The Military LeaderBook Review Archives - The Military Leader https://themilitaryleader.com/category/book-review/ Sun, 15 Jun 2025 02:50:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/themilitaryleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-Icon-01-Copy.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Book Review Archives - The Military Leader https://themilitaryleader.com/category/book-review/ 32 32 65997914 Negativity (Habit Series #8) https://themilitaryleader.com/negativity-habit-series-8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=negativity-habit-series-8 https://themilitaryleader.com/negativity-habit-series-8/#respond Mon, 25 Nov 2024 05:42:29 +0000 The Military Leader https://themilitaryleader.com/?p=5765 Some years ago, as a new company commander, I encountered a junior leader in my command who personified Marshall Goldsmith’s Habit #8 of the “Twenty Habits that Hold You Back From the Top.” Like many of the destructive habits, this one is a learned, not inherited. It can stifle momentum on any team and, paradoxically, […]

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]]> Some years ago, as a new company commander, I encountered a junior leader in my command who personified Marshall Goldsmith’s Habit #8 of the “Twenty Habits that Hold You Back From the Top.” Like many of the destructive habits, this one is a learned, not inherited. It can stifle momentum on any team and, paradoxically, […]

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]]> https://themilitaryleader.com/negativity-habit-series-8/feed/ 0 5765 Malcolm Gladwell’s New Book https://themilitaryleader.com/malcolm-gladwell-revenge-tipping-point/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=malcolm-gladwell-revenge-tipping-point https://themilitaryleader.com/malcolm-gladwell-revenge-tipping-point/#respond Mon, 30 Sep 2024 22:01:52 +0000 The Military Leader https://themilitaryleader.com/?p=5861 Years ago, Blink changed my entire perspective on leadership. I remember filling the book’s margins with insight sparked from #1 bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell’s fresh look at intuition, judgment, and decision making. That book also sparked a personal interest in neuroscience, leading to a Military Review article on the brain in combat and eventually a Master’s thesis focused […]

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]]> Years ago, Blink changed my entire perspective on leadership. I remember filling the book’s margins with insight sparked from #1 bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell’s fresh look at intuition, judgment, and decision making. That book also sparked a personal interest in neuroscience, leading to a Military Review article on the brain in combat and eventually a Master’s thesis focused […]

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]]> https://themilitaryleader.com/malcolm-gladwell-revenge-tipping-point/feed/ 0 5861 The 16 Laws of Communication https://themilitaryleader.com/laws-of-communication-john-maxwell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=laws-of-communication-john-maxwell https://themilitaryleader.com/laws-of-communication-john-maxwell/#respond Sun, 19 Mar 2023 03:51:52 +0000 The Military Leader https://themilitaryleader.com/?p=5733 As a young leader, I was fortunate to discover two authors who set a lifelong foundation of influence for me as a leader: General Colin Powell and John C. Maxwell. I read My American Journey in high school, five years after General Powell led a 35-country coalition to victory in the Gulf War and mere […]

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]]> As a young leader, I was fortunate to discover two authors who set a lifelong foundation of influence for me as a leader: General Colin Powell and John C. Maxwell. I read My American Journey in high school, five years after General Powell led a 35-country coalition to victory in the Gulf War and mere […]

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]]> https://themilitaryleader.com/laws-of-communication-john-maxwell/feed/ 0 5733 A New Foundation for the Profession of Arms https://themilitaryleader.com/book-profession-arms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-profession-arms https://themilitaryleader.com/book-profession-arms/#respond Sun, 21 Oct 2018 13:17:10 +0000 The Military Leader https://themilitaryleader.com/?p=5226 Try to visualize the nature of today’s profession of arms and it’s not a stretch to envision a ship tossed around violently in storm waves. Social media. Political turbulence. The Millennial Generation. Fewer combat deployments. Civil-military fissures. These facets of our socio-political life shape and often erode the essence of what it means to be […]

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]]> Try to visualize the nature of today’s profession of arms and it’s not a stretch to envision a ship tossed around violently in storm waves. Social media. Political turbulence. The Millennial Generation. Fewer combat deployments. Civil-military fissures. These facets of our socio-political life shape and often erode the essence of what it means to be […]

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