Thursday, June 22, 2023

“It would be difficult to conceive of a more soul-racking problem… if he was right, it appeared that the attack on Utah Beach was probably hopeless, and this meant that the whole operation suddenly acquired a degree of risk, even foolhardiness, that presaged a gigantic failure, possibly Allied defeat in Europe.”
– General Dwight D. Eisenhower –

How do you empower your team yet also gracefully redirect them when you’re able to see what they cannot? How do you reconcile critical tactical needs against an overall strategic objective? And how much personal responsibility do you assume when failure occurs? These are questions a leader must face whether they’re in the private sector or the military. For insight from five different sources on how Eisenhower handled these and other questions, Click here for the article War Books: Inside Ike’s Mind on D-Day.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad