Winslow is another leader of our nation. He is hard hitting, intelligent and a leader that cares a lot about the declining condition of our nation. Importantly, he also provides solutions to the problems he points out. I am blessed to be his friend and to learn from him over the years. I first met him when [...]
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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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The following short essay is from my good friend and mentor Mr. Chuck Spinney. One of the greatest people this country has produced. He has the absolute strength of character and moral courage every leader should strive for. Chuck talks about strategy and politics, or how we keep getting our strategy wrong, despite a capital [...]
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Posted in Adaptability, Boyd, Leadership, tagged America's dependence on foreign oil, Andrew Bacevich, Chet Richards, Chuck Spinney, Grand Strategy, John Boyd, Leaders of Character, Nation building without end, Oil Addiction on July 17, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I know Andrew Bacevich. He is a great soldier, gave me an extensive interview for my book, Path to Victory when I was writing it. I also knew a couple of his former troop commanders (he commanded the 11th ACR during and after the First Gulf War). He also lost his son in Iraq two [...]
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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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I am proud to say that Bill Lind is a close friend of mine. This is one of his best columns, because it provides a great example of how one side in war gains a moral victory. John Boyd stated that the moral side of war is the strongest. In the following passage, Bill points [...]
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My Father used to tell me, “do every job well, or not at all.” He also lamented on me with, “Once you start something, don’t quit. You don’t have to be the star, just do the best you can and don’t quit until it is over.”
What happened to our culture’s embodied values that included doing all [...]
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You may wonder how my comments about our poor strategic leaders and the crisis in resources plays into grand strategy, but how we deal with the unprecedented ramp up in the cost of this most basic of commodities (as close to a tax on breathing as is humanly possible) will affect Boyd’s four elements of grand strategy:
Improve [...]
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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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This is an outstanding article by my friend LTC Bob Bateman. Bob also gave me my first book opportunity, by printing my chapter “Culture Wars” in his book Digital Wars: View from the Frontline (Presidio Press, 1999). Fortunately for the Army, Bob is a strategist in the Pentagon. Bob’s point is that we need to [...]
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