DD Support Board and Research Team

[DragonBear]

That is non-delegatable (sp) leadership and command.

And then one had Kelly Johnson who headed the Lockheed Skunkworks. His rather successful management revolved around 3 principles:

1. Delegate responsibility.

2. Hold those delegated the responsibility accountable.

3. Get the hell out of the way, and let em do their jobs!!!

Montgomery was a low risk General. The massive casualties in WWI haunted the British military leadership. All of their decisions were made to minimize casualties - low risk, low return. Patton was high risk, high return. Fortunately for Patton by Jul 1944, everything was low risk, high return.

I would add that perhaps womens' noted failure as CEOs - and they have had many, many chances, may in fact be due to a lack of a necessary "alpha male" component of personality (on average).

Carly Fiorina seemed to try extra hard to mark her HP territory. The day she was fired, the employees erupted in celebration- literally. The music could be heard over the phone from the Wizard of Oz: "Ding dong the wicked witch is dead". Guess they didn't like the smell of the scent.