My nonprofit runs Lean In Circles, small groups of peers who gather regularly to support one another and learn together. I met Secretary James-or Debbie, as she insists on being called-thanks to Lean In. She was entrusted with immense power and responsibility, and she served with both honor and skill. She dealt with urgent national security issues, from the safety of our nuclear weapons to the readiness of our National Guard to the quality of our air defense. And she wants everyone to benefit from her wisdom and experience.Īs Secretary of the US Air Force, her success was America’s success. Imagine you’re a woman in charge of a fighting force that is overwhelmingly male.ĭeborah Lee James knows very well what it’s like. Imagine you’re a civilian responsible for hundreds of thousands of people in uniform. Imagine what it’s like to lead a branch of the US military- to make life-and-death decisions that affect millions of people around the world. Published in the United States of America ContentsĬhapter 2 Make a Plan A, But Prepare to Zig-ZagĬhapter 4 Get a Mentor, Be a Mentor, Build Your NetworkĬhapter 11 Play to Your Strengths Within a Great TeamĬhapter 13 Case Study 1: The Nuclear EnterpriseĬhapter 14 Case Study 2: Fighting Sexual Assault and HarassmentĬhapter 15 Case Study 3: Making the Air Force More DiverseĬhapter 16 Case Study 4: Supporting Pilots Who Don’t FlyĬhapter 17 Case Study 5: Stop Doing Stuff Macintosh HD:Users:KatieDornan:Dropbox:PREMIERE DIGITAL PUBLISHING:Savio Republic:SavioRepublic_EPS_Files:SavioRepublic_WhiteBG copy.eps No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author and publisher. Interior design and composition by Greg Johnson, Textbook Perfect
For women in similar circumstances, her story will provide a powerful guidebook for excelling in both public and private life, and ensuring that their battles can be won and their challenges overcome.
The book offers an insider’s view on how things really work in Washington-and how the author’s five-step, repeatable problem-solving approach can work in any walk of life.Īs a mother and wife, Deborah James carried her insights and problem-solving skills home. As a supplement to her storytelling, Bain and Company, a top-tier management consulting firm, offers research and statistics that prove James’ insights have widespread impact.
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In Aim High: Chart Your Course and Find Success, Deborah James shares her personal and professional challenges, outcomes, strategies for success, and the problem-solving principles she used to overcome the daunting pressures, threats, and challenges that come with rising to the top of the US Armed Forces. In the midst of unprecedented political dysfunction in Washington, she faced down enormous challenges, including preparing military women and men to fight terror in the Middle East, combatting sexual assault in the military, and responding to a crisis in the nuclear enterprise.
Can any of us survive and thrive against such a backdrop of unsettledness and anxiety? Deborah Lee James wants to help us try.Īs the 23rd Secretary and the “CEO” of the male-dominated US Air Force (only the second woman to lead a US military service), Secretary Deborah Lee James led a force of 660,000 people and managed a $139 billion budget-larger than the GDP of more than 120 countries. Dysfunction abounds in America in so many ways, from continuous turbulent change in the business environment, to a US federal government polarized by an inability to compromise and fulfill its historic missions, to personal levels where even deeper and darker levels of dysfunction reside within our colleagues, families, friends, and ourselves.
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