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WHITEBOARD RESPONSE: DOES ‘BROADENING’ WORK?
Broadening experiences are essential to the development of Army leaders—both Officer and Enlisted Thanks ...
THE HALLOWEEN WHITEBOARD: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
It’s the Night of the Living Dead Generals! We’re changing things up a little ...
WHAT IT TAKES FOR COLONELS TO BE SUCCESSFUL (LEADER PERSPECTIVES)
A day in the Army where you don’t learn something new is a day ...
WHITEBOARD: DOES ‘BROADENING’ WORK?
The problem with broadening assignments is the persistent tension between the requirements of the ...
BALANCING BETWEEN CIVILIAN LIFE AND SERVICE IN THE NATIONAL GUARD
How do I stay true to two masters–the Army & Air Force, and also ...
HANNIBAL AND THE MARCH THROUGH THE ALPS (GREAT CAPTAINS)
His strategy was to strike directly at the heart of Rome … [he selected] ...
WHITEBOARD RESPONSE: IS THE US MILITARY TACTICALLY PROFICIENT, BUT STRATEGICALLY DEFICIENT? (2 OF 2)
maybe the grandiose version of strategy is overrated. A nation that muddles along may ...
WHITEBOARD RESPONSE: IS THE US MILITARY TACTICALLY PROFICIENT, BUT STRATEGICALLY DEFICIENT? (1 OF 2)
If strategy is what you do when you run out of money, our post ...
WILLIAM T. SHERMAN: THE FIRST ‘MODERN’ GENERAL (GREAT CAPTAINS)
He understands the psychology of war matters, and he is intent on trying to ...
THREE PIONEERS OF AIRPOWER — GREAT STRATEGISTS (EPISODE 5)
They saw airplanes … come into reality as weapon systems … and they became ...
WHITEBOARD: IS THE US MILITARY TACTICALLY PROFICIENT, BUT STRATEGICALLY DEFICIENT?
It is striking how much difficulty the United States has had converting its tactical ...
WHITEBOARD RESPONSE: SHOULD THE US MILITARY SECURE THE BORDER?
the problem at hand is one of enforcing laws rather than of imposing political ...
“WHAT GOT YOU HERE WON’T GET YOU THERE” — AND OTHER CAUTIONARY TALES FOR LEADERS
Stumbling block number one: You start to believe the hype. … Two: You somehow ...
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981 AT 70: WHAT INTEGRATION MEANS FOR TODAY’S MILITARY
We are better than we were, in that our communities [and individuals] are more ...
GRAHAM CLEARS THE DOORWAY
Perhaps the most significant example of the tension between federal obligations and state loyalties ...
EXECUTIVE ORDER 9981 AT 70: DESEGREGATING THE ARMED FORCES
We are at an all-time high of African-Americans serving at the three-star level, [including ...
WHITEBOARD: SHOULD THE US MILITARY SECURE THE BORDER?
when the “threat” along the border grows … to an intersection between transnational organized ...
WHITEBOARD RESPONSE: HOW WELL DOES THE ARMY DEVELOP STRATEGIC LEADERS?
U.S. Army strategic leaders must be ‘War Winners,’ not ‘War Managers.’ The responses to ...
WHEN THE MILITARY IS NOT IN CHARGE: DEFENSE SUPPORT TO CIVIL AUTHORITIES
We’re in a support role, and sometimes that’s a little bit challenges for folks ...
WHAT DOES ‘SUCCESS’ MEAN AS A STRATEGIC LEADER?
We tend to think about ‘strategic leaders’ as people who were successful…. But to ...