[November 17, 2014] Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller, United States Marine Corps, was one of the most decorated members in the U.S. military. Both his leadership and exceptional bravery stand without question, having been awarded five Navy Crosses – only two people hold that distinction. He saw combat in Haiti, World War II (Pacific Theater), and Korea. If there… Read More »
[November 14, 2014] Simple philosophical questions that go to the heart of societal needs are often difficult to answer. Difficult to answer, not because we cannot intuit the answer, but because we struggle to explain it in plain and simple terms. Do we need the U.S. Army? I believe the reason the United States needs its Army is… Read More »
[November 13, 2014] What does British criticism of the way World War I was being conducted early in the war and the decision of the United States to entire the conflict have in common? From the perspective of strategy, the entrance of the United States into the war was important. But more important for the U.S., were the… Read More »
[November 12, 2014] People say stupid things and that is to be expected. Who hasn’t said something they regret? When leaders say things that are “stupid”; morally wrong, disrespectful, or intellectually irrelevant, they need to immediately make things right. Today, I’m only showing some of the more failures since they stand out so much. Some are entertaining, some… Read More »
[November 09, 2014] The significance of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall as symbolic of its end, is overlooked by most Westerners. Today is recognized as the 25th Anniversary of what is called “the fall of the Berlin Wall” and the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Actually today’s the day East… Read More »
[November 08, 2014] I can just see it now … those who’ve spent time as leaders are recalling the many times their words were misinterpreted. It seems that no matter how hard we may try, someone will get the wrong impression about what you say or write. I don’t know whether this is human nature or not but… Read More »
[November 07, 2014] In Part 1 of this post I wrote about the essential aspects of a basic leader; one who has not yet reached senior status of the most upper positions in leading people. Among the most important was to follow the Golden Rule by treating others with respect and through the use of conflict resolution. Senior… Read More »
[November 05, 2014] The U.S. mid-term elections for 2014 are complete. Today you will see experts providing insights into why the Republican Party did so well and conversely why the Democrat Party performed so poorly. They will tell you the election was about the rejection of Congressional gridlock, Obamacare, overspending, and immigration. Respectfully, I disagree. While these were… Read More »
[November 04, 2014] When General Dwight D. Eisenhower was promoted to the flag rank of Brigadier General (the first rank after Colonel), he noted that the decisions he was required to make were of a different nature. Different, not because his decisions were now more important. He discovered to be a better leader he had to also stop… Read More »
[November 02, 2014] Early lessons in leadership begin when we are children. That’s right … learning leadership skills begins early and develops over the course of our lives. For those of us who manage to stay “in the game” of leadership, we continue to improve on those skills as we age; getting better each time we learn something… Read More »