ON LEADERSHIP<\/b><\/p>\n
From Robert Coram’s<\/strong> biography BOYD<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, courtesy of DNI<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n “Tiger, one day you will come to a fork in the road,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd you\u2019re going to have to make a decision about which direction you want to go.\u201d He raised his hand and pointed. \u201cIf you go that way you can be somebody. You will have to make compromises and you will have to turn your back on your friends. But you will be a member of the club and you will get promoted and you will get good assignments.\u201d Then Boyd raised his other hand and pointed another direction.\u201cOr you can go that way and you can do something \u2013 something for your country and for your Air Force and for yourself. If you decide you want to do something, you may not get promoted He paused and stared into the officer\u2019s eyes and heart. \u201cTo be somebody or to do something. In life there is often a roll call. That\u2019s when you will have to make a decision. To be or to do. Which way will you go?”
and you may not get the good assignments and you certainly will not be a favorite of your superiors. But you won\u2019t have to compromise yourself. You will be true to your friends and toyourself. And your work might make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Leadership is not management, though the latter is a skill that has it’s time and place. Ultimately, leadership is about service and example, pointing the way moreso than teaching and meeting challenges in the place where wisdom joins with determination. The leader is a person whose words carry far because they are wings lifted by the winds of action.<\/p>\n