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Creating Stability in Your Organization

The Military Leader — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:25:19 +0000

Change Management is a role we often place on leaders. We know that too much change impacts performance and saps motivation, so “managing transitions” and “mitigating turbulence” are common phrases relating to this managing change. More often, however, what the organization actually needs is Stability Management. Leaders must make the work environment predictable and routine, with clear […]

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A New Foundation for the Profession of Arms

The Military Leader — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 13:17:10 +0000

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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Avoid the Meeting Meltdown

The Military Leader — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 04:11:06 +0000

We have all heard the saying, “I went to a meeting to discuss a meeting.” Meetings can be very useful and a huge waste of time if managed improperly. They are either too long, too short, or do not solve the problem or issue that the meeting was trying to solve in the first place. […]

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Three Leader Sins to Avoid

The Military Leader — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:46:07 +0000

Despite the breadth of the Army’s leader development journey, leaders often serve for years without learning those intangible skills we all recognize in great leaders. What classroom can teach a leader to “understand context” or “communicate appropriately” or “inspire the best in people?” The leader talents I describe here are among those qualities. They’re nuanced […]

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At the Intersection of Values and Hardship

The Military Leader — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 12:49:10 +0000

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides relief denied even to prayer.” Mark Twain summarizes the crux of the leader dilemma I found myself in while deployed to Iraq: when is it acceptable to compromise important organizational values to lessen the hardship of an extreme operating environment? The issue arose at the crossroads of a continuous workday […]

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Build Your Team with a Little Gift Giving

The Military Leader — Tue, 26 Dec 2017 15:47:06 +0000

The holidays are always associated with presents and the positive feelings associated with both giving and receiving a gift. Recently as I was unpacking holiday boxes and trimming the tree, I grew nostalgic reflecting on the ornaments given to me by my Leaders across various assignments. As a new leader of an organization, this year […]

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I ,Too, Was Afraid to Do Counseling

The Military Leader — Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:52:58 +0000

Wait, did I just accuse you of being afraid? After all, we are leaders who face grave danger in training and combat aren’t we? If it is not fear, then how do we explain why our people are not being counseled? Some might see it differently, but I argue that too many of us have […]

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