[March 24, 2014] The world’s media is in full hype and speculation mode about MH 370’s whereabouts. One cannot watch a television show, listen to radio, or read a newspaper without Malaysia Flight 370 being front and center. But this is not as important as the outright leadership failure of the Malaysian government’s lack of keeping the investigation… Read More »
[March 24, 2014] Recently on this blog [link here], I wrote about the decline of the news media in America. The example I gave was the Wall Street Journal failing to report the facts on an “above the fold” photograph. Failure to report the most crucial facts is a serious leadership breakdown. It is true that we could… Read More »
[March 23, 2014] Warning to all my readers … there a few articles written about “hybrid” leadership, some of which are recycled ideas and others are poorly constructed concepts. What one will find typically, are leader traits dressed up to look different or something on male-female hybrid attributes. The former concept is no different than what has been written… Read More »
[March 21, 2014] It was interesting to get a short course on horseback packing, their care, and how to engage in a firefight while mounted. The U.S. Marine Corps conducts a hands-on training course at their Mountain Warfare Training Center on the military use of large animals in difficult terrain. Leadership means thinking beyond the obvious solutions and… Read More »
[March 19, 2014] I’ve written about news media credibility before to explain that there is an unfortunate trend where the media is losing much of their credibility by selective and misleading reporting. I discussed it in the context of bias reporting on the military but it extends far beyond the military. The failure of the news media senior… Read More »
[March 18, 2014] While Americans and the rest of the world are focused on the developments in the Ukraine and the mystery of Malaysia Airlines flight 370, there are important U.S. leadership matters regarding Venezuela that are being overshadowed. Attention to the slow disintegration of the socialist economy and on-going violence, in our own hemisphere, has more key… Read More »
[March 17, 2014] As leaders we need to be aware of the effects of our actions. I remember as a new Infantry Platoon Leader that to increase physical fitness scores, I provided an incentive for Soldiers to run faster than me (I gave them a day off). Yet, many Soldiers actually performed worse on their run times. Five… Read More »
[March 16, 2014] Earlier this week, the Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman accused the CIA of “spying” on the committee that she leads. The CIA accused her committee of unauthorized access to CIA computer systems to obtain classified information. At the heart of this unusual situation is the committee’s investigation of CIA interrogation techniques following the 9/11 terrorists attacks. … Read More »
[March 14, 2014] People want leadership and they are not getting what they want. At least they are not getting it from our senior leadership in Washington DC, either from the White House or from Congress. The citizenry is losing faith in our political elites of both parties. That’s the message from a number of political publications on… Read More »
[March 13, 2014] Earlier we wrote about the problems with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) and the problems its website was experiencing (link here) and the subsequent loss of trust and confidence in government due to multiple significant failures to get it right. This is a significant leadership issue that is not being fully… Read More »