Bob Hamilton
Crew Training International, Inc.
2188 Judicial Drive, Suite 2
Germantown, TN 38138
(901) 754-8839
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>From: Cullen Charles Maj 317OSS/OSTL <Charles.Cullen_at_dyess.af.mil>
>To: "'crm-devel_at_db.erau.edu'" <crm-devel_at_db.erau.edu>
>Subject: RE: Leadership Training
>Date: Tue, 02 Mar, 1999, 09:46
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> I will join in taking exception to the statement that the most important
> factor in becoming a leader is "the true desire to become a leader". I have
> seen many people who obviously wanted to be come leaders, but were terrible
> at it. Others with seemingly far less desire were outstanding leaders. In
> fact, George Washington had no desire to be commander of the Continental
> Army or President, yet excelled at both.
The world is not perishing for want of clever or talented or well-meaning
men. It is perishing for the want of men of courage who, in devotion to the
cause of right and truth, can rise above personal feeling and private
ambition. - Robert J. McCracken
>
I have always admired the ability to bite off more than one can chew and
then chew it. - William DeMille
> While we in the military put a lot of effort into academic leadership
> training, I have found other factors to be far more important:
> 1. A good mentor (someone whose leadership you admire and can "show you the
> ropes")
The true measure of a man is not the number of servants he has, but the
number of people he serves. - Arnold Glasgow
> 2. Actual experience in leadership situations
One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning - James
Russell Lowell
> 3. Concern for others and desire to help them succeed
One of the indisputable lessons of life is that we cannot get or keep
anything for ourselves unless we also get it for others. - J. Richard Sneed
>
> Scott Cullen
> Maj, USAF
> C-130 CRM Program Manager
> Dyess AFB, TX
>
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