...Sun Tzu Verses Great Military Leaders Military 301 Great Military Leaders Abstract Sun Tzu a great military leader, designed many principles in which he felt if followed you would have the ability defeat any enemy. Three of Sun Tzu’s principles were preparation, know yourself and your enemy, and deception. One must always prepare for battle. In this preparation process, one must learn their enemy. You have to learn their strengths and weaknesses. You must also learn your strengths and weaknesses. One of Sun Tzu’s keys principles of being a good leader is leadership, being able to communicate clear and concise orders and having the ability to motivate your subordinate leaders to execute your exact orders without hesitation. Subordinates must have the discipline to execute the mission upon receipt. This is Sun Tzu’s principle of knowing yourself. Sun Tzu also practiced the art of deception. Which in many ways similar to deception techniques used by General Patton and General Washington when flanking their enemies. I will show you these principles and the principles of some of our great leaders throughout history. I will show how many of these leaders’ principles and beliefs were very much alike and used throughout history during different periods. Some of these great leaders are Napoleon Bonaparte, General George Patton, and John Moore. We can see through the analyzing of battles throughout history Sun Tzu’s principles are effective and taught by many today....
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...traits that made them more likely to succeed. This doesn’t mean that there is a formula that guarantees success, but it does mean it is possible to greatly improve our odds. The six principles are: About the Authors Chip Heath is a professor of organizational behavior in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Dan Heath is a consultant to the Policy Programs at the Aspen Institute. A former researcher at Harvard Business School, he is a co-founder of Thinkwell, an innovative newmedia textbook company. Published by Leaders Book Summaries. 872 New Britton Rd, Carol Stream, IL 60188 No part of this document may be reproduced without prior written consent. © 2012 Leaders Book Summaries. All rights reserved www.studyleadership.com 1 Leaders Book Summaries: Made To Stick Principle 1: Simplicity Don’t misunderstand this as being short in length; it means stripping an idea down to its core. A successful defense lawyer says, “If you argue ten points, even if each is a good one,...
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...Discover the Hidden Costs of Outsourcing Avoid surprises. Uncover, measure and mitigate hidden costs. Info-Tech Research Group 1 Introduction IT leaders report that hidden costs in outsourcing add an average of 25% to the price of the engagement. Understand the hidden costs of outsourcing and take steps to mitigate them. This Research Is Designed For: This Research Will Help You: Business and IT leaders seeking to minimize the unanticipated costs of outsourcing. Predict the magnitude of the hidden costs of outsourcing to get a better sense of the total cost picture. CIOs and other IT leaders assessing the costs of an impending outsourcing project. Manage your outsourcing engagement to reduce hidden costs and increase your net benefit. IT leaders selecting a vendor for an outsourcing engagement. IT leaders responsible for managing outsourcing engagements. Decrease hidden costs both for contracts that are already signed, as well as contracts that are up for review or renewal. Both cloud-based and traditional outsourcing arrangements (Info-Tech considers cloud computing a form of outsourcing). Info-Tech Research Group 2 Executive Summary Info-Tech research shows that there are seven types of costs that IT leaders fail to anticipate at least 20% of the time. The seven types fit into four higher-level cost categories. Info-Tech recommends strategies for avoiding each hidden cost. Costs related to transitioning...
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...October surprise, a majority of Hispanic and Women votes for Democrat, and Romney as a man himself. However the main one can be considered Obama being an incumbent President, giving him a huge benefit in terms of the public. Obama being an incumbent President was a massive benefit for the election as this gave Obama a foot to stand on and was also able to attack Romney from the start. History has proven the benefit of being an incumbent President, for example Johnson in 1964, Nixon in 1972, Reagan in 1984, Clinton in 1996 and Bush in 2004 were all re-elected as incumbents. The benefit of being incumbent is that you have already shown leadership in the past four years, and can be very popular with the public. Therefore Obama is able to state his achievements and show his leadership when campaigning, such as stating that unemployment was less than 8% for the first time in four years during the campaign, gaining him support, whereas Romney had not been proven and had no major achievements to support him. Therefore more ‘undecided voters’ listened more to Obama, meaning being an incumbent President gained him more popularity and support during the campaign. Being incumbent was also beneficial to Obama as he went into the 2012 election with a unified and strong Democratic Party, a complete difference to the Republican Party who had no real leader and were particularly disliked by the public. The Democratic Party were unified and all supported Obama, who was their main leader (being...
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...In the Civil War there where many Generals that lead on both sides. None of them had as much controversy surrounding them than General George B. McClellan. He was in command of the army of the Potomac and his only mission was to capture Richmond. McClellan took the army over from the old General, General McDowell. McClellan quickly transformed the group of poorly trained men into a group of well trained troops. HE was a very popular ;eader amongst the troops but his popularity would soon fall. The set of orders he was given where very good. They stated that he and his 125,000 troops would be dropped off at the peninsula in Virginia by boat. They then where supposed to immediately start their march towards Richmond and fight their way there....
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...force, maneuver, unity of command, security, surprise, and simplicity. (ARMY 2008) The nine principles of war represent the most important nonphysical factors that affect the conduct of operations at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels. (Army 2008) At the battle of El Alamein, Rommel had Failures in six of the nine principles and successes in only three. Rommel’s failures in objective, offensive, maneuver, mass, security, and surprise lead to his demise in the African desert handing the British their first victory of WWII. Objective ensures all actions contribute to the higher commands end state. (Army 2008) Rommel lost objective when he went on the attack against Montgomery at Alma el Halfa ridge. Montgomery noticed that Rommel had become predictable and was waiting for him, dug in, on the ridge. (National Geographic 2009 ) Montgomery’s defense’s where set up on top of the ridge and south of the ridge when Rommel made his predictable flanking maneuver around the ridge. (National Geographic 2009 ) Because of Rommel’s predictability he lost the object and to retreat back to El Alamein. Offensive is synonymous with initiative. (Army 2008) Throughout the war Rommel had always seized the initiative, until El Alamein. After being turned away at the Alma el Halfa ridge Rommel had to return and set up defensive position at El Alamein. (Harvey 2008) Rommel no longer had the initiative, it was seized by Montgomery. Rommel had to sit and wait for Montgomery to attack on his...
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...Caesar was one of the greatest in history, many say. Even though he was not the first emperor of Rome, becoming the emperor he showed all victories achieving it. He conquered many city-states and give the peoples much better lives. He started in Spain with great lessons he learned personally and for his career. But how would Caesar have lived in the 21st Century and are their any leaders alike nowadays? From early age, Caesar understood that Rome was corrupted in the 80’s BC and that he needed a network in the higher sits to prosper and become a leader. To achieve higher position he got in high debt by organizing events and bribed officials to make political friends. By the time he was 40 in 60 BC he had achieved the title of praetor (in Ancient Rome this was the positions as commander of one army) of the troops in Spain that was struggling until Caesar arrived. With a lot of hard work and learning experience of discovering his new talents, Caesar acknowledged to himself that war and victory is the path to money, power, and emperorship. In Plutarch, “I’d rather be first here than second in Rome” and “Don’t you think it’s sad that while Alexander was already ruling over a vast empire at such young age, I haven’t yet achieved anything remarkable (p.310-311)?” These statements show his drive to power and leadership with one goal of being number one. Thus, from some victorious battles in Spain Caesar paid all his debt and headed back to Rome for some more glory and fame. First thing...
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...In the memo she delivered to Yahoo! employees, Mayer’s states “To become the absolute best place to work, communication and collaboration will be important, so we need to be working side-by-side. That is why it is critical that we are all present in our offices. Some of the best decisions and insights come from hallway and cafeteria discussions, meeting new people, and impromptu team meetings. Speed and quality are often sacrificed when we work from home. We need to be one Yahoo!, and that starts with physically being together.” (Mayer, Forbes Online, 2012) Her decision to take away employee’s ability to work remotely was met with a lot of criticism. Employees were unhappy because a privilege they have been entitled to had been removed by someone who had not been at Yahoo! for an extended period of time. Critics of her decision have openly expressed disappointment. Jennifer Owens, editorial director of Working Mother magazine called it “a step backwards- a mindset from the days when Yahoo was launched.” (Owens, Forbes online, 2012) Many see being able to work flexible...
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...slides—but it can be learned, especially in turbulent times, with brilliance and open-spiritedness. The story goes that sometime, close to a battlefield over 200 years ago, a man in civilian clothes rode past a small group of exhausted battle-weary soldiers digging an obviously important defensive position. The section leader, making no effort to help, was shouting orders, threatening punishment if the work was not completed within the hour. "Why are you are not helping?" asked the stranger on horseback. "I am in charge. The men do as I tell them," said the section leader, adding, "Help them yourself if you feel strongly about it." To the section leader's surprise the stranger dismounted and helped the men until the job was finished. Before leaving the stranger congratulated the men for their work, and approached the puzzled section leader. "You should notify top command next time your rank prevents you from supporting your men - and I will provide a more permanent solution," said the stranger. Up close, the section leader now recognized the great leader and also the lesson he'd just been taught. All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of...
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...the leader’s task is less a rigorous scientific discipline and more an art of genuine human expression. Leadership Jazz (Currency Doubleday, 1992) probes this theme further. Artful leaders, says De Pree, must master two profound and difficult concepts which business has never dared acknowledge but which an art like jazz has perfected: voice and touch. De Pree ponders “the mysterious energy lying impounded in the connection between voice and touch. After all, a leader’s voice is the expression of one’s beliefs. A leader’s touch demonstrates competence and resolve.” The connection of voice and touch--reaching out to others--is the key to leadership as it is to inspired jazz. Leadership, like jazz, “is a public performance, dependent on... the need for everybody to perform as individuals and as a group, the absolute dependence of the leader on members of the band...” Max De Pree is chairman of the board of Herman Miller, Inc., an innovator in the furniture business for 60 years and regularly included among the top 25 firms on Fortune’s list of the most admired companies in the United States. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Followers can’t afford leaders who make casual promises. Leaders put themselves on the line to the people they lead. An enormous chasm separates the private world, where we often smile indulgently at broken promises, from the public one, where unkept...
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...Western Front. During these attacks it formed a bulge, which gave them the name Battle of the Bulge. This battle attacked all different allies. The Americans however took the biggest blow during this battle. I selected this battle because I found it to be very interesting. The Germans had a lot of planning that went into this battle. More importantly I chose this because it was the largest battle the United States Army fought in during this time and has gone down in history. A little bit of background to this battle is that again it was fought in December of 1944. As stated by Citin0 “ Saturday morning it was Americans turn to be living a nightmare as 8,000 artillery rounds, from nimble 81mm mortars to 16 inch railway guns brought the Ghost Front to horrifying life with the first shots of what would be called the Battle of the Bulge.” (Cintrino, 2014) Adolf Hitler was trying to split allied forces in the Northwest. As you may know the Americans were caught off guard with this push so they fought desperately not to lose any ground. As the Germans pushed forward this caused a large bulge, which gives you the name of this battle. This battle at first caught everyone for surprise. However Hitler had done the same thing on three other occasions. The Americans were able to notice this and react accordingly. Not to much planning went into this battle just because it was spearheaded from the Germans in such a short amount of time. Even though this was the biggest and bloodiest battle...
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...Jebediah Carlson the stone mason, I was once a person just like you, I talked I breathed, I ate food but then it all changed. It was the day I wouldn’t forget. The Great pyramids of Giza were ruined all because of me. Yes, I know that if you look at the pyramids from afar they look fine. Well that's the outside not the important inside where the pharaoh (The title used by rulers of Egypt; means “great house.”) lies with his Ba (A spiritual entity which could go from the afterlife to the living world and back.) and I had messed it up. The day started out like normal, cutting stone from rocks and building statues in my free time for people. It was any other day but then I was assigned to bring the stone...
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...Introduction According to John Maxwell, “Leadership is not about titles, positions or flowcharts. It is about one life influencing another.” That is especially true when you are looking at church leadership-past and present. From David to Nehemiah to church leaders of today, these leaders exercise some type of influence over the people they have lead or are leading. Aubrey Malphurs takes the definition of leadership and turns it up another notch. Leaders just don’t have influence over the people they lead. They use their influence “to influence people in a particular context to pursue their God-given direction”.[1] In other words, it is the church leadership’s job to help the people they lead to see God and His work in their lives, to understand their purpose, actively pursue God’s plan for their life, and carry that plan out effectively. Because of the heavy mandate that all church leadership carries, it is imperative for anyone who is in a leadership position to know their leadership style and their strengths and weaknesses as it pertains to leadership. The best way to do this is to do a self-elevation or use resources that will help you survey the effectiveness of your leadership. During the first half of this course, I have been given the opportunity to read about qualities that a leader should possess. Along with the reading, the author has provided audits that when taken would help me to survey my leadership style and determine to what degree I possess these...
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...throughout the country visiting family and friends. For the Vietnamese people the Tet celebration is a fresh start and a time where debts and paid, old disagreements are forgotten, and a house cleaning is done removing all the clutter. This is all done in the name of receiving good luck and fortune in the new year. On January 30, 1968, which was the start of the Vietnamese Buddhist Tet holiday, the Vietcong and North Vietnamese emerged from their tunnels and launched a colossal military offensive that proved to all that the war was not close to being over. The surprise attack was against the Dang base and the American embassy. The Communist forces saw a great number of casualties, but the Tet offensive drove the United States military out of the country. The United States and allies underestimated the over eighty thousand North Vietnamese force used during the offensive. Due to this underestimation “the allied intelligence had failed in its...
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...What Makes a Good Entrepreneurial Leader? Ask Middle Managers: Knowledge@Wharton ( http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=347) What Makes a Good Entrepreneurial Leader? Ask Middle Managers Published : April 25, 2001 in Knowledge@Wharton According to a recent Industry Standard article, the highly successful entrepreneur John Peters, now CEO of broadband service provider Sigma Networks, characterizes himself as a "serial entrepreneur" who tends to spend about four years on each of his startups. "I just thrive on the uncertainty, the challenge and the creativity of starting a company. I like the blank piece of paper." It’s no surprise that Peters, and other entrepreneurs like him, crave new beginnings, risk and change. Indeed, those characteristics almost define the breed. But according to a paper by Vipin Gupta, management professor at Fordham, and Ian C. MacMillan, director of Wharton’s Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Center, entrepreneurs aren’t the only ones who should be able to embrace the challenge of that "blank piece of paper." In their analysis, Entrepreneurial Leadership: Developing a Cross-Cultural Construct, Gupta and MacMillan use a term coined by MacMillan - "entrepreneurial leader" - to encapsulate the style they believe today’s managers must cultivate. They outline the qualities of an entrepreneurial leader and back up their assertions using a 60-society survey of middle managers around the globe. The survey suggests that a majority of businesspeople...
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