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Tag Archives: Hurricane

“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 | 4,900 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 | 1,842 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 | 8,760 Comments

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