General Leadership

AUGUST 6, 2014

'Join us tonight – LIVE — at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific) on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 & the David Webb Show ! Tonight we will be debuting “The 12 Talents” with the first in a new series which will take us through this year. Join us on the air by calling into the show at 866-957-2874. You can also follow along on Twitter @GenLeadBlog and @davidwebbshow with hashtags: # GeneralLeadership #12Talents.

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JULY 21, 2014

'“Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.”. Winston Churchill. Richard Branson’s first business venture was a mail-order company started with funding accumulated by handing out leaflets outside of concerts. A 15-year old Bill Gates ditched school in Seattle to develop a traffic-measurement program called Traf-O-Data, netting $20k for himself and fellow student, Paul Allen.

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JULY 11, 2014

'“ Resilience is not a commodity you are born with, waiting silently on tap. It is self-manufactured painstakingly over time by working through your problems and never giving up, even in the face of difficulty or failure.”. Lori Myers. More than two million people died, four million were displaced and thousands fled civil war. However, through faith and perseverance, one “lost boy”, who later grew to become an American Airman, returned home healthier and happier than ever before.

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JUNE 20, 2014

'“Teamwork makes the. dream work.”. Bang Gae. Every so often we have a grand idea, or dream of doing something bigger than our selves. Just the thought of it generates a chain of “What if…?”. We are even inspired by the image of what that dream looks like at its fulfillment. But for some reason(s), many of us don’t pursue our dreams. In May of 1831, a German engineer by the name of John Augustus Roebling immigrated from Prussia to the United States of America.

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JUNE 13, 2014

'“The person who sends out positive thoughts activates the world around him positively and draws back to himself positive results.”. Norman Vincent Peale. A positive attitude is contagious! Do you believe that? I certainly do as I’ve seen it in action throughout my life. So we arrive at our fifth stop on our journey through SERVANT leadership. As a leader, it is amazing the impact you can have on your organization with your attitude; either positive or negative, you set the tone.

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General Leadership

AUGUST 11, 2014

'Today Brigadier General John E. Michel relinquished command of his team in Afghanistan after over a year of amazing successes and honorable command-service. The following is the final “Soundbite” he shared with his team, the last in a series of 52 he crafted each week for the members of his command. As all of you have likely heard me say since my arrival, human beings are moved by stories.

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JULY 25, 2014

'“Never be so busy as not to think of others.”. Mother Teresa. One late spring morning, in a third grade classroom in a quiet, Midwestern town, a nine-year-old boy named Danny was sitting quietly at his desk. All of a sudden, a small puddle begins to appear between his feet. He struggles to imagine how this has happened, as he tries to hide the fact that his pants are wet.

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General Leadership

MAY 7, 2014

'The Silent Power Behind Emotional Intelligence. “The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain.” Daniel Goleman. If our skills, competencies and judgment get us our leadership roles – it’s our Emotional Quotient (EQ), or Emotional Intelligence , that keeps us there and propels us forward into greater leadership scope, work footprint, scale and reach.

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General Leadership

OCTOBER 8, 2014

'An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual. Robert Baden-Powell. The cold hard reality of being a leader is we all have either a physical or organizational shelf-life. This realization, no matter how difficult or painful to grasp, need not be a fatalistic view of your future, but instead the inspiration behind the desire to find the next-generation leader, capable and prepared to spring-board to organizational success from your mentorship and guiding han

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General Leadership

OCTOBER 31, 2014

'“When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.” Joe Paterno. We have all heard the homily “There is no “I” in “Team. ” As any sports coach knows, a team’s results overshadow the individual. You do have to have some top talent on a first class team, but any team is more than the sum of its parts.

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General Leadership

MARCH 16, 2014

'First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Epictetus. Picture the scene: In a remote part of Afghanistan, near the mountainous border with Pakistan, helicopters carrying dozens of elite Army Rangers race over the rugged landscape. Their target on this high-risk mission is an insurgent compound. It is broad daylight and the Rangers know the insurgents are heavily armed.

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General Leadership

AUGUST 1, 2014

'“I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.”. Maya Angelou. The great philosopher Aristotle once said, “You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” But courage is something more than a quality of the mind. It is, as I learned from my wife, primarily a condition of the heart.

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General Leadership

DECEMBER 5, 2014

'“Thunderbirds Check…. Two, Three, Four, Five, Six”. “Lets Run’em Up…”. “Smoke On – Ready…. Now”. “Smoke Off – Ready… Now” “Release Brakes – Ready…. Now”. With these simple commands, Thunderbird 1 initiates the roar of afterburners which thrust the Air Force Thunderbird demonstration team skyward. With high-G, high-speed, split-second accuracy and precision, the men and women of the USAF Thunderbirds leave spectators spellbound evertime.

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General Leadership

OCTOBER 22, 2014

'“Judge a man by his questions, …not by his answers.” Voltaire. 1. Do you know what you’re doing? 2. Do you know where you’re going? These are the two most important questions I ask when evaluating young leaders in my organization, or even when assessing my own leadership ability. I find answering these simple, deep-meaning questions tells me a lot about a leader’s impact and potential.

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General Leadership

JUNE 18, 2014

'This article was co-authored with Col Stricklin by Tanveer Naseer. The house is perfect. Yard meticulously manicured, walls freshly painted, window treatments perfectly hung…it is as you dreamed…just as you move out. For those who move often, it is a commonly understood idiom the house is always the way we want it just before we move out. As a leader, the same goes for developing a team.

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General Leadership

JULY 28, 2014

'“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it“. Thomas Jefferson. As a young fighter pilot, I metaphorically held two bags in my hand each time I took to the skies; a luck bag and an experience bag. As I found myself in difficult situations, I could pull wisdom from either bag to help extricate myself and be successful in my mission.

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

'“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.”. Bertrand Russell. In the year 1540, ten men with no capital and no business plan, but with relentless commitment, built what is today considered the most influential business of its kind. The founders (and those who would follow them) were so successful at everything they did they quickly became confidants and advisors to kings and emperors around the world.

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General Leadership

JUNE 9, 2014

'”Being’ and ‘doing’ are inseparable aspects of your presence and influence. -author unknown. I have the privilege each year of speaking to auditoriums full of aspiring young leaders, anxious to go out into the world and make their mark. They are looking for the “book”, the “roadmap” , the “words or wisdom” that will guide them to the things they need “TO-DO” next.

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General Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2014

'“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective…Are the things around you helping you toward success – or are they holding you back?”. Clement Stone. For thousands of years the eagle has served as the official seal of empires, leaders and strength. Fierce warriors have valiantly displayed the image of the eagle on their shields, on their banners, and on their uniforms.

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General Leadership

AUGUST 15, 2014

'“There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.”. Orison Swett Marsden. One of my favorite old stories tells about three soldiers who trudged down a road in a strange country. Returning from many years at war, they were tired, hungry and homesick. In fact, they had not slept or eaten for two days. “How I would like a good dinner tonight,” said the first.

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General Leadership

JUNE 27, 2014

'“It is a dangerous position to be in when you can’t see, can’t hear and won’t listen…”. Stella Payton. As a lifelong military aviator, I’ve been afforded the opportunity to fly a host of jet aircraft. However, regardless of how different the airframes may have been, one item has always been constant. We pilot types call it the Dash-1.

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General Leadership

MARCH 2, 2014

'“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” John F. Kennedy. You can learn almost as much about leadership from losers as you can from heroes. After 26 years of service with the Air Force , I have seen my share of both. I have had the honor of serving with superior commanders whom I would follow through the gates of Hell and the misfortune to suffer losers who stumbled blindly into a leadership position.

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General Leadership

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

'“It is very important to understand that emotional intelligence is not the opposite of intelligence, it is not the triumph of heart over head — it is the unique intersection of both.”. David Caruso. I remember the day I received the call. It had been a week or so since the interview. As an aspiring journeyman, I was anxiously awaiting my first official opportunity to move into the ranks of supervisor.

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General Leadership

AUGUST 6, 2014

'Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the future. Marilyn Fergusen. Leadership matters! Most people at least implicitly understand this concept and people that have studied and practiced leadership understand this concept at a deeper level. As an example, General Stanley McChrystal’s main takeaway from 34 years of service in the United States Army as a commander and leader, as he describes in his book, “ My Share of the Task ” is that leadership matters.

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General Leadership

JULY 2, 2014

'Join us – LIVE Wednesday, 2 July – at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific) on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 & the David Webb Show ! We’re celebrating together in advance of the Independence Day holiday with a special “Patriotism” themed broadcast. Join us on the air by calling into the show at 866-957-2874. You can also follow along on Twitter @GenLeadBlog and @davidwebbshow with hashtags: #GeneralLeadership #Patriotism.

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JULY 18, 2014

'“Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.”. Rosabeth Moss Kanter. “Houston, we have a problem!”. These five words, originally spoken over forty years ago by astronaut Jack Swigert of Apollo 13 on April 14, 1970, immediately captured the attention of citizens the world over. The warning to the Houston Space Center of a major technical fault in the electrical system of one of the spacecraft’s oxygen tanks certainly caused well founded concern.

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General Leadership

MARCH 23, 2014

'“I am not concerned that you have fallen; I am concerned that you arise.”. Abraham Lincoln. “99% of excuses come from people who make excuses”. George Washington. Does anybody send cards to the President on President’s Day? It’s probably not a lucrative business model for Hallmark or American Greetings, as there would only be a handful of recipients available…but it’s worth a thought!

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AUGUST 8, 2014

'“Everything that is done in the world is done by hope.” Martin Luther. Imagine a tuxedo-clad butler coming toward you where you are seated at a large, elegant table decorated with priceless crystal and beautiful china. He sets before you a silver tray, its gleaming cover as reflective as a mirror. A gift to you from the master of the house, he states with a crisp English accent.

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JULY 23, 2014

' GeneralLeadership enjoys the opportunity to highlight leaders who our readers believe provide excellent examples worth taking note of. Through our LeaderView™ Leadership Profile series, we reach out to identified candidates and ask for their insights as to what makes them tick as a leader. In our latest LeaderView™ Leadership Profile, we caught up with Ronald R.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

'“Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.” Aristotle. Few leaders it seems, especially those serving in politics, are able to live up to the lofty ideal of being considered a stalwart of character and integrity. However, Abraham Lincoln most certainly qualifies as one such man. Most people are aware of Lincoln’s numerous failures before he became president as the stories are widely circulated: Failed romantic relationships, failed business ventures,

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General Leadership

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

'My destination: Maunawili Falls. “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”. Abraham Lincoln. Hiking in Hawaii is one of the joys of living here. There are hundreds of miles of trails leading to natural beauty unique to the Islands of Aloha, but despite the fact we’re on an island, it’s surprisingly easy to get lost.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

'“Eureka – I have found it!” Archimedes. A renaissance person or polymath is a one who is skilled in multiple fields or multiple disciplines, and who has a broad base of knowledge. In short a multi-dimensional person. I have always admired those renaissance people who were accomplished at many tasks, those with an hidden skill such as music, painting, poetry, or cabinet making.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

'Leaders of character shine! “Learn from others’ mistakes, you don’t have time to make the all yourself” GK Chesterton. From the time we’re very young we’re presented with a list of “don’ts” to set boundaries. To be sure young people get the lion’s’ share of the boundary setting, but every society and organization has its list of what you can’t do.

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General Leadership

OCTOBER 15, 2014

'As leaders, we are charged with guiding our organizations to success. Whatever that mark of success may be be, it most definitely involves positive change. To be successful, we must question everything and never allow the mindset… Because That’s The Way It’s Always Been Around Here. The best way to explain this to any organization is to present the gorilla experiment.

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JULY 9, 2014

'Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself. J. Howes. I remember as a child growing up, each weekend my family and I would listen to the radio as we drove down Route 301 to my grandparent’s home in Virginia. Every week, we would listen to American Top 40 Countdown with Casey Kasum.

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General Leadership

APRIL 2, 2014

'Join us – LIVE Wednesday, 2 April – at 9pm Eastern (6pm Pacific) on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 & the David Webb Show ! This is our 10th installment of the “ 12 Virtues of Leadership ” series and tonight we feature the virtue of “ Grace.” Join us on the air by calling into the show at 866-957-2874. You can also follow along on Twitter @GenLeadBlog and @davidwebbshow with hashtags: #GeneralLeadership #Grace.

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JULY 17, 2014

'“Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.” With this in mind, I challenge you to ask yourself the following questions about your leadership: “What type of seeds am I planting as a leader?

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