This is a presentation to Athens Clarke County, Georgia on mentoring at their annual breakfast.

1. What is this a picture of?

2. Why is West Point on a
Mentoring Presentation?
• Lee
.01%
• Grant
• MacArthur
1% • Eisenhower
10% • Patton
• Schwarzkopf
25% • Abizaid
• Petraeus…
Rest

3. West Point Academic Program Goals
Graduates anticipate and respond effectively
to the uncertainties of a changing
technological, social, political, and economic world.
As Army Leaders, they:
Demonstrate: Creativity
Moral awareness
Commitment to continued intellectual development
Effective listening, speaking, reading, and writing
skills
Understand: Culture
History
Patterns of Human Behavior
Mathematics and Science
Engineering and Technology
Information Technology

4. Path Forward?
How are we going to accomplish these goals given we
have spent 200 years optimizing the classroom
experience?
One person at a time,
on their turf,
when they are ready (most of the time).

6. Inspire,
Mentor,
Empower
6

7. Sarah Today
Sarah graduated
from West Point in
2009. We were
there.
I retired in 2010.
She was there.
She was in GA in
2012 (see picture)
She will graduate
from Yale in 2013.
We will be there.
This will continue
for the rest of our
lives.

8. Email from Colleague – Fall 2012
“The big news, Jack has found his ambition, never seen
him so engaged with school. He really stepped up his
courses AP History, Chinese, advanced literature, debate
and on level math and science. He’s finally challenged,
taking to heart the “frontal assault” concept with his
teachers, engaging them in thoughtful and creative ways
to ensure he’s getting what he needs. Beyond school, he’s
now making more friends, with true peers.
He’s has some good stories to tell, sure he’ll share when
we get together…”