Commentary
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Improving Army Recruitment by Word-of-Mouth Marketing
Posted on August 29, 2016 | No CommentsWhen the Secretary of the Army mentioned during a recent Association of the United States Army forum that the Army is not doing enough to connect with the American public, he wasn’t surprising anyone. In fact, Secretary Fanning elaborated, saying, […] -
Process Matters – Managing Expectations for Future CGSC Interagency Fellowship Applicants
Posted on August 2, 2016 | No CommentsAs the U.S. Army continues to encourage broadening opportunity programs (B.O.P.) for officers, one unique broadening prospect is the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Interagency Fellowship Program. Under this program, the Army sends selected field grade officers to […] -
Observations from the Field: The Enterprise of Training
Posted on July 11, 2016 | No CommentsExecutive Summary In the Army’s ongoing effort to focus training on the next threat, the training mechanism itself becomes an unspoken issue. Instead of building readiness in decisive units, the training community has regressed to the wholesale training of soldiers. […]
Research
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“Dance With the One Who Brung Ya”: Using Informational Interviews to Enable Career Transition
When I was a college athlete studying to be a coach, a professor gave me some advice for developing game-day strategies. He told me a story about legendary Texas football coach Darrell Royal. When asked about his strategy for college […]
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Strategic Command: General David Petraeus and the Execution of Strategic Leadership
Introduction In the first few days of January 2007, Lieutenant General David Petraeus was riding in a rental car with his wife, Holly, and their son on California’s Interstate 5 to visit his sick father in Santa Clarita. Almost […]