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	Today we are experiencing a leadership crisis in logistics and supply chain circles.&nbsp; Logistics professionals are faced with making tough decisions that used to be routine, but due to economic conditions, scaled back labor and just plain overloading, many of us are being pushed to make &ldquo;bricks without straw&rdquo;.</p>
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	Recently a friend of mine mentioned that what used to be a routine service problem is now escalated to job threatening heights and that trying to make long-term decisions and corrections are more difficult due to the &ldquo;fear factor&rdquo; of losing one&rsquo;s job or being severely reprimanded for making a mistake.</p>
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	I realize that transportation and logistics is not for the weak of stomach, however making rational and long term decisions require thought, trial, and of course&hellip;error.</p>
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	I read a biography recently referencing President Dwight Eisenhower while commanding the Allied Forces in WWII. He wrote a letter the day before D-Day taking full responsibility if the plan failed and giving the men responsible for implementing the plan full credit as to the plan&rsquo;s success.&nbsp;</p>
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	Leadership is being able to admit that all of your successes come from failures and that really not one person can find their way to success without the help of others succeeding where they fall short.</p>
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	We need to give our people the empowerment to make tough decisions for these tough times and never threaten or discourage a professional that is trying to think differently by leading differently.&nbsp; If the same thing was working, we wouldn&rsquo;t be in this mess in the first place.</p>
