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Posted on 07/10/2015 5:09:46 PM PDT by Nachum
"Leadership is not a talent or a gift. It's a choice. It's not complex, but it's very hard." General Stanley McChrystal explains to a packed auditorium of 600 at Stanford Graduate School of Business. McChrystal shares his perspective on leadership and influence discussing the importance of understanding culture, leading by example, building trust, and creating a common goal within a team.
McChrystal is a four-star general and former commander of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan. He also served as the former leader of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).
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Bfl
The enemy still walks the battlefields of Afghanistan and now Iraq.
I don’t give a shit about anything but winning. Losing is bad for my country and my fellow citizens.
He might be a really nice guy who tried really hard. I don’t care. He was paid to win. The taxpayers of this country spent a lot of money training him.
Everyone wants the stars and all the goodies that come with it. Then, they retire and write books and give lectures.
This should be the deal. They can have the stars, but if they can’t win, then they have to kill themselves. See how many take the stars then.
This fighting and killing and dying is a hard business. Be able to win or go wash dishes.
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I agree completely with your position on Generals in, well, general, but McCrystal was one of the good guys. He was purged by the Obama Pentagon for criticizing Obama and his micromanagement and restrictive ROE.
McCrystal lost my respect when he came out several years ago against citizens owning semi-automatic rifles, such as the AR-15, calling them “weapons of war.”
A profile of McCrystal aired on CBS Sunday Morning where he detailed his views of the Second Amendment, which were rather stomach-churning to watch.
Also a champion of homosexualizing the military.
We need warriors in the military, not REMF bureaucrats. Do you hear me, General Dempsey?
The dearth of Ranger Tabs among Army senior leadership has not gone unnoticed among the troops, I can tell you that.
I did ok without it, my platoons passed their tac evals, while others with Platoon Leaders with tabs and/or rings from West Point did not.
We need more Sam Damon's...unlikely under the current chain of command.
I certainly would never have made the five mile runs at a five to six minute pace that were standard fare at the Regiment. The bottom line is though I have never seen leadership with as few tabs as we have now. It is symptomatic of the number of good guys (Mixon, Boykin, etc.) who’ve taken a hike or been told to get lost. Get in line with the Gaystapo or screw; it’s as simple as that. Peter Pace is gone and the rainbow flag tone of Mike Mullen is now that standard.
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