchill THE greatest mistake to be made right now, with our embassies under assault and crowds chanting anti-American …
U.S. Compound In Libya Was ‘Too Far Outside The Wire’ It’s time to drop the rhetoric, defend our interests By Col. Ken Allard
DeM Banter: more to ponder on a Saturday AM....love the quote "wishful thinking and political correctness sometimes trump tough lessons suggested by hard strategic choices and realpolitik." would have to offer...strategic choices do require something of a strategy...not just existing. Washington Times September 13, 2012 Pg. B4 Who is to blame when embassies are overrun …
A Leadership Paradox…
By J. William DeMarco We have been spending a large amount of time as of late...pondering what qualifies a person to be a leader? We are consulting with leadership coaches, RAND and other think tanks...and it is indeed interesting that this question is so hard to pin down with a solid answer. Can we predict …
Why We Must Rethink How We Lead the Millennials by Karl Moore
forbes.com / view original The class always went silent whenever I taught the classic IBM structured sales call. Students enjoyed learning about the professional side of sales, a revelation for many. However, one day during an executive course, a sales manager in his 30s put up his hand and said, “Professor Moore, we don’t do …
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It’s all about the Team!
It's all about the Team! By J. William DeMarco I have been lucky to work with some amazing teams. It's always a sad day when it is time to pack it up...move on and leave a powerful team, but in the military...we do that often. We talk a ton about Communication, Collaboration, and Creative Thinking...and …
A Leadership Job Description by Mike Myatt
forbes.com / view original / Mike Myatt DeM Banter: Always enjoy Mike Myatt's work... love the line: "Leadership is about giving credit not taking it, breaking down barriers not building them, destroying bureaucracies not creating them, bridging positional and philosophical gaps not setting boundaries, thinking big and acting bigger, being able to focus on short-term objectives without losing …
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Top 10 BIG Leadership Thoughts –DeMarco Banter
One of the greatest gifts I have ever received was from Senior Master Sergeant Andy Aupiu. On his retirement from the USAF he passed to me The Maxwell Leadership Bible. Doing some reading through Proverbs today.... I came across some Maxwellian concepts on powerful leaders and how they think...just thought I would share. 1) BIG: …
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Do jerks make better leaders? by Bob Staake
DeM Banter: I struggle with how long someone of such a nature can be effective...but there are the leaders mentioned below that have made the concept of being a jerk a leadership brand....so be it. These leaders would appear to be the exception, not the norm...but they do seem to get the press. Gen Patton …
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How Resilient Is Post-9/11 America? By Thom Shanker and Eric Schmitt
DeM Banter: There is so much more going on here...Schmitt starts off and it looks like we are going somewhere and we stop. So... I can only imagine this is to push or tease their new book, “Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against Al Qaeda.” If not...I am stuck thinking... and... why... …
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American Character Is at Stake by Nicholas Eberstadt
online.wsj.com / view original DeM Banter: Wow... nice article and very apolitical...facts are facts, no spin (please correct me if I am wrong). I used to encourage folks in the 100th to watch the History Channel 13 part series, the Story of Us...great series on how America became America...entitlements were not part of it. We …
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