ARTICLE: Army Offers Big Cash To Keep Key Officers, By Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post, October 11, 2007; Page A01
I think the Army can get officers to re-up once or twice with big bonuses, but the desire for the committed long hitch revolves more around their sense of where Army is going, thus the importance of signals like Gates' speech yesterday (very nice) and seeing how careers like Nagl's advance--or don't.
Gates, I would say, is turning out quite well. In historical terms, perhaps just a caretaker, but he's actually taken great care.
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Holding on to extensively trained and highly competent staff is a challenge faced by any organization. Cash can help the equation a little, but experience suggests it's not a dealmaker for your best employees. Offering a challenging, creative and engeretic environment where one feels engaged and growing is the way to keep the best and the brightest.
For all the blistering Rumsfeld took, he did trim some of the dead branches of the tree. Now we are seeing the next generation of growth.
Posted by outback71
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October 11, 2007 3:34 PM
One option they mentioned, but didn't discuss much; promotions. Between expanding the force to deal with future crises, replacing dead/disabled/retiring/fedup officers and non-coms, and (one would hope) replacing officers cashiered for incompetence, I would think there'd be plenty of room to offer valued veterans greater responsibility within the organisation.
Posted by Michael | October 13, 2007 6:13 PM