[September 22, 2016] Growing up in the Deep South of the United States several decades ago, grade school was where you learned the basics; reading, writing, and arithmetic. You also learned “civics” and gained knowledge about how American government functions. One lesson from my fourth grade teacher, Mrs. Louise McDermott was the importance of U.S. President Lincoln’s issuing… Read More »
[September 21, 2016] Senior leadership is distinguishable from leadership at lower levels in a number of fundamental ways. As “Captain of the Ship” a senior leader is morally bound to steer in seas of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. Much space here at theLeaderMaker.com has been given for characteristics that make up that senior leader. I’ve said many… Read More »
[September 20, 2016] Socialism is a system of government and economics that has historically been associated with totalitarianism and with the deaths of tens of millions of people. Logic and historical fact however is not how those enthralled with the theoretical foundation of socialism argue for its benefits. David Horowitz is opposed to it because those adhering to… Read More »
[September 19, 2016] In my entire lifetime there are two books I’ve read more than any other, read more intensively, valued more, and beholden to the wisdom from them. They are the Holy Bible and Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. To some these two books would seem to be a contradiction; one of peace, one of war. … Read More »
[September 18, 2016] I remember as a little boy my grandmother recounting stories of her parents and their memories of the “yellow journalism” of days long ago. Her oft repeated lesson to me – taught to her by her parents – was to never believe anything you read in the newspaper or hear on the radio (later TV). … Read More »
[September 17, 2016] If there is one subject senior leaders lose sleep over, it’s the establishment and clarification of their authority to carry out their organization’s mission. General George Washington struggled with the federal Congress over this very issue and it haunted him during the entire Revolutionary War. It wasn’t until the U.S. Constitution was signed on this… Read More »
[September 16, 2016] It was ten years ago, almost to the day, that was one of the most difficult days I had during combat in Iraq but was also the day of a memorial service for a National Guard Engineer soldier from Iowa killed in action. We held no funeral there; all were in the U.S. hometown of… Read More »
[September 15, 2016] … or both! Cleaning up my attic of old cassette tapes made me pause as the memories of the 1980s came roaring back. For those who remember, the same can be said for that era’s television commercials from Crazy Eddie; “His prices are insa-a-a-a-ane!” Flashback … for a classic example of one of his ads,… Read More »
[September 14, 2016] My graduating class of the U.S. Infantry School in 1983 produced an exceptional group of officers. When 9/11 occurred nearly all of us were colonels and had considerable command experience; fully ready for whatever the national called upon us to do. But the one thing that our schooling failed to prepare us for was the… Read More »
By guest blogger Kate Simpson [See Biography] [September 13, 2016] A lot of focus has been put on productivity, no matter which industry you belong to. This is due to the fact that the world is not just pacing fast, it’s doing business at lightning speed, which requires you to develop organizational strategies superior to others. As a… Read More »