Comments on: Colin Powell on Leadership

By: Anand Bharos

Anand Bharos — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 14:58:27 +0000

I think the World Leaders also can use the knowledge.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:47:59 +0000

Hi Pete,

In such uneasy time, where we can wonder where are our leaders, it is good to read those line of wisdom.

Andy

By: Arnold Guerrero

Arnold Guerrero — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:02:13 +0000

Still feeling the love for Powell? – he’s been in the news as of late you know.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:55:55 +0000

Just before he moved up into the Bush I NSC job, LTG Colin Powell was the V Corps commander when I was serving in the 3rd Armored Division in Germany. I had an opportunity to meet him during a briefing of our general defensive plan.

He was far more impressive in person than he is on television. At one point during the briefing, he turned and asked his staff a simple question. But in order to ask that question he had mentally compared the arrows and symbols on our little map with every related overlay in the NATO defense plan, and had flagged another plan which conflicted with ours.

His simple question, in a soft voice, said volumes. At one level it was “Hey – you guys should have checked that.” But he said it in a way that was teaching, not reprimanding. I could tell that his staff knew immediately that they should have checked that, and further, that they were going to cross check everything else as soon as they got back to Frankfurt. Not because the general said so, but because it was their job to keep the boss focused on the big picture by handling the details in the background.

By: Mike Griffiths

Mike Griffiths — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:59:42 +0000

Great post, thanks for this information. These leadership principles are extremely valuable and I particularly appreciate the ones about being true to your own instincts and values (3,4,10,11,15).

Regards
Mike

By: Ben Chapman

Ben Chapman — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:44:21 +0000

Hey Pete,
Nice blog, dude. Some fascinating stuff. I’m just back from Jeff Nemetz’s wedding outside Santa Barbara. Macario and Sam Roseme and the guys were there. Sam spoke of your growing family. Best wishes to you & Angie and the kids- Ben