http://www.refresher.com/!dominance.html
The US military is the finest management training in the world. Period. Compared to OCS (Officer Candidate School) training, Harvard and Wharton are all form and no substance.
Approximately 40% of Fortune 500 CEO’s are ex-military.
Why? First of all, US military officers learn by doing. They learn the fundamentals and application of the principles of leadership. Officers learn the differences between strategy and tactics. They don’t just learn how to run a complex organization. They learn how to achieve a mission objective. They learn how to plan for it; how to prepare and train their troops for it; and how to focus the assets available in the most effective manner, while minimizing losses. The price of failure is horrific. The training is so intense because the stakes are so high. That kind of training develops real leaders.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1875598&C=america
Ex-Military CEO Firms Outperform U.S. Market: Study
By REUTERS, NEW YORK
U.S. companies led by chief executives with military experience have outperformed the U.S. stock market’s benchmark index over the past three, five and 10-year periods, according to a survey released on June 16.
The study by recruitment firm Korn/Ferry International found 59, or 8.4 percent, of the CEOs running the 500 companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index had served as military officers, and these companies on average outperformed the index by up to 20 percentage points.
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Wonder what these CEOs would say to John Kerry.
(links sent to Rush and Drudge)
I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the room where all of these CEO's and John Kerry were gathered together to discuss his ignorant comments.