DeMarco Banter: A book recommended by Neil Stott, of Cambridge University's Judge Business School...and now by The Economist....will need to pick it up, but it sounds as if any member of the US Federal Government should read as well... Strategy: A History. By Lawrence Freedman. Oxford University Press USA; 751 pages; $34.95. Buy from Amazon.com EVERYONE, it seems, is …
Report: Overhaul career tracks that feed general, admiral ranks By Andrew Tilghman
DeM Banter: IF this could work...and IF this were the only thing needed... would the culture of the DoD accept it? IF this could take hold... it is only a small drop in a massive bucket. A couple lines that are of concern..."unconventional warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan have “distorted” the skills of the U.S. …
Looking to the Future: Army 2020 By Lance M. Bacon
DeM Banter: I'm still looking for the ah-ha moment...where it all begins to make sense...anyone? Bueller? http://www.defensenews.com / View Original / October 22nd, 2013 Though the discussion was about building the Army that will exist beyond 2020, many attitudes and approaches were met with real-time frustrations from service members, foreign militaries and industry leaders. The goal is to go …
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10 Qualities Every Leader of The Future Needs to Have By Martin Zwilling
DeM Banter: Nice piece from Mr Zwilling....but I honestly worry sometimes about getting too "soft" in our approach to leading---that said, it would seem a leader could hit all the traits below and still be firm, decisive, and visionary... you think? http://www.entrepreneur.com/ View Original / October 29th, 2013 The reigning theory in business has long been that "alpha" leaders make …
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Our Fear of Al-Qaeda Hurts Us More Than Al-Qaeda Does By David Rohde
DeM Banter: How much is enough? We seem to be running headlong into a 1984-esqu dystopian society and what is shocking is there is not more of an outcry. We need a "roles and missions" conversation and a constitutional review. If we could be more transparent in how we discussed and how we illustrate success …
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Odierno: Developing Adaptive Leaders is Priority By Michelle Tan
DeM Banter: It seems that Gen Odierno and Gen Welsh get this...yet movement appears to be non-existant (perhaps it is different in the Army). The Army has unveiled a leader development strategy, a comprehensive effort led by Odierno to bring back into focus training and education in leadership... as well as launching leader development forums ...and the USAF? …
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Can the military learn from its mistakes? BY THOMAS E. RICKS,
DeM Banter: Not sure I agree with Ricks...there has been a good bit of introspect and study on just about everything over the past decade of war....except leadership...and on that topic all I can speak to is the USAF and corporatly we are at a place where we don't even feel we need a leadership …
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Spate of military misconduct cases worries Pentagon brass by David S. Cloud
DeM Banter: There is a standard... I know we don't like to talk about it but we need to... there are expectations of leaders...no matter what network TV says, the press, or anyone else... a comment like: “What I think is happening is that in a combat setting where you value competence, sometimes character got a …
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Trust in senior management ‘weak’, says CIPD: HR Magazine
DeM Banter: Reading about this more and more... and of course it appears to be reflected in the mainstream media as well. ...and then it hit me... am I senior leadership? I think so... and now I am just mad. So what what can we do about this to change it? Please ponder that today... …
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Anger Growing Among Allies on U.S. Spying By Alison Smale
DeM Banter: And the hits just keep coming... The USAF has core values.... Service, Excellence, and Integrity... I have always had my own... Honor, Respect, and Loyalty...and...Integrity has to be a baseline...Wonder what our nation's core values are? Something to ponder today... http://www.nytimes.com / View Original / October 23rd, 2013 BERLIN — The diplomatic fallout from the documents harvested …
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