Don Vandergriff as once again hit a home run or better yet a "grand slam" with his latest book "Manning the Future Legions of the United States Finding and Developing Tomorrows Centurions."
Do not let the title; "Manning the Future Legions of the United States Finding and Developing Tomorrows Centurions" (which I love by the way) of this book fool you. Don has written the book with the military in mind but, as he will tell you himself, this book will assist any organization, Law Enforcement, Security, or any other corporation looking to to select the right people , the right leaders for the job, those with strength of character who, create and nurture the right cohesive environment to making timely and executable decisions based on; knowledge, continued learning and evolution as well as the use of new incoming explicit and implicit information in changing conditions allowing for, adaptability and individual initiative , which leads to Getting Jobs Done!
The book has great lessons and discussions about the history and evolution of warfare from the 1st generation to 4GW and gives examples, that make important distinctions easier to understand and translate to various professions. It also has historic lessons on training methods from the industrial age top/down methods of Taylor and Descartes to the Bottom/Up approach of Deming who insisted that the lowest level workers be empowered to decide and act! Manning the Future Legions also discusses the theories of COL John Boyd and other modern strategist who know how to translate theory into practice.
These ideas combined with Vandergriff's own innovative ideas and insights based on his experience at reshaping the Army methodology of training and leadership, make this book an outstanding resource for any organization whose mission it is to be more productive through cohesive efforts. Vandergriff's ideas on human and organizational development are laid out in this book and are easy to understand, but make no mistake will take strength of character and effort to implement. However, Well worth the effort!
The world has changed and hence the threats and problems we face and have to deal with have changed as well. This leads tot he premise of the book; changing the culture and climate in organizations to that of Bottom Up Decision Making or decision making on the frontline so time critical decisions are made and actions taken to achieve results.
Manning the Future Legions of the United States Finding and Developing Tomorrows Centurions is a adaptive blueprint to getting it done.
Outstanding read!
Another book by Don Vandergriff that will be in my bag for reference at all times.
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