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Bleeding Talent: How the US Military Mismanages Great Leaders and Why It's Time for a Revolution 2013th Edition

by T. Kane (Author)
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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 2013 edition (January 4, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0230391273
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230391277
  • Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.1 x 10.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsHit the Nail Right On the Head
By Tim G. on January 24, 2013
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This book offers an accurate description of one of the largest problems with our nation's military today. My desire to read this book started because I am an active duty enlisted man in the navy who is less than two months away from separation after nine years of service. The reasons I am leaving are the very same ones Kane illustrates.

The reason for not giving this book the fifth star is that I feel Kane underestimates the problem, and its impact on national security, by not including more enlisted solders, sailors and marines into his research. In my nine years I have seen a plethora of highly gifted enlisted individuals choose to leave the navy; and, like the officers he studies, the navy seem perfectly content to let them go.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGlad to see that someone published this major issue plaguing the military
By Pillsburydoughboy26 on February 7, 2013
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Speaking from a junior officer perspective, I have seen what a toxic leadership environment and a flawed bureaucratic system can create. I have seen the most talented and motivated NCOs and junior enlisted come into my unit to quickly become depressed at the fact that they have to wake up everyday and go to work, and become excited at the idea of leaving the military.
All the senior leadership care about is getting their next promotion at the cost of soldiers, driving them into the ground, while the units accomplishments look good on their OER. I have seen great soldiers lose hope when they realized their hard work is unrewarded in terms of pay and promotion, while dirt bag X is able to ride the system and stay in and receive same pay and rank.

I hope one day the TVF becomes a reality, but it probably won't be in my lifetime.
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4.0 out of 5 starsA very good book that opens a good debate
By Shawn C. on March 23, 2014
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As a senior captain (a captain that is post company command) in the Army that is facing separation due to the drawdown (Army is currently cutting ~2000 officers of all qualifications), this book definitely hit on some personal and pressing issues. Tim Kane does a very good job of highlighting those issues and getting people to see them, think about them, and debate them. The book is not an end-all be-all of the issues, but as a trailblazer one should not expect it to be and yet gives it a lot of importance in the bigger debate.

The Army is definitely squandering its talent through mismanagement in everything from assignments to evaluations as Mr Kane discusses. I have seen it (and continue to see it) time and time again. I have seen friends that are GREAT officers get out because they don't get a decent assignment that would fit their family, and those that have minor blemishes get punished in a zero-defect Army.

I definitely appreciate Mr Kane's more systematic approach and the pains he goes through to be unbiased in his analysis. The fact that he isn't in the Army and uses research methods definitely add to his conclusions. The only thing I can ding him on is the fact that the argument could be even more rigorous. For instance, while the management practices he exposes aren't the best for other areas of leadership (corporate america, etc), he doesn't address question of "maybe if these leadership policies are suited best for overall Army system, maybe they are best for those circumstances." While I think he is still correct in his conclusions, tightening up those arguments would have made this book a 5 star instead of a very solid 4 star.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsShould Be Required Reading at Human Resources Command
By Anvil6 on January 27, 2014
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Mr. Kane's book sums up one of the two greatest failure today's military personnel system - our inability to retain superior talent due to archaic and bureaucratic assignment and promotion practices (our second greatest failure is our broken system used to select Flag Officer - see Thomas Ricks' book "The Generals" for an indepth analysis of this issue...).

Kane is dead on in his assessment that the Armed Services do an excellent job of attracting superior human capital, but then we squander it through draconian assignment practices where every junior officer is treated impersonally as an interchangeable cog in the great military machine. Lip service is paid to officer assignment preferences, exarcerbated by a promotion system that is based upon time in service rather than performance.

Having spent 30 years in the Army, I can attest to the author's thesis. The Army Human Resources Command - the Command directly responsible for Promotions, Awards and Assignments and indirectly responsible for Retention, is an antiquated organization that prides itself that "we have been getting it right since George Washington's Days - no need to change what works". Given the hemmorrhage of junior officers, their self confidence is supremely unwarranted.

The fact of the matter is that many - perhaps a majority - of company grade officers stay in service today past their obligation is due to a depressed job market. Once the civilian market begins to significantly grow again, todays exodus of talent will seem like a drop in the bucket to the anticipated flight from poor personnel practices and toxic leadership.

Smart leaders owe it to the services to prepare for this, and this book offers personnel policy alternatives worthy of debate.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsFantastic read!

Finally...a book that takes the gloves off and gives a critical look at the mismanagement of our most critical national security resource: our people. Dr. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Tony
5.0 out of 5 starsNail on the Head! Terrific Book with Facts and Data to Back Up...

Terrific book that explains one of the many gaping problems that we see within our military today. This is not the sole solution to getting our military back where it needs to be,... Read more

Published 5 months ago by Chris P
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent book

Where was this book when I signed up for Advanced ROTC at MSU?
Tim Kane goes to the heart of a system which has unyielding walls based on Federal Law. Read more

Published 6 months ago by Edouard M. Ponist
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

good read

Published 7 months ago by Donald A.
5.0 out of 5 starsHighly recommend.

Very accurate. Highly recommend.

Published 8 months ago by andre
5.0 out of 5 starsI dream of Tim Kane's system being implemented

Fantastic book for anyone in the service! I have long yearned for the things and concepts that are presented in this book. Read more

Published 12 months ago by Joshua Thompson
5.0 out of 5 starsgreat book!

Tim Kane very succinctly and adroitly looks at the causes and psychological fallacies in a potential switch of talent management philosophy. Highly recommended!

Published 13 months ago by JCMD
5.0 out of 5 starsThe books that I tend to gravitate towards most often are the ones...

This book is very interesting and written in a straightforward, clear way. I thought the author provided a uniquely fresh perspective on the current state of talent within the... Read more

Published 13 months ago by Jhump
4.0 out of 5 starsBleeding Talent

A new way of thinking with a path to reality. Great read and hopefully this book will inspire a revolution, not more evolution.

Highly recommend it!

Published 14 months ago by C. Perry
4.0 out of 5 starsGlad to See This Problem Addressed!

I left the Army in utter frustration about 18 years ago for many of the reasons Mr Kane explains. While the regimented and centralized promotion system made perfect sense when we... Read more

Published 21 months ago by Johnnie B.

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