John Baldoni interviewed me recently regarding the acceptance of my leadership model called Adaptive Leader Methodology (ALM) by the U.S. Army (ALM is outlined in Chapter 3 of my book Raising the Bar as Adaptive Course Model ACM (U.S. Army did not like that name)). John is a friend and a leadership consultant, coach, and speaker. [...]
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Posted in Adaptability, Boyd, How to develop adaptability, Leadership, Learning Organizations, tagged adaptive leader methodology, Add new tag, Army, Army training, military education, professional education, Recruiting on July 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I received great and numerous responses from my “Culture of Incompetence” posting. So, I will use it as an excuse to post the first announcement for my next book Military Recruiting: Finding and Preparing Future Soldiers (hit this link to get an overview). Military Recruiting: Finding and Preparing Soldiersis due out in late October. I told Praeger [...]
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Posted in Adaptability, Boyd, How to develop adaptability, Learning Organizations, tagged developing leaders for 4th generation warfare, free play force on force exercises, Manuever Warfare, Military education system, non-commissioned officer professional education system, officer professional military education, Tactical Decision Games on July 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Along with BG (ret.) James Warner, I was invited by Dr. Patrick Cronin of the Institute for National Strategic Studies of the National Defense University to speak at a round table called “Building Adaptive Leaders.”
Here is a transcript of what I talked about (BG Warner focused on the operational and strategic levels of development, and [...]
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I am a very blessed individual.
Why?
Well, I get to teach a course using the Civil War as a foundation to teach leadership at a place I love, for a university I admire (Georgetown), around some fantastic students who are our potential leaders in the political, government, non-profit and corporate world, and I get paid for it.
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Posted in Adaptability, Boyd, How to develop adaptability, Leadership, Learning Organizations, tagged Add new tag, COL John Boyd, Ethics, Great teachers, Integrity, Strength of Character, Truth always hurts on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We all think of Socrates when we ask what makes a great teacher.
A great teacher is a leader, a mentor, someone who encourages life-long learning. A teacher’s objective is to make their students better than they are. A teacher does not have an ego, but has pride in putting out the best students, but pride [...]
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Posted in Adaptability, How to develop adaptability, Learning Organizations, tagged How to teach, free play force on force exercises, Raising the Bar, Developing Adaptability, Adaptive Leaders Course, Adaptive Leaders Methodology, Tactical Decision Games, 360 Degree Assessments, Mentoring on June 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I just spent the last four weeks at various locations presenting my “Deciding Under Pressure and Fast” workshop on how to teach adaptability and create learning organizations. A common question, a subtle point of resistance, is always “We agree with what you are putting us through. It is better than what we do now, but we [...]
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My continuing strand from my post in May on where are our leaders of character?
I have spent my professional life studying adaptive behavior–how changes in ones environment lead to changes in the way leaders and subordinates/followers act, particularly in War. Recently, my studies reach out into the impacts of cultures on adaptability. Our society grows [...]
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Posted in Boyd, How to develop adaptability, Leadership, tagged leader development, Add new tag, John Boyd, character education, moral courage, Leader education, Dr. David Abshire, Major General George McClellan, Courtney Massingale, Once an Eagle on May 15, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Continuing to answer the questions regarding Strength of character from my previous post.
First, another aspect which defines strength of character: It is when a person does the right thing when not being seen by others.
But one of my favorite quotes regarding character is by Theodore Roosevelt in Paris in 1910:
“It is not the critic who [...]
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Posted in Boyd, How to develop adaptability, Leadership, tagged Leadership, John Boyd, character education, selfless service, selfish service, honor, moral courage on May 8, 2008 | 7 Comments »
We learn by doing, by watching, by experimenting, and finally by some type of reflection or reinforcement. Then what happens when the senior leaders (military, corporate and political) set a bad example especially when our society, our culture define them as successful?
Now, believe me this is not a political blog. My blog deals with leadership [...]
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I was very fortunate to visit the United States Military Academy at West Point NY April 15-18. I was invited by COL Sean Hannah, who is the Director of the new Army Center of Excellence for Professional Military Ethics. The visit went very well.
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