WHEN CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY COUNT
Lessons from George Marshall

Chief of Staff of the Army during WWII, it was Marshall who raised and equipped American ground and air forces, selected officers, and planned global operations. Yet before the U.S. was drawn into the war, Marshall had to convince the President and members of Congress to prepare for the coming battle. They listened because of Marshall’s honesty, fairness, and integrity. You will learn how Marshall persuaded Congress, not by soaring oratory, but by his professionalism, truthfulness, and nonpartisan communications. Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn recalled:

​Of all the men who ever testified before any committee on which I served, there is no one of them who has the influence with a committee of the House that General Marshall has...because when he takes the witness stand, we forget whether we are Republicans or Democrats. We remember that we are in the presence of a man who is telling the truth, as he sees it, about the problems he is discussing.

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