Change is hard. Cultural change in a large, complex organization, like the U.S. military, is incredibly hard....
Tom Galvin
Tom Galvin is Associate Professor of Resource Management in the Department of Command Leadership and Management as well as the leadership and management instructor for the Carlisle Scholars Program at the United States Army War College. He is the author of the monograph Leading Change in Military Organizations and companion Experiential Activity Book.
George Orwell is credited with the quote "Football is war minus the shooting." He's not alone in...
Plan, Program, Budget and Execute - repeat. It's the strategic planning process for allocating resources in the...
Lou Yuengert and Tom Galvin are back in the studio for another episode of "How Should the...
Tom Galvin is back in the studio for another episode of "How Should the Army Run?" He's...
In 1997, the U.S. Army War College produced the first edition of How the Army Runs (HTAR),...
It has been recognized since antiquity that victory in war often goes to those who best organize...
Shot lines, dental status, weapons qualification, stoplight charts, DRRS - all useful tools in assessing the readiness...
What is readiness? The state of being fully prepared for something? But what is that something? And...
Leaders affect change at the individual, unit, and enterprise levels both in response to the external environment...
[Kotter’s] first step is to establish a sense of urgency. … But then the question I ask...
In the face of so much change in the private sector, continued adherence to formal structures in...
We invite you, our WAR ROOM readers, to join in the conversation and add to the Whiteboard....
In an organization in which … ‘manageR’ is an insult, it is not easy to convince people...
Sadly, historical events seem to require a round number of years to draw attention from the public,...
Greatness … should be judged by some combination of leaders’ political impact; strategic, operational, or tactical brilliance;...
Remembering the past is hard, not just because memories fade but because capturing the past in a...
Success stories [IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION] do exist. The formation of the U.S. Army’s African Command (AFRICOM) was...
We need to encourage all officers to engage more directly in the generation of expert knowledge, and...