Category Archives: Information

[February 26, 2014]  The Secretary of Defense (SecDef) announced yesterday that the U.S. military would be cut significantly over the next three years; more aggressively than previously envisioned.  While there are a number of vocal critics of “slashing” the military, the real question is: “What is our national and military strategy?”  The lethality of our military, and thus… Read More »

[February 25, 2014]  The declaration of a “war on drugs” by the President Nixon administration in 1971 was a continuation of U.S. government policy that had been in place, essentially since 1914.  The United Nations and many senior leaders in government across the globe participated and are currently conducting policies that discourage illegal drug use.  Sadly, there has… Read More »

[February 23, 2014]  Protesters seeking “greater freedoms” are involved violent protests in both the countries of the Ukraine and Venezuela.  The socialist leadership of these two very different nations are trying to move their people in an anti-Western direction.  While both are unique in their origins and cultures, there are some common themes in both these movements.  The… Read More »

[February 22, 2014]  Newly-elected New York City Major Bill de Blasio is neither a hero nor is he a real leader.  Yesterday I wrote about a real hero and leader of the Korean War.  In comparison, I am saying the NYC mayor is no hero and certainly lacks leader qualities?  Heroes do heroic things that greatly help their… Read More »

[February 21, 2014]  Paik, Sun Yup (백선엽) is a leader and true hero in all senses of the word.  The Korean War is known in America as the “forgotten war” because most simply do not know about it.  Sadly this is also true across the western world, not just in the United States.  There are many leadership lessons… Read More »

[February 20, 2014]  Rituals are a special part of daily life … a pattern of habits that allows us predictability.  Rituals can be defined as a stereotyped sequence of activities that are designed to achieve a desired (and predictable) goal.  Leaders need to be aware of them and encourage the good rituals.  Rituals can be simple things like… Read More »

[February 19, 2014]  I often get asked the question whether the growth of social media has had an effect on leadership.  In short, the answer is YES.  It has a great impact because the use of social media has changed the dynamics of communication.  Great communication is the cornerstone of executive leadership.  The ability to send a message… Read More »

[February 17, 2014]  Senior leadership is about providing a clear and compelling vision for the future, as well as how and with what to accomplish it.  Adolf Hitler had a vision of the future and while it was clear and compelling for many German citizens, it was far from acceptable to the rest of the world.  Hitler’s plan… Read More »

[February 16, 2014] Good leadership means building productive teams and organizations by ensuring the best and brightest leaders are ready for the job.  Leaders are a reflection of that organization and its senior executive leadership.  Yet, it appears that the U.S. has embarrassed itself over several recent nominations to ambassadorships1 (a senior leadership position).  The nominee to be… Read More »