If Petraeus is a credibile and honorable person he will face the music by being tesifying truthfully to the house and senate. all we can now is what and see what happens! just hoping he states the truth and sticks it to Obama and his cronies.
When youre evaluating yourself, what qualities do you try to focus on?
Petraeus: On every bit of guidance I give, the last instruction is: Learn and adapt. We also work very hard on [being] **first with the truth**. Thats a powerful admonition: First of all, were going to **tell the truth**. Were not going to put lipstick on pigs. Were going to be absolutely **100% forthright** and **brutally honest** with not just with ourselves and with our subordinates and our superiors but **with the press**. The credibility of leaders is of enormous importance.
How do you identify which officers are going to make the best leaders?
Petraeus: There has to be a foundational level of just sheer physical fitness. As we say sometimes, soldiering is still an outdoor sport. There is a certain degree of mental toughness. Theres obviously **integrity**. There is sheer professional expertise technical and tactical competence. But what then starts, I think, to separate the future stars from the rest of the pack are some other qualities. And now youre getting into judgment, **just hugely important**. Whether you think about it or not, subconsciously, **who** do you go to when you really want to **bounce** an idea off someone? Thats the person who has judgment that you value.
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http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/04/news/companies/petraeus_leadership.fortune/index.htm