Margaret J. Wheatley Quotes
Most people associate command and control leadership with the military.
Wheatley, Margaret J. Finding Our Way: Leadership for an Uncertain Time. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005.
Shields was specifically discussing reasons for the then estrangement from many countries of the world.
George Washington had been appointed by the Continental Congress as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army but was politic about keeping Congress informed and not appear to be usurping authority. He asked Adams for an opinion of whether his authority reached beyond Boston to include the defense of New York City. Adams had been a member of the Congress that appointed Washington. Adams reply has been used as precedent for the broad authority of the President as Commander in Chief by those claiming broad Presidential power since.
Monroe was then Secretary of State and Jefferson an ex-President.
He was objecting to the current crop of senior military officer who have little experience in fighting and much in academic, strategic and technical training. Many however see him as a dinosaur who does not realized the complex nature of the modern military missions. In general, we have won almost all of our fighting battles but often failed in our maintaining civil society, occupation, nation building, military procurement, preventing sexual assault of our own troops by our own soldiers, assuring mental health of our soldiers. Hackworth, detractors argue, wants to change what already works and ignore what does not.
The governors of the states were in command of their militias in early America. They could appoint all the ranks up to Colonel, but only the Congress could appoint generals.
Written when he was forced to share command with General Francois Kellerman.
Margaret (Meg) Wheatley (born 1944) is an American writer, teacher, speaker, and management consultant who works to create organizations and communities worthy of human habitation. She draws from many disciplines: organizational behavior, chaos theory, living systems science, ancient spiritual traditions, history, sociology, and anthropology.
