Thursday, May 23, 2019
“America’s cultural pluralism remains a work in progress… [and] the diversity of the United States contains a powerful message about the potential for different people to come together in common purpose.”
– Col. Mike Birmingham –
“Soft power” is the idea that a nation’s values can be projected to and adopted by other countries through the spread of ideas. The U.S. Army understands this premise and Col. Birmingham proposes that the diversity of our military personnel is an untapped source of soft power that can be more effectively leveraged by being constant wig it’s messaging internally, externally and contextually.
Leaders seeking to create (or engender) a specific culture within their organization can learn much from this approach so Click here to learn more about how to leverage diversity within your organization as a source of soft power.