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Time to Jump Ship? 6 Signs You Need to Leave Your Job by Cory Miller

forbes.com / view original Making the decision to change jobs or careers can be scary, especially in the current economy. But at times, it becomes necessary. You can be happy and fulfilled one day, but then circumstances and situations change and you’re left wondering why everything suddenly seems to suck. If you’re in this situation, …

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Tailspin or Stall? Challenges Face New USAF Chief But Money Not the Problem by Lawrence Korb

Co-written with Robert Ward Stories about the decline of the Air Force are flooding the media. For example, in AOL Defense Mackenzie Eaglen and Doug Birkey claim that the Air Force is "slowly going out of business" because of budget cuts and won't be able to modernize its fleet, maintain military supremacy or adapt to …

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Keeping The Faith: Can the military save on pay and benefits without breaking faith? By Kellie Lunney

DeM Banter: Probably too close to this to comment... Government Executive August 15, 2012 America’s military community has long felt disconnected from the civilian population it protects. In the latest survey from the nonprofit military support group Blue Star Families, 95 percent of respondents, who included service members, veterans, spouses and children, agreed with the …

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10 Habits of Remarkably Charismatic People by Jeff Haden

View Original / Inc.com DeM Banter: Lots to work on here...guess it is time to get started...and only the biggest geeks will get the photo...anyone know the original actor who played the role? Charisma isn't something you have. It's something you earn. Here's how. Some people instantly make us feel important. Some people instantly make …

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Conflict with China: What It Would Look Like, How to Avoid It: by James Dobbins

view original / thediplomat.com DeM Banter:  A more realistic view of "the Pivot?" Since the disappearance of the Soviet Union, China has become America’s default adversary, the power against which the United States measures itself militarily, at least when there is no more proximate enemy in sight. With America’s war in Iraq over and the one in Afghanistan winding …

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Hidden History: America’s Secret Drone War In Africa By David Axe

DeM Banter: Are we pondering the 2nd and 3rd order effects? There is good here...to be sure, but are we looking at the strategic implications of proliferation and the empowerment of robotic warfare? Perhaps we are... Danger Room (Wired.com) August 13, 2012 More secret bases. More and better unmanned warplanes. More frequent and deadly robotic …

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Leadership Lessons From The Geniuses Of Jazz by Frank J. Barrett,

view original / forbes.com DeM Banter:  Great stuff... knew there was a reason I loved jazz... Frank J. Barrett, a professor of management and global public policy at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif., is also a jazz pianist who has led his own trios and quartets and traveled with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra. In his …

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