03540nam 22006131 450 991078755880332120230721045057.01-61251-406-5(CKB)2670000000399678(EBL)1222230(OCoLC)853361258(SSID)ssj0000917957(PQKBManifestationID)12465993(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917957(PQKBWorkID)10893329(PQKB)10594262(MiAaPQ)EBC1222230(Au-PeEL)EBL1222230(CaPaEBR)ebr10766070(CaONFJC)MIL667732(EXLCZ)99267000000039967820081223d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmbedded a Marine Corps adviser inside the Iraqi army /by Wesley R. GrayAnnapolis, Maryland :Naval Institute Press,2009.1 online resource (287 p.)Includes index.1-322-36450-8 1-59114-340-3 Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Part 1: BECOMING AN EMBEDDED MILITARY ADVISER; 1. Guess What? You Are Going to Iraq; 2. Culture Shock ; 3. Preparing for Combat Adviser Duty ; 4. Meeting the Iraqi Army ; Part 2: LEARNING IRAQI ARMY SYSTEMS AND CULTURE ; 5. The First Fight with the Iraqi Army ; 6. Vacationing with the Iraqi Army ; 7. Jamal in the Swahuts; 8. Simple Things Made Difficult; 9. Iraqi Payday Operations ; 10. Insights on Iraqi Culture ; 11. Death Operations ; 12. The Iraqi Officer and Enlisted Relationship ; 13. Iraqis Speak on the Nation, Region, and MilitaryPart 3: COMBAT OPERATIONS WITH THE IRAQI ARMY 14. Operation Nimer; 15. Mo' Leave, Mo' Problems ; 16. Transitioning to Independent Operations ; 17. The Combat Operations Center Is Launched and the Mission Changes; 18. Chasing Egyptian Insurgents; Part 4: BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE; 19. Contending with Iraq Culture; 20. Violence Spikes; 21. Wayn Jund? (Where Are the Soldiers?); 22. Disaster Strikes; 23. Light at the End of the Tunnel? ; Part 5: ALL GOOD THINGS MUST COME TO AN END ; 24. Civil War and Democracy in Iraq; 25. America Never Looked So Good ; 26. An AssessmentAPPENDIX: U.S. Marine Corps Rank StructureGlossary ; Index ; About the AuthorIn 2006, 1st Lt. Wesley Gray was deployed as a U.S. Marine Corps military adviser to an Iraqi Army battalion in the Haditha Triad. For 210 days, he lived and fought beside Iraqi soldiers in the most dangerous and austere province of western Iraq. Al-Anbar was filled with an insurgent population traumatized by a recent massacre of twenty-four men, women, and children shot at close range by U.S. Marines in retaliation for the death of one of their comrades in a roadside bombing. Despite the high tensions created by the shootings, Gray was able to form a bond with the Iraqis because he had an edgInternal securityIraqIraq War, 2003-2011Personal narratives, AmericanMilitary assistance, AmericanIraqIraqArmed ForcesTraining ofInternal securityIraq War, 2003-2011Military assistance, American956.7044/34BGray Wesley R857158MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787558803321Embedded3846515UNINA05474nam 2200709Ia 450 991081579390332120200520144314.01-281-22181-397866112218120-470-22727-3(CKB)1000000000413990(EBL)331467(OCoLC)476130860(SSID)ssj0000329491(PQKBManifestationID)11245395(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000329491(PQKBWorkID)10309350(PQKB)10202334(MiAaPQ)EBC3056762(MiAaPQ)EBC331467(Au-PeEL)EBL3056762(CaPaEBR)ebr10226721(CaONFJC)MIL122181(OCoLC)608622427(Au-PeEL)EBL331467(EXLCZ)99100000000041399020070927d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe 2008 Pfeiffer annual leadership development /edited by James L. Noel and David L. Dotlich2nd ed.San Francisco, CA Pfeiffer ;Chichester John Wiley [distributor]20081 online resource (354 p.)J-B US non-Franchise Leadership ;v.38Description based upon print version of record.0-7879-9521-5 THE 2008 PFEIFFER ANNUAL; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: WHAT'S NEXT IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT?; CHAPTER 1: WHERE WE'VE BEEN: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE 20TH CENTURY; Post-War Leadership Development: Uniformity and Structure; Change on the Horizon: The Debate Between Hard and Soft Skills; A Changing Reality: The Emergence of the "New" Leadership Model; What We Can Learn From the Past; The New Revolution; Creating Leaders for a Changing World; Some Observations About the Current State of Leadership Development; Emerging Business Trends That Influence Our IndustryCHAPTER 2: WHY ARE THERE NOT ENOUGH LEADERS IN COMPANIES TODAY? Drivers of Whole Leadership; What Is a "Whole" Leader?; The Problem with Partial Effectiveness; Recognizing That Different Combinations of Head, Heart, and Guts Are Needed in Different Situations; Developing Whole Leaders; Finding the "Edge" Beyond Leadership Comfort Zones; CHAPTER 3: WHO REALLY "OWNS" LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT?; Reality Number 1: Personal Development Is Mostly Self-Development; Reality Number 2: Companies and Their HR Professionals Miss the Locus and Timing of DevelopmentReality Number 3: Career Expectations Have Changed Reality Number 4: More Tools for Self-Development are Available; What's to Be Done?; Eight Employee-Centric Leadership Development Strategies; Conclusion; References; CHAPTER 4: DEVELOPING LEADERS OF SUBSTANCE; Are They Really Leaders?; Focus on Substance; In Practice; The Winning Combination; CHAPTER 5: WHY IS LEADERSHIP SO IMPORTANT AND FORMAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT NOT?; The Value of Leadership; The Current State of Leadership Development; So What Do We Know That Works?; Summary and ConclusionCHAPTER 6: THE EVOLUTION OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AT NOVARTIS Setting a Strong Foundation; Filling the Leadership Pipeline; A Two-Dimensional Model for Learning Programs; The Leadership Development Curriculum; Refining Leadership Development; Case Example: The Role of Learning in Supporting Growth in China; The Decade's Key Recommendations; CHAPTER 7: ACHIEVING SUCCESS IN THE GLOBALIZATION OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT; Linking Global Leadership and Business Strategy; The Expansion of Global Leadership Development; Defining Success; Best Practices; ConclusionCHAPTER 8: DEVELOPING GLOBAL LEADERS THROUGH ACTION LEARNING Leaders for a Global Environment; A Strategy for Developing Global Leaders; Ways to Ensure Success; Measuring Success; The Benefits; Drafting Success: An Analogy from Nike; References; CHAPTER 9: DEVELOPING CUSTOMER-CENTRIC LEADERS; A New Brand of Leadership; How to Develop Customer-Centric Leaders; Pitfalls to Avoid; References; CHAPTER 10: BUILDING MARKETING EXCELLENCE; The Nature of Marketing Excellence; A Large-Scale Marketing Excellence Initiative; The Scope of Marketing Excellence InitiativesKey Success Factors for a Marketing Excellence InitiativeThis comprehensive resource includes an international panel of contributors who are leading academics and practitioners in the field. Their combined wisdom has created the most authoritative and up-to-date source for new ideas, tools, models, and contemporary practices in leadership development. This unique series is a world-class resource for all practitioners, teachers, and students of leadership development. Topics include: Trends in Leadership Development Learning Methods (How Leaders Learn)Special Challenges and Innovations Leadership Development for the Board of DirectorsJ-B US non-Franchise LeadershipExecutivesTraining ofPeriodicalsLeadershipPeriodicalsExecutivesTraining ofLeadership658658.407124Noel James L.1943-1680761Dotlich David L(David Landreth),1950-1448405MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815793903321The 2008 Pfeiffer annual4049698UNINA