The United States Army faces the same challenges--of recruitment, and retention, of productivity, of mission--that all businesses face, and these common threads present both the Army and the private sector with opportunities to learn from each other and to move forward in ways that can benefit everyone. This report, the second in The Conference Board's Innovative Public-Private Partnership series, is based on the "Investment in America Forum," held in June 2000 at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.

Topics covered:

• Military Demography and Corporate Demography
• The Army Partnership for Youth Success Program
• Flexibility in the Short Term
• Job Malaise in the Boom Economy
• Cultivating the Labor Force to Take Advantage of the Strengths of the American Economy
• The Nature and Meaning of Work
• Learning How to Learn
• The Army's Future

Features insights from:

• the Secretary of the Army, the U.S. Army Chief of Staff, the Chief of the Army Reserve, and the Director of the Army National Guard
• top executives at Sun Microsystems, EarthWeb, Ethan Allen Interiors, and Bechtel Corporation
• management guru Dr. Peter Senge