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ARMY’S WATTS LEARNS HOW GOOD LEADERSHIP OVERCOMES
SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE HURDLES
It wasn’t until Napoleon
that the importance of treating the wounded on the battlefield was
emphasized. Now, the Army’s Medical Communications for Combat
Casualty Care (MC4) has taken that a step further. Getting the MC4
system successfully deployed to the troops on the firing lines in Iraq
was the responsibility of Maj. Kevin Watts and those under his command.
The mission was accomplished.
IBM SURVEY: GOVERNMENT STEPPING UP USE OF PRIVATE-SECTOR
BUSINESS MODELS
Government leaders are increasingly finding
operational success through collaborative relationships with the private
sector, a global IBM survey of public- and private-sector CEOs
shows.
OMB PUTS PRESSURE ON AGENCIES TO BOOST USE OF
PERFORMANCE-BASED ACQUISITION
Agencies have until Oct. 1 to
submit a plan to the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of
Federal Procurement Policy on how they will increase the use of
performance-based contracting over each of the next five years.
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF PERFORMANCE-BASED
ACQUISITIONS
Performance-based acquisitions (PBAs) are
intended to make sure you buy what you need, and you get what you pay
for. But establishing this value can only be determined upon delivery.
PBAs have two distinct but strongly related parts: “buy” and
“delivery.”
KATRINA PROVIDES LESSONS IN TURNAROUND
MANAGEMENT
The future of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency is being shaped by the past—Hurricane Katrina, of course.
The new FEMA director, R. David Paulison, left little doubt that
Katrina, which devastated New Orleans a year ago, still swirls around
the agency.
WANT TO BE A SUCCESSFUL LEADER? BE AN EFFECTIVE
NEGOTIATOR
When effective leaders take on new roles, they
negotiate their way to success. So argues leadership consultant Michael
Watkins in his book, Shaping the Game: the New Leader’s Guide to
Effective Negotiating.
LEARNING TO LET GO IS A FACTOR IN LEADERSHIP
SUCCESS
What does it take to succeed as a senior leader?
That’s a simple question with lots of potential answers. My
conclusion is that successful senior leaders understand that what got
them to the top ranks won’t keep them there. While they don’t
change who they are, they do change what they do.
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