Image via Wikipedia I am naturally skeptical about charismatic leaders, but I have seen its power in action. Just before GEN Petraeus left our college to take command in Iraq he gathered faculty and students in our large auditorium, which seats 2500. He spoke in a very relaxed manner, hardly the tone you might expect […]
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Reflecting on self-directed leadership in a military college environment (an action research approach)
Image via Wikipedia The purpose of this assignment is reflect upon my learning through this course and to describe what I am doing to provide for the development of leadership capabilities in those who look to me for direction and guidance. My professional work centers on preparing Army organizational leaders for a world of complexity […]
A reflection on Hunt’s “Leadership: A new synthesis” (1996)
Image via Wikipedia remember that Hunt is writing his synthesis in 1996, and he comes from the leadership discipline, not education or cognitive neuroscience. He is good when it comes to synthesizing existing literature, but his excursions into the future of “what-if” are not very convincing. There has been a lot of important work done […]
education, leadership, biodiversity and the limits of reason
Image via Wikipedia at the other end of the time scale from the doctoral programs, i think the right model to use is that of bio-diversity. It’s not “survival of the fittest” in the wild, it is extinction of the unfit & toleration of the “good enough” which promotes a broad gene pool. A broad […]
A reflection on leading and managing a complex Participatory Action Research curriculum project
Image via Wikipedia 1. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to examine my current leadership skills. I will describe and reflect upon a recent curriculum project that I was in charge of at the US Army command and Gen. staff College. I will use a lens of the Bolman and Deal four Frameworks to evaluate […]
making your own way, following your dream
Image by Getty Images via Daylife http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/jobs/13boss.html?fta=y another story of brave women in business, making their own way, on their own terms. very cool, and…math! inspiring advice i’ve shared with my daughters Related articles by Zemanta Is the iPAD the future of magazine publishing? (matei.org) Flash Slideshow (socialactions.net) NYTimes.com: Polk award for anonymous video of […]
The power of family values and hard work
Image via Wikipedia No Road Map Necessary – http://nyti.ms/aR0cfu there are no one-size-fits-all blueprints only design goals and values and a commitment to live life forward. A wonder example and an inspiration of the infinite adaptability of life-in-action. This is evidence of the need for open socities and equal opportunity. Most importantly, to me, it […]
culture and climate
Image via Wikipedia I thought Hunt did an excellent job of synthesizing the literature on culture and climate in chapter 10. The difference between culture and climate as he articulated it, is a common frame of reference for the Army. We consider culture to be the deep-seated and slowly changing values and norms that we […]
The argument for organizational diversity
Image via Wikipedia the argument for diversity is that when the rate of change is too large to “control” and/or when your system is subject to environmental changes that are non-linear/disruptive, you cannot use a “most efficient” command and control system, because you find the world moving on without you and you have no slack […]
Leadership and baby turtles
Image via Wikipedia Here is a point I want to make about attribution bias and survivor bias, with respect to leadership theory. Attribution bias is when we assign causation to something incorrectly; Survivorship bias is examining the survivors of an event or an era, to discover what they have in common so as to reverse […]