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“V” is Not Always for Victory

Posted on February 17, 2015 by acmdowding

So you are executing flawlessly, but are you doing the right things?

After the first World War, the fledgling Royal Air Force struggled to prove its worth as an independent service. Continue reading →

Posted in History, Leadership, Management, Uncategorized | Tagged Formations, Gladiator, Hurricane, Me109, Rotte, Schwarm, Spitfire, tactics, Vic | 4,899 Comments

The Team that Plays Together Stays Together

Posted on January 21, 2015 by acmdowding

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Posted in Behind the Scenes, History, Uncategorized | Tagged drinking, Fighter Command, map, pilots, pub, squadrons | 28,849 Comments

Sticking to Your Guns

Posted on November 3, 2014 by acmdowding

Leaders make mistakes too.

In the early days of WWII, the Royal Air Force lost almost twenty-five percent of their Hurricane fighters in combat over France. Despite their tenacity, the RAF pilots were ineffective when they engaged the Luftwaffe.   Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged data, decision making, Dowding, ego, Galland, Goering, Hurricane, Malan, mistakes | 2,489 Comments

Coming Up Short

Posted on October 23, 2014 by acmdowding

Can we earn our employee’s respect through critical feedback?

Eighteen thousand feet above the Isle of Wight, enemy German planes swarming around him, George Westlake’s engine went silent. Continue reading →

Posted in History, Leadership, Management, Uncategorized | Tagged confrontation, criticism, Feedback, Hurricane, mercy, Park, respect, Westlake | 1,841 Comments

Breathing Room

Posted on October 16, 2014 by acmdowding

Does productivity equal performance?

During the Battle of Britain England’s secret weapon was the Dowding System, and its heart was the Filter Room.  Continue reading →

Posted in History, Leadership, Management, Uncategorized | Tagged busy, Dowding, efficiency, engagement, filter room, management, morale, pilots, productivity, time management | 2,443 Comments

The Tizzy Angle

Posted on September 25, 2014 by acmdowding

What is the cost of perfection?

Somewhere in the skies over the English Channel a wing of bombers sped toward England, and the best minds in the Royal Air Force had no idea how to stop them. Continue reading →

Posted in History, Leadership, Management, Uncategorized | Tagged Controller, Dowding, Grenfell, interception, micromanagement, perfection, Sector, Tizard, Tizzy Angle | 6,493 Comments

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Posted on September 10, 2014 by acmdowding

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