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Monday, December 14, 2009

Colin Powell's Leadership Principles


Colin Powell is the first black secretary of state in U.S. history. Powell was born in New York City to Jamaican immigrants and attended City College of New York as a cadet in the Reserve Officers Training Corps. He served two tours of duty successfully in the Vietnam War from 1962-63 and once again from 1968-69 and then held important military and civilian positions before becoming national security adviser to President Ronald Reagan in 1987. In 1989, Powell was promoted to the rank of four-star general and was named chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff later that same year – the first black officer to hold the nation’s highest military post.

Here is an interesting presentation highlighting Colin Powell’s leadership principles. It is based on the book, The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell, written by Mr. Oren Harari, a professor at the University of San Francisco.



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