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DeM Banter: Cant help but harken back to Thinking in Time by May and Neustadt... history is extremely useful when...decision-makers separate what is known about the situation from what is unclear and from what is merely presumed; to study the history of the issue, thereby putting it in perspective; to beware of easy historical analogies when current …
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SmallWarsJournal.com August 10, 2012 This Week At War In my Foreign Policy column, I explain why the U.S. should intervene in Syria. Hint: the reason is not about Syria. In a recent op-ed in the Washington Post, Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Joseph Lieberman argued for stepped-up U.S. intervention in Syria's civil war. They called for providing …
View Original / A year has passed since Congress passed and President Obama signed into law the Budget Control Act-the legislation mandating sequestration. Funding cuts that once seemed politically remote now loom large for leaders increasingly anxious about the impact $1.2 trillion in automatic budget reductions will have upon their respective districts and states. An estimated two …
View Original For 30 years, Jim Kouzes has asked leaders about their peak performances for "Leadership Challenge"--the book he and Barry Posner coauthored that has been called the best ever written on the subject. Fast Company talks to Kouzes about the essentials of leadership. When Jim Kouzes met Barry Posner in 1981, they were both …
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View Original / Fast Company Trust me. When's the last time you actually believed those words on the job? If your answer is a long time ago, you're not alone. In fact, many people instinctively recoil from those two words--especially when uttered by business leaders or professional colleagues. A sign of the times, perhaps, but there's …
Forbes.com / View Original DeM Banter: We can get upset, we can argue, we can pout, but in the end... this is the view of the USAF from several different sources. The good news... we have an incredible "greater good" leader at the helm...the bad news...there is a lot of work to do...and a good …
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blogs.hbr.org Who is the future leader? One who asks the right questions or one who provides the right answers? A shepherd or a catalyst? The one in the driver's seat or the navigator who sets the direction? Would a future leader be a financial architect, a social architect, or the green architect? The dark clouds …
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You can't react and create at the same time -Jeff Goins I heard this comment several days ago on a podcast... I love a powerful quote and the good ones just stick with me and I find myself rolling it around in my brain for days...just like a sour apple Blow Pop (remember those?). I …
View Original / Fast Company DeM Banter: Keep Calm and Carry On... note to self... Before people bond with you, they will want to know you are dependable and predictable; calmness contributes to those perceptions, and agitation and stress send the opposite message. Staying calm is also critically important in providing opportunities for risk taking. …
TheDailyBeast.com August 4, 2012 President Obama's strategy in Libya helped depose Qaddafi in short order. But P.J. Crowley says the same tactics won't work in Syria--and the crisis will only get worse. The resignation of Kofi Annan, the U.N. and Arab League special envoy for Syria, made official what was long ago apparent. His six-point …
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