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Lessons in leadership from the U.S. Army

Vistage Staff — Mon, 23 May 2016 11:00:56 +0000

Some of the most resonant and lasting lessons former Vistage CEO Richard Carr took from his years in the United States Army came from his stint working side by side with a three-star general. While stationed in Germany in 1967, Carr...

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Lessons in leadership from the U.S. Marine Corps

Vistage Staff — Mon, 23 May 2016 11:00:48 +0000

Colonel Mike Malone of the United States Marine Corps had an epiphany as he was watching a team of sailors get a ship underway and leave port. Malone was a young PFC serving in Okinawa and watched, fascinated, as the...

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Five Leadership Lessons from the U.S Armed Forces

Vistage Staff — Mon, 23 May 2016 11:00:41 +0000

Some of the most effective leaders in our country have come out of the United States Armed Forces. With commanders such as presidents George Washington and Dwight Eisenhower, and the CEOs of companies such as FedEx, Lockheed Martin, Verizon and...

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Lessons in leadership from the U.S. Coast Guard

Vistage Staff — Mon, 23 May 2016 11:00:24 +0000

Robert Slate graduated from the US Coast Guard Academy in 1967. He reported to the CG Icebreaker ‘Glacier.’ Captain Eugene McCrory provided Slate with a template for leadership that he has carried with him for nearly 50 years. I had...

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Lessons in leadership from the U.S. Air Force

Vistage Staff — Mon, 23 May 2016 18:00:11 +0000

Randy Miller’s leadership mantra is ‘attitude is everything.’ He comes by it honestly. Back in 1975, Miller had just arrived as a First Lieutenant at RAF Bentwaters in England as part of his first F4 Unit. The skies were overcast...

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Lessons in leadership from the U.S. Navy

Vistage Staff — Mon, 23 May 2016 18:00:00 +0000

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower Retired Naval officer Stephen Johnson tells a story about his command of the submarine USS City of...

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