[January 31, 2015] Most people who’ve worked for more than a few years have probably had the unfortunate experience of leaders who don’t really lead but display harmful leader traits. These traits will be destructive to individual workers and the organization as a whole. These are called counterfeit leaders and any organization with them had better check the… Read More »
[January 29, 2015] Who has grown up not reading about the famous battle at Thermopylae where a small Greek infantry force held a narrow coastal passage against a huge Persian army? Or, who has not been taught about the humankind’s first democracy in Greece? From the most ancient of times, Greece has provided great leadership and the recent… Read More »
[January 24, 2015] There’s a concept in sports, business, and the military that postulates that if your decision-making cycle is faster than your competitor, you can win. It’s called getting inside the decision cycle and it’s all about being a champion and winning. That may seem harsh … but failure is rarely a good option. My experience is… Read More »
[January 18, 2015] No one has a crystal ball that allows them to accurately predict the future. Yet, it’s still interesting to watch experts on television foretell what they think will happen next year about our economy, the job market, in sports, etc. I cannot predict any better than anyone else. However, like the experts, I can make… Read More »
[January 16, 2015] A family member of mine owns a dachshund-beagle mix, a smart and well behaved dog. I like the dog because he is friendly and easy to care for. He teaches the family more than we thought possible. But can leaders learn from a dog? Can they learn anything significant? Those may appear to be silly… Read More »
[January 15, 2015] When we think of the military, we think of leadership. But there are many of us that have begun to believe that the U.S. military, in particular the Army, has begun to outsource its leadership. Leadership in the military leadership is a fundamental attribute that cannot be removed without serious national security consequences. Outsourcing leadership… Read More »
[January 14, 2015] We hear a lot about heroes in everyday life in the United States. “All our soldiers are heroes,” one lady told me yesterday when I asked her she thought about her son being in the U.S. Army. Our police officers and firemen are also called heroes. But common use of the term has us now… Read More »
[January 12, 2015] A minor theme here in this blog has been the biased reporting of the various news media. When it occurs, the bias often distorts reporting on our military and police forces and as such is deep rooted, contrary to cultural norms, and purposeful. It also reflects poorly on our nation’s senior leaders because they sometimes… Read More »
[January 11, 2015] A good friend that I will call “John”, an admiral retired from the U.S. Navy about a year, tells me that looking back gives him a healthier perspective. As many do, he keeps in touch with his active military comrades. He tells me that if there is one thing that angered him, it was that… Read More »
[January 10, 2015] Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has stepped forward to become one of the world’s most important senior leaders. What he has been saying and doing is the epitome of real leadership at the highest level. El-Sisi is Muslim and yet works to unify both Christian and Muslims, and also to improve stability in the region. He… Read More »