Dear Colleagues,
Following the last email, please note that my colleague, Erika James, has written two cases, one macro, one micro, that describe the tangle on the BP Gulf Spill at Deep Horizon. The micro case features the decision making environment of a US CG officer and includes video. These cases are available on Darden Business Publishing, free for inspection copies. Perhaps the USCG is under appreciated in our "harm's way" leadership interests.
Best wishes for a Happy New Year,
Jim
James G. S. Clawson
Johnson and Higgins Professor of Business Administration
Darden School of Business
University of Virginia
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I think that your pool of leadership for your monograph needs to be expanded. I am sure that the Army, Navy and Air Force bring some exceptional resources to the fore front.
If you research Katrina, read the report from congress on it and the white paper from Center for Creative Leadership, you will find that the Coast Guard's leadership and personnel had a profound impact on the response.
If I can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact me
Don A. Ball
USCGR Retired
"Empower your subordinate leaders to work at full level of their authority. Encourage your subordinate leaders; train them, trust them, hold them to standard. Remember--the prime measure of your performance is the performance of your men." Adm. Eric Olson
From: George Graen <Lmxlotus@AOL.COM>
To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Sent: Mon, December 27, 2010 3:07:58 PM
Subject: New Year Resolution
Colleagues,
My proposed "New Year Resolution" was a figure from my forthcoming monograph entitled Team Leadership in Harm's Way. Coauthors include experts from the US Army, Navy, Air Force, Police, Fire, and EMS and other team leadership researchers. The book reviews what is known about arming teams psychologically to remain healthy before, during, and after the extreme stress of going in harm's way to complete a mission. The Figure 1 illustrates that the best place to study team leadership is where it produces the largest outcropping and formal administration the least: In harm's way.
Thank you for your interest.
George Graen
/jag