Peter Cosgrove
Peter Cosgrove
General Sir Peter John Cosgrove, AK, MCis a retired senior Australian Army officer and the 26th and current Governor-General of Australia...
leadership integrity believe
In business, integrity is just as important as in any of the great public offices... but I believe one of the first and fundamental obligations of competent business leadership is above all to protect the reputation and integrity of the business - to that degree the integrity of the business is the integrity of the leader.
leadership integrity heart
We all of us have a reputation, something we are known for, and sometimes it may be different from what we would like to be known for. At the core of this is the simple but fragile heart - our integrity - which is always under challenge, under tests both trivial and profound every day of our lives.
leadership loyalty integrity
It's instructive to consider the more spectacular and well-known falls from grace of leaders in the public eye... In the main, the issues behind these falls could be grouped under a lack of competence, a lack of support or loyalty from those they sought to lead, and a lack of failure of integrity. Of all these the last is the most egregious, the most fatal. We so much want our leaders to be unfailingly decent that an obvious or perceived flaw in integrity can be the toxin which kills them off.
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I was the sort of loose forward who lay contentedly on the bottom of a ruck, composing sonnets on the one hand and, on another plane, contemplating applying the squirrel grip to an opponent.
expect
The place went nuts. You just don't expect that from him.
job physical somebody unfair
It's just like any job, you don't want to put somebody into the job who, for physical limitations, can't do the job. That would be unfair and we wouldn't want to do that,
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When there is an adequate Iraqi security force, foreign troops leave ... Iraq,
military operations successful
This is one of the most complex, challenging and most successful military operations we have ever run,
armed difficult period spirit true
This is a difficult period for all, but in the true spirit of the armed services, they will not be forgotten.
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I talk to friends in Allentown, in Philadelphia, in Washington, D.C., and they all follow Gerry. Kids everywhere love him, maybe because he looks like a kid himself.
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A part of Kopassus has a unique, military counter-terrorist function in Indonesia, and it's that particular part of Kopassus where we're looking for heightened levels of cooperation.
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I'm very relieved about the low cost in human terms with violence virtually stopping after our arrival, low cost in lives to INTERFET and our adversaries,
ethos indeed legacy strengthen
Their legacy will indeed strengthen that ethos and foundations of that spirit.
dad military men
Oh, fatherhood has a very humanising effect on a bloke like me in the military. As a dad, you become absolutely aware of your own human frailty and a need to be nurturing and compassionate and fatherly