6 WAYS TO BE A MORE COURAGEOUS LEADER by Brad Lomenick

View Original 1. Set scary standards. Your level of excellence and expectation for your product, service, or experience should be something that is nearly unattainable... 2. Allow for failure. The road to success is many times paved through multiple failures.... 3. Make decisions. Leaders are decision makers, and must do it constantly. 4. Reward innovation. …

Army general: We need to figure out who we are and what we Americans really want: By Brig. Gen. Kim Field

DeM Banter:  an article passed to me by a friend...I think we both liked the article initially, but the more I read it, the more I have to ask... and?.... What are we going to do about it?  I guess.... I am still Wondering Where The Lions Are? ricks.foreignpolicy.com / Thomas E. Ricks / view original As a …

Air Force Sidelines 17 ICBM Officers By Robert Burns

DeM Banter: so many issues with this and when combined with several other issues hitting the press as of late...now blend in the sequester...wow...we get to some hard hitting strategic problems quickly. Yahoo.com May 8, 2013 AP Exclusive Associated Press WASHINGTON-- The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control -- …