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Legacy

Posted on May 26, 2015 by acmdowding

By traditional measure my first professional mentor was a failure. Continue reading →

Posted in History, Leadership, Management | Tagged Churchill, Dowding, leadership, legacy, Park, stalin | 2,728 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

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

The Thin Red Line

Posted on September 11, 2014 by acmdowding

Do you stand up for what you believe, regardless of the cost?

In 1940, Air Chief Marshall Hugh Dowding did, and he’s the reason, despite Tobruk and Normandy, despite the Band of Brothers and the Red Army, that we do not speak German today. Continue reading →

Posted in History, Leadership | Tagged Battle of France, Churchill, Dowding, Hurricane, leadership, Managing up | 8,759 Comments

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