This was my presentation done by me on 19th june 2012, i'm joey martinez

1. Dwight D. Eisenhower
COLL148 Professor Nast
By Joey Martinez
June 19th 2012

2. Introduction:
• The purpose of this presentation is to educate
the reader about Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
accomplishments through the eyes of a war
veteran.
• You will learn about how his strategic and
exceptional leadership, set the tone for WWII’s
many accomplishments and his abundant
problem solving skills as the 34th President of
the United States.

3. Introduction (Cont.)
• Dwight D. Eisenhower was Supreme Commander
during WWII. He was elected the 34th President of the
United States.
• He was a strategic general, with great leadership and
management skills. His abilities allowed him to be
chosen as the Supreme Commander for all allied
forces in Europe during WWII.
• He was big on Civil Rights and Foreign Policies.
• Technology - Eisenhower used it to his advantage;
he was the first President to hold a televised news
conference and the first to have an advertising
agency produce a television campaign commercial
for his reelection.

4. Military accomplishments:
• Eisenhower was a brilliant forger of alliances, partnerships and
coalitions.
• A master at using the full range of diplomatic, political, and
economic resources to win World War II, he also used those
resources to win the peace.
• As supreme commander of the Allied military coalition in World War
II — in the Mediterranean and then in Northwest Europe — General
Eisenhower made the crucial and frequently controversial decisions
that led to victory. He held together the military alliance. The shining
moment for his command came at Dday in early June 1944, when
he led his successful Allied forces in the greatest amphibious
invasion in history.
• He relentlessly promoted unity among the nations allied in
opposition to communist aggression, as he did among the services
in the U.S. military establishment.

5. Cont. /Military accomplishments
• He never shied from controversy, even when it could
have seriously jeopardized his future. He made
decisions tactically.
• No commander ever cared more for the safety and
well being of his soldiers. Shortly after D-Day he
wrote: “The soldiers, sailors, and airmen are
indescribable in their elan, courage, determination
and fortitude. They inspire me.” To his generals he
was a stern, demanding commander, but to his
troops he was simply “Ike."
• He resigned from the Army on February 7, 1948 to
serve as president of Columbia University.

6. My field of Study:
• My field of study is management, so I transferring
my military transcripts into college credit with devry
and they are giving me 43 credits, along with my 3
classes I am presenting taking to reach my BA in
Technical Management.
• My present goals are to keep up with my classes and
study hard and focus on my education, to reach my
graduation date sometime in the summer of 2014.
• I chose this field because, after almost years in the
U.S. Army and being deployed most of them. I wish
to enhance my already experienced computer skills
along with problem solving, and management skills.

7. • Commander-in-Chief
• Barack H. Obama
• Secretary of Defense
• Leon Panetta
• Secretary of the Army
• John McHugh
• Chairman, Joint Chief of Staff US Army
• Admiral Martin Dempsey
• Army Chief of Staff
• General Raymond Odierno
• Sergeant Major Of The Army
• SMA Raymond F. Chandler
• 1SG WOODS, MICHAEL
• PLATTON SGT. SFC YOUNG, MIKE

8. Characteristics of an Effective Leader:
• There are many factors that contribute to effective leadership, and I
will address.
• The first characteristic of effective leadership is empathy, an
understanding and identification with another person's feelings,
situation and goals.
• An effective leader shows a tenacious determination and resolve,
never wavering in spite of obstacles.
• A good leader must be able to detach themselves from the situation
and analyze it from a distance.
• a leader must have excellent communication skills.
• Not every leader will have an intimate knowledge of the subject, but he
will be able to turn to the people in the know and gather any necessary
resources as required.
• Some positive leadership traits that Eisenhower possessed was his
ability to be “honest, self-reliant, hardworking, ambitious, and God
fearing.

9. My Leadership Qualities:
• I have excellent leadership skills. I am hard driving, with great
analytical skills. I always talk with my co-workers using great
communication skills. I love to trouble shot a lot of issues on
my job, so I have great problem solving skills. Some simple
examples are:
• Integrity
• Excellent Trainer
• Confident
• Strong Team builder
• Honorable
• Loyal
• Great listener
• Good Decision Making

10. Defining Leadership Qualities:
• I strongly believe there are five main qualities you must have that define your true leadership qualities
and here they are:
•
• 1. Desire - One must have a strong desire to see others succeed. A leader must give and serve to his
followers in order to gain success and the right to be known as a leader.
•
• 2. Faith - As the great Napoleon Hill states in his masterpiece "Think and Grow Rich", "FAITH is the
starting point of all accumulation of riches!" Just as we have faith in religion, family, and friends, a true
leader will have faith in their team of followers and believe in each and every one of them without
discrimination.
•
• 3. Commitment - A strong and un-deniable commitment to your team of followers is crucial. Individuals
feel that sense of dedication and commitment to seeing them succeed from the one specific leader that
they are looking to for success and if for some odd reason that confidence and feeling of security goes
missing, so will the individual and, make no mistake about it, several others.
•
• 4. Honesty - Honesty and Integrity go hand-in-hand in showing excellent leadership qualities. Dishonesty
in your leadership will be noticed, if not immediately, but in due time and can destroy all efforts made to
succeed. So let's keep it simple, remain at all times honest with your following team, and you will always
be their leader.
•
• 5. Uniqueness - This is a great quality to have. As people, not one person is the same and we are already
unique amongst others. Being unique in leadership maintains the focus on you as a leader and you will
always maintain the interest of your team members. There's nothing worse than becoming a boring
leader. It's a sure way to not be considered a leader at all.

11. An Impressive Display:
• In May of that same year, Eisenhower was sent to
Europe, tasked with building unity amongst the
Allies as the Commanding General of the European
Theater.
• By November he was the Commander in Chief of the
Allied forces in Africa, and carried out Operation
Torch, and in the next year, he became Commander
of the invasion of Sicily and Italy.
• Nearly a year after Operation Torch, the planning for
Operation Overlord, commonly known as D-Day,
came underway, and Dwight became the Supreme
Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces.

12. Operation Overlord and the Five
Star General
• On June 6, 1944, Operation Overlord
was executed, and the day was marked
as the beginning of the end for the Axis
of Evil, with Dwight Eisenhower the
proprietor of their doom.
• In December, Dwight was promoted to
five star General of the Army to
commemorate his actions on D-Day

13. The Closing of Theatres:
• In May, 1945, Germany surrendered to
the Allied forces, bringing the bloodiest
conflict in history to a close.
• Dwight Eisenhower was name Military
Governor of United States Controlled
Zones at the close of the war, and in
November, he was selected as the U.S.
Army’s Chief of Staff.

14. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
• On November 4, 1952, Dwight Eisenhower became the 34th
president of the United States.
• Dwight’s Presidency was marked by a strong push for peace
around the world, with him having overseen the cease fire of
the Korean War, pushed for peace with the Soviet Union
regardless of America’s strong anti-communist beliefs, and
refusal of Military intervention in Vietnam.
• The slogan of Dwight’s presidency became “Peace and
Prosperity”, marking the five star general as a man of cause,
one who fought for the results of the mission, and not the
mission itself.
• Eisenhower became the first president to be forced from office
by the constitution, as he had served two full terms, but it is
likely he would have won a third.

15. Eisenhower’s Military Awards:
• During his service, Eisenhower received many awards and
decorations, here is a list of those he won (these are only American
Awards, as there is not enough space to list those he won
internationally, because they number, combined, at 61).
1. Army Distinguished Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
2. Navy Distinguished Service Medal
3. Legion of Merit
4. Mexican Border Service Medal
5. World War I Victory Medal
6. American Defense Service Medal
7. American Campaign Medal
8. European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one silver and
four bronze service stars
9. World War II Victory Medal
10. Army of Occupation Medal with "Germany" clasp
11. National Defense Service Medal (2 awards)

16. Accomplishments of President Eisenhower:
• He oversaw the cease-fire of the Korean War
• kept up the pressure on the Soviet Union during the
Cold War
• made nuclear weapons a higher defense priority,
• launched the Space Race
• enlarged the Social Security program
• began the Interstate Highway System.

17. Summary/Conclusion:
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a man
who had spent much of his life
concerned with war. His planning
and management of the allied
forces in Europe has earned him
the respect of all he served with
and who read and watched his
accomplishments. His attention to
detail in careful planning and great
Communication skills, truly made
him a highly outstanding leader. As
President, his truly dedication to the
care of the nation again made him
a man to remember in great ways.
He balanced the budget 3 times
during his time in office, and with
many other accomplishments help
point America into a way of the
future for technology and future
growth. A true Hero, and great
President with excellent leadership.

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