https://padlet.com/ebennett116/jmx28341oyhatqqu Who is Pershing and Why Should He Matter to Us Today? en-us 2021-12-21 17:56:49 UTC 2021-12-21 18:33:00 UTC hello@padlet.com ebennett116 https://padlet.com/ebennett116/jmx28341oyhatqqu/wish/1959287211 General John J. Pershing is known by many as one of the United States Army's greatest commanders. After World War I he was honored as the highest ranking general in the history of the U.S. Army until his death in 1948.]]> 2021-12-21 18:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ebennett116/jmx28341oyhatqqu/wish/1959287211 ebennett116 https://padlet.com/ebennett116/jmx28341oyhatqqu/wish/1959296851 While General Pershing was a great commander in his time, his greatest legacy may be the implementation of conducting significant after action studies of the war, so that future military commanders may learn from his experiences. As part of this effort, he expanded the importance of professional education among military leaders. Consequently, he created the Army Industrial War College. Additionally, his leadership approach is a hybrid of classic military leadership and modern business leadership, which has formed the foundation for today's successful military and business leaders.]]> 2021-12-21 18:17:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ebennett116/jmx28341oyhatqqu/wish/1959296851 ebennett116 https://padlet.com/ebennett116/jmx28341oyhatqqu/wish/1959304081 General Pershing was known as a managerial commander, which was a different approach to generalship than what had been done in the past. Pershing was a man that recognized the talent in others and was able to delegate tasks to the most appropriate person to see it through. This made him different from commanders of the past in that he was not on the front line, but rather in the command area with his delegate generals on the front lines. ]]> 2021-12-21 18:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ebennett116/jmx28341oyhatqqu/wish/1959304081 ebennett116 https://padlet.com/ebennett116/jmx28341oyhatqqu/wish/1959305689 2021-12-21 18:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ebennett116/jmx28341oyhatqqu/wish/1959305689 ebennett116 https://padlet.com/ebennett116/jmx28341oyhatqqu/wish/1959318459 General Pershing was a great leader, but not everyone saw it that way. Some of the Allied leaders did not like his resistance to their ideas and thought that his American soldiers should jump in line with the others. To the American, this approach was appropriate and critical to maintaining an independent American Army.]]> 2021-12-21 18:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/ebennett116/jmx28341oyhatqqu/wish/1959318459