[January 12, 2016] Anyone considering joining the Army and making a commitment for several years, has wished there were some things someone had explained about our service beforehand. Teenagers straight out of high school are attracted by the glamour and potential excitement of service but are often disappointed. What are ten things you should know before joining the… Read More »
[January 11, 2016] On television I was watching the Bengals versus the Steelers football game this past Saturday in one of the important wild-card playoffs. The Cincinnati Bengals were expected to win over the Pittsburg Steelers but it didn’t turn out that way. It happens more than on the rare occasion … whether in sports, the military, business,… Read More »
[January 10, 2016] My first day at the U.S. Army War College was a day of awakening for myself and many others. We were told how lucky we were to have been accepted and the importance of academic integrity, but that the first thing we had to do was to identify our personal top priorities. What? Identify our priorities? … Read More »
[January 9, 2016] Ever hear of the fable about how a group of frogs taught humans a good lesson about what we say? It’s a good one and a story my mom used to tell me whenever I got into trouble with my big mouth. In retrospect my mother was giving me advice on how to be a… Read More »
By guest blogger Osborn Montague [January 8, 2016] What are the key factors for becoming a leader and a role model? It is easy to gain the title of a strong leader when you know exactly what you are doing in your heart. There are certain key points and they are the very pillars of becoming a successful… Read More »
[January 8, 2016] A few years ago I had the privilege to meet with U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta where we had an open-ended discussion about major events in the world. In the opinion of many, Panetta was one of the great defense secretaries of our time and his opinions on leadership are grounded in authenticity. While… Read More »
[January 7, 2016] Coming Soon … starting tomorrow I will be providing links to help readers who are leaders. Each is an excellent study of leadership (failures and successes) … it could be a book, a professional article, a website, a YouTube video, or anything that shines light on what great senior leadership is about. Here are a… Read More »
[January 7, 2014] One of the most disheartening trends today in leaders is their propensity to lie; to lie about things great and small. There is an apparent innate tendency to lie – this includes embellishment of the truth – to others and to ourselves about a variety of issues from the time we are children onward. To… Read More »
[January 6, 2016] Like all my peers, during our time as commanders of military units, we were relentlessly required to provide detailed data on many things and told how to conduct our units in detail. Rarely were we asked how effective our unit might be if we were to deploy into combat. While this has been true for… Read More »
[January 5, 2016] As I promised earlier about how I’m changing theLeaderMaker.com, my Reading List is undergoing some changes. First, I’ll sometimes have more than one book (one on the subject of leadership and the other on something of interest). Second, I’ll make a few additional changes in my narrative that shows how the book is relevant and… Read More »