Where Are We Trying to Get to?

At the beginning of every Pentagon meeting involving the Army's senior staff, General George Casey, then-Chief of Staff of the Army, asked: "Where are we trying to get to?" That question never lost relevance. For the leader of any organization, identifying the desired end state consti...

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Published in:Stanford law review 2017-06, Vol.69 (6), p.1773-1780
Main Author: Chipman, Dana K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
ARMED FORCES
Attitudes
Attorneys
Beards & mustaches
Command of troops
Company business management
Conformity
Court hearings & proceedings
Court martial
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Discipline
Evaluation
Judges & magistrates
JUDICIARY
Jurisdiction
Leadership
Management
Mass murders
Military aspects
Military bases
Military personnel
Murders & murder attempts
Officers
ORGANISATIONS
Prosecution
PROSECUTIONS
REFLECTION
Shootings
Social aspects
Soldiers
Task forces
Trials
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Summary:At the beginning of every Pentagon meeting involving the Army's senior staff, General George Casey, then-Chief of Staff of the Army, asked: "Where are we trying to get to?" That question never lost relevance. For the leader of any organization, identifying the desired end state constitutes the critical task. For example, CEOs develop and direct the execution of corporate strategy to achieve growth or revenue goals. Similarly, senior military leaders marshal resources to achieve strategic aims-the maintenance of an alliance, the return to governance based on the rule of law, or the transition from combat operations to stability operations and then to peace.
ISSN:0038-9765
1939-8581