This is a new category for FJ, and I figured leadership deserves it’s own category at the least. I was tempted to put adaptive leadership up on the board under Jundism, but I think I want to let the stuff incubate in the old thought machine for a little longer before I do that. A lot of this stuff is just re-worked concepts with a different title, but I will give it some thought. I love it all though, and whatever Petraeus is doing, is definitely worth emulating. By the way, I have outlined the paragraphs that caught my eye, and see if you can see a pattern here with what we have been hitting on here at FJ? –Matt
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Leadership, Petraeus style
By Paula D. Broadwell
April 21, 2009
WITH A FALTERING economy, soaring unemployment, and overseas military commitments consuming more each day than the gross domestic product of many small nations, the United States urgently needs adaptive and transformational leaders. In paying tribute to Harvard veterans at a Kennedy School Forum tonight, General David H. Petraeus will underline the importance of adaptive leaders in today’s complex national security environment.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has called Petraeus the “preeminent soldier, scholar, and statesman” of his generation – roles that he transitions among as the commander of US Central Command.