What Is A Leader To Do?

A recent report by U.S. Army officials indicated that an Army officer made a flawed judgment that led to dangerous outcomes. Back a few months ago, there was a series of violent protests across Afghanistan. The protestors were upset that copies of the Qur'an (Koran) had been burned by American soldiers. The soldiers had committed these acts at installations where captured Taliban soldiers and … [Read more...]

Afghanistan: A Question From A Client Session

I haven't done this a great deal but I thought you might be interested. Yesterday, at a session with a client (the top management of an organization), I received a question on President Obama's upcoming speech on Afghanistan. At the time of my session, the speech had not yet been made. This person wanted to know my historical "take" on it ahead of time. As it turned out, I didn't watch or listen … [Read more...]