1. Good management is when the lowest man on the totem pole know exactly what the boss expects of him/her and understands what the boss is trying to accomplish - to the point that they can make decisions and act confidently without slowing down. The outcome is a DECISIVE organization filled with confident and happily fulfilled people.
2. Transparency reflects integrity; but it also inspires integrity and accountability.
3. There has to be a willingness by good leaders to accept risk.
4. Failing organizations say the boss is always right; thriving organizations say the Boss is always responsible.
5. Authority can be delegated; Responsibility Can Not; Accountability is never denied.
6. Good leaders communicate with vision and intent allowing their subordinates to use guile and cunning; and the full breadth and depth of their area of operations to accomplish and exploit actions to accomplish that vision and intent. This is true not only militarily but in business.
7. Circling the Wagons was an old mode of defense. It was a failed mode. Circling the wagons by its very nature concentrates all of the defense in a single point not allowing for exploitation of counterattack. It also focuses the attack in one place. By circling the wagons, the only chance for success are two. First the attackers who have the upper hand must give up. Second there must be outside help that come to the rescue in a timely and coordinated manner. if you don't believe circling the wagons is a poor defense, just ask why so many wagon trains got destroyed on the road west.
The option is counterattacking in the open and changing the dynamics of the field.
These apply militarily and to business and politics.
Integrity.
1. Telling a liar the truth seldom yields honesty. Liars still use their tools of selectivity, manipulation, and context to lie in spite of the truth.
2. Trying to teach a liar to tell the truth is like teaching a fish to walk on dry land.
3. Integrity and credibility are the products of unfaltering truth; so certain that people never think about it. If they question you, it's a pretty good indication they are either trying to bounce you from the truth, or you telegraphed something that didn't sound just right.
4. The sense of smell is stronger than the sense of logic. Therefore, if it smells funny, it's probably rotten.
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The Bottom Line of Burkett's Law's is Burkett's LAW.
