The Dement Desiderata Blog
SWOT, Futuring & Pressing Thru The VUCA Environment
On Tuesday the 10th of January 2017, The Adjutant General (TAG) Leader Development Program commenced on Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas. Colonels Greg Chaney and Marcos Santillan kicked off the week long session with discourse surrounding Executive...
Your Turn at Bat
Addressing and facilitating The Adjutant General's Leadership Development Seminar today was a great honor. The Majors, Lieutenant Colonels, Sergeant's Majors and Civilians from the Army, Air and Executive Director departments are cut from the finest cloth in our state...
Simplicity
The best moments in life are usually sweet & simple. They're rarely complex & chaotic. Strive for simplicity and discover peace.
The 50% Ranger
DDLLC 2016-006 The 50% Ranger “I’m going to count backwards from ten. If you can’t stop shaking, if you can’t stop your teeth from chattering, you better let your Ranger Instructor (RI) know right away?” “We’ve already had someone lose a toe. It ain’t worth it.”...
DDLLC 2016-005 Gold Medal Validation: KFOR
Thirty-seven nations dog-piled into the mosh-pit wanna-be nation of Kosovo. Each army arriving to drive a wedge between Serbian and Albanian forces and stop genocidal activities. The world had finally grown sick of witnessing this never-ending tragedy unfold. Each...
Deconstructing the Five Paragraph Operations Order
DDLLC 2016-004 Deconstructing the 5 Paragraph Operations Order Swinging open the passenger door of our small Mitsubishi SUV, known in army circles as an NTV or non-tactical vehicle, I hop out. We’re already late. This is my first visit to the Al Faw Palace in Baghdad....
Operationalizing Troop Leading Procedures
DDLLC 2016-003 Operationalizing Troop Leading Procedures So as I lay there on my back, hands clutched behind my head, staring, watching and listening to the enormous billowing and snapping of this huge army tent, I pondered our situation. My patience was thin. This...
Why Leadership Still Reigns
DDLLC 2016-002 Why Leadership Still Reigns As a full colonel in the US Army and having been a fair student of leadership for more than 30 years, with 3 full tours overseas from lieutenant through lieutenant colonel, I feel comfortable discussing the art and science of...
Basic Imperatives of the Decision Making Process
DDLLC 2016-001 Basic Imperatives of the Decision Making Process Okay, let’s begin with the beginning. You have to know the key tenets to decision making and they have to be so embedded in your psyche, in your soul, that they are intuitive. Knowing these simple...