[September 28, 2014] All senior military leaders I know today were taught early in their careers that a key component of being successful officers was based on their ability to teach, coach, and mentor. The question that is being asked of many junior leaders today is, “Can we mentor?” In other words, can we effectively ensure that those… Read More »
[September 27, 2014] More leadership failures and successes this week and it was hard to choose which ones to put in the failure category because there were so many. The following are the failures. Recall that my intent is to write enough about the issue at hand to have the reader see that this person failed to meet… Read More »
[September 26, 2014] Leadership means many things to a lot of people, but when we are doing “stuff” and making things happen we sometimes need help. Help can come from effective and useful tool established by other leaders. The Leadership Toolbox is being introduced here to find those tools that are most useful for the leader. In the… Read More »
[September 25, 2014] My great aunt Marie was running her hairdresser shop across the street from the Little Rock Central High School on this day in 1957 when she was surprised by reporters from ABC and NBC. They had come to witness the standoff between the State of Arkansas and soldiers from the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division.… Read More »
[September 24, 2014] The latest news out of the Middle East is that U.S. President Obama ordered airstrikes and missile attacks inside the country of Syria. Those attacks are on Islamic terror groups and have occurred mainly in the northern area not controlled by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Recall that Syria is in the middle of a civil… Read More »
[September 23, 2014] Until the past couple of decades a person could relocate to another geographic area, gain useful employment, and start a family; thereby leaving past transgressions in the past. The permanency of your past is, however, here to stay. Many well-known people have experienced a bit of embarrassment when their past behavior was made public. Things… Read More »
[September 22, 2014] When we think of leadership lessons in sports, we normally think of it coming from players on the field and the coaching support of the game. The lesson today comes from higher up. The NFL itself is undergoing a controversy over Baltimore Ravens’ Ray Rice and the physical abuse of his then-fiancée. Rice’s initial two-game… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [September 21, 2014] Greetings to all leaders! I didn’t write my column for a bit; alas I have a life, small as it is. Football season is here and that means we’re ready for cooler temperatures; and here in Washington DC that will be a welcomed relief. What the football season… Read More »
[September 20, 2014] The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is “exponentially increasing” and projections predict hundreds of thousands by the end of the year. The viral disease has no known cure, is highly contagious, and has a fatality rate over 50 percent. There is no current vaccine to prevent the disease. Transmission is by body fluids and, unfortunately,… Read More »
[September 19, 2014] An advantage to being a senior military leader means to be able to ask simple questions and actually get thoughtful answers. I’ve asked probably hundreds of military personnel and their families this one question regarding our military leaders, “Do we promote disrespect?” Families overwhelmingly say yes. The troops are a little more split on the… Read More »