Society can give its young men almost any job and they’ll figure how to do it. They’ll suffer for it and die for it and watch their friends die for it, but in the end, it will get done. That only means that society should be careful about what it asks for.* When writing or publishing […]
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Seven Things I’ve Learned About Leadership from a Review of the New Petraeus Book*
(1) Get the big ideas right. (2) Communicate the big ideas. (3) Oversee the implementation of the big ideas. (4) Capture your best practices and lessons and cycle them back through the system to help refine your big ideas. (5) Don’t be afraid to disregard rank when someone exhibits characteristics you value, such as brains, […]
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