Comments on: Leadership Lessons from Dwight D. Eisenhower #3: How to Make an Important Decision

By: Nick M.

Nick M. — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:51:08 +0000

Great article.

By: Lee Wiiam Nelson

Lee Wiiam Nelson — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:00:38 +0000

One of our greatest Presidents!

By: Clody

Clody — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:25:26 +0000

Great Leaders stands in the face of great adversity and that’s is the time that we will know what we really made of.

Thanks for this, I’ve learned something valuable. Keep it up.

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 02:52:09 +0000

Thank you for sharing this to us! Such a great series in regard to leadership skills.

Every leaders of the world should know this and treat its people with dignity and respect. To push forward and to make the critical decision, that’s leadership at its best.

By: D

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:39:28 +0000

Awe striking, and very inspiring article. Much appreciation.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:26:45 +0000

I almost teared up after reading that potential “failure letter” to the press. What a great man he was!

By: Yator

Yator — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:52:39 +0000

It is great and encouraging article pertaining to commitment to service and executing it dutifully

By: Chad E.

Chad E. — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:01:17 +0000

Excellent article. Love the quotes. I felt like I was in the room when he finally made the decision.

By: Mac Kinnon

Mac Kinnon — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:51:51 +0000

Leadership stands as the most important characteristic for a man to develop. No matter what his station in life, be him a President, a business owner, a father, or a team member, a man can change his fate simply by being a good leader.

Thank you for sharing with us some of the strains this great leader faced.

By: jsallison

jsallison — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 02:47:09 +0000

“My favorite Ike story was printed in the Readers Digest many years ago. It seems that when he was president of Columbia University, someone complained to him that students were taking shortcuts across the lawns. His response: find out where they’re walking and put sidewalks there.”

When I was assigned to C Trp. 2-1 Cav/3 Bde 2AD(FWD) back in ’79 the post (in Garlstedt, FRG) did not exist. I actually knew the guy (a fellow D&D player) who, as installation coordinator, was tasked with figuring out where the sidewalks would go. His decision was to wait a year and see where everyone was walking on the grass and then to pave the paths.

I won’t tell you what his reaction was, as the maneuver damage coordinator, to being informed that during a recent REFORGER exercise certain cavalrylike M60a1 RISE/PASSIVE MBT’s (bridge crossing category 60) had been observed crossing a bridge crossing category class 5 bridge and causing chunks to depart said bridge into ye olde flowing water. He was not a happy camper. And yet, we all lived to tell about it. Bridges built in 1360-something may not be quite as weak as current day Corps of Engineer wallahs would have you believe.