"One thing the military does far better..." - Quote by Colin Powell
One thing the military does far better than business is train its own leaders. I can't go to IBM and hire a battalion commander. They don't have any.
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“Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.”
“I served 40 years in government, and I'm not looking forward to a position or an assignment. Of course, I have always said if a president asks you to do something, you have to consider it. But I am in no way interested in returning to government. But I, of course, would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me.”
“In my 35 years in the army I was in school for 6 years. I think corporations should take a look at whether they are investing enough in the development of their human capital.”
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“But I think the American people expect more from us than cries of indignation and attack. The times are too grave, the challenge too urgent, and the stakes too high to permit the customary passions of political debate. We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future. As Winston Churchill said on taking office some twenty years ago: if we open a quarrel between the present and the past, we shall be in danger of losing the future.”
“When one is in office one has no idea how damnable things can feel to the ordinary rank and file of the public.”
“It makes a difference who the treasury secretary is.”