It was a real pleasure to conduct a webinar on Balanced Leadership for several hundred fitness center managers and business people from across the U.S. for the software company Daxko. Learn more about the webinar, feedback from the CEO, and the opportunity to share this on your social media channels below. Balanced Leadership Webinar

Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, a son of a Filipino World War II veteran, shakes the hand of 101-year-old Celestino Almeda, the oldest living Filipino veteran in the Washington DC area, during the Bataan Day commemoration at the National World War II Memorial. PHOTO by Bing Branigin. Washington, D.C. April 10, 2019. “I can think of no other place I would rather be today than at this ceremony, remembering with you the courage and sacrifice, the resilience and the strength of the Defenders of Corregidor and Bataan.” U.S. Army Lt. Gen. David H. Huntoon (Ret) said those words yesterday at the National […]

Training for certainty, educating for uncertainty. The military maxim sums up Brookings Executive Education’s (BEE’s) value proposition, according to BEE’s Executive in Residence David Huntoon Jr. The retired Army lieutenant general assumed the role in May 2017. BEE covers the core competencies required for the Senior Executive Service. But, it also prepares public servants to solve problems during global crises, geopolitical conflicts and periods of rapid change — or what the military calls VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) conditions. “Brookings Executive Education gets VUCA,” Huntoon says. Government often focuses on “current operations and the here-and-now. At BEE, public-sector leaders […]

On September 22, the George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership will hold a transformational leadership journey, as we gather together to learn, share, and co-create solutions that make a positive difference in our organizations and in the lives of the people we serve. The Future of Leadership Forum brings together decision makers, thought leaders, educators, and coaches for a dialogue around latest leadership and management practices, to inform, empower, and motivate the leaders of the 21st century. The event keynote speaker will be Robert Thurman, along with a video of Congressman Tim Ryan, and a panel of […]

David H. Huntoon, Jr. has been appointed Senior Fellow of the George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership (GW CEPL). David has been selected for this honor not only for his academic credentials and subject matter expertise, but also for having distinguished himself in leadership roles in the public and private sector. Housed within the College of Professional Studies (CPS) of the George Washington University, GW CEPL’s mission is to equip and enable public leaders, and the people, organizations, and communities they serve, to envision and create positive alternatives to seemingly intractable problems, while mobilizing and sustaining energies […]

Spectrum Member Dave Huntoon has been selected by the American Psychological Association’s Society for Military Psychology’s 2016 Robert M. Yerkes Award. This award is given for significant contributions to military psychology by a non-psychologist, and named for Robert M. Yerkes, the “Founding Father” of military psychology. Yerkes (1876-1956) had a distinguished career as a comparative psychologist first at Harvard University and later at Yale. As the President of the APA in 1917, Yerkes led the application of psychology to the demands of World War I in the development and use of the Army Alpha and Beta Tests, the first large-scale […]

We gather on Memorial Day to remember and honor the uncommon valor and selfless service of those who died in conflict for the ideals of our Nation. They were Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines, men and women, from all races and creeds, from every state and territory of the Union, and from all walks of life who stepped forward and answered when America called. Their service and sacrifice allows us to gather freely throughout America, and to celebrate a Memorial Day weekend that offers the hope and promise of a brighter future. That future is bright for this country and […]

The SPECTRUM Group (TSG) is pleased to announce that retired Army Lieutenant General David Huntoon has joined its firm. General Huntoon’s distinguished career in uniform, superb intellect and experience as a strategic planner in both the military and private sector makes him an extraordinary asset to TSG’s wide range of practice areas. “Dave will bring exceptional leadership and professional currency to our group across multiple agencies of the U.S. Government and international organizations,” said TSG’s Chairman, The Honorable Anthony Principi. General Huntoon’s efforts at TSG will focus on a wide range of client needs including professional expertise with the Department […]

President John F. Kennedy remarked that “a nation reveals itself not only by the people that it produces but also by the people that it honors, the people it remembers.” It is a privilege to honor and remember a very special group of people this week – America’s veterans. Each year Americans are asked to pause and reflect on the service and the sacrifice of all who have worn the uniform of the United States of America, both in peace and in war, and to remember their courage, honor and loyalty to the nation. Whenever the nation has called – […]