Category Archives: Information

Trust in Leadership

By | September 23, 2015

[September 23, 2015]  A recent Gallup poll in the United States found that almost half say that government is an “immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens.”1  While the polling data only goes back to 2003 when the question was first asked, it’s no new revelation.  I’ve also written about the decline in the trust… Read More »

On Being Pleasant

By | September 22, 2015

[September 22, 2015]  This past weekend I was giving advice to teenagers who wanted to attend West Point Military Academy and become a U.S. Army officer.  All five of them are 15 years old and attend public high schools here in New York City.  They surprised me because I’m rarely asked about military life any more by young… Read More »

Building Alliances

By | September 13, 2015

[September 13, 2015]  Most of us are very familiar with the story of General Armstrong Custer and how he was killed after the U.S. Civil War at the Battle of Little Bighorn.  But what many people don’t realize is that he graduated last in his class at West Point.  In part this explains the fact that his meteoric… Read More »

Morale is Everything

By | September 10, 2015

[September 10, 2015]  In the history of warfare there are many examples that show that a large, heavily armed military force was defeated by a small, under-resourced opponent.  The difference has always been the level of morale in the force that won on the battlefield.  This can be applied to all organizations and that is why leaders focus… Read More »

How Do You Improve Citizenship?

By | September 9, 2015

[September 9, 2015]  The great debate over the mass refugee movement from the Middle East into Europe and general immigration into the United States rests on one’s perception of good citizenship.  Few people would oppose immigration if those coming into their country became contributing citizens.  The more important question before our leaders is how do you improve citizenship?… Read More »