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2018:
8 Lessons I Learned Brewing Coffee by Alex Licea
How to Develop a Mission Mentality by William Treseder
Looking for Career Advice? Start in the Mirror
Bring Back the ‘Drink and Think’! by Chad Foster
3 Signs Your Star Performer is on the Path to Burnout by Jon Silk
How to Organize Your Notebook for Success by Jeremiah Hurley
Can Your Network Help Your Career?
The Three Hardest Words for Leaders “I Don’t Know”
Leaders Must Be Ready When Tragedy Strikes by Brittney Simmons
The Jump: Preparing for the Transition to Organizational Leadership by Josh Suthoff
Can Reading Make Us Better Leaders?
Balancing Authority and Responsibility by Aaron Hauburt
An XO’s Guide to Staff Dominance by Josh Suthoff
On Networking: It’s Not About You by Jason Howk
Future Army Leaders: Expert Specialists or Master Generalists? by Franklin Annis
The 2018 Ultimate Summer Reading List
Improving Decision-Making Through Games by Ilhan Akcay
Army PAOs and the Often Overlooked Strategic Seat At the Table by Kevin Sandell
What to do When the Army Stops Promoting You by Bob Gordon
The Universal War by ML Cavanaugh
How Good Leaders Communicate: Conduits vs. Reservoirs by Ryan C. Boileau Sr.
Will Machines Change War as We Know It?
2017:
Are You a Third Generation Leader?
What Happens When Robots Gain Human Rights with Annalee Newitz
Let’s Stop the 100-Hour Work Week: Letting Go of the Horses
The Coming Age of Artificial Intelligence with Amir Husain
Our Year of War with Dan Bolger
The Janitor Who Help Put a Man on the Moon
Why Every Leader Should Carry a Green Notebook
The Opposite of Fear is Love by Steven Pressfield (Book Excerpt)
[Guest Post] The Power of Informal Leader Development by Scott Nusom
[Guest Post] Idea to Action: The West Point Negotiation Project by Luke Hutchison
[Guest Post] Your Landing Attitude and How to Be in Transition by Daniel Hodne
[Guest Post] The 2017 Ultimate Summer Reading List
[Guest Post] Top Ten Things I learned in Squadron Command by LTC Chad Foster
[Guest Post] “Wall Walk” Yourself and Your Team to Better Briefings by Colonel Michael Lawhorn
[Guest Post] When Organizational Change Goes Wrong by Dan Sanders
Turning Defeat into Development
When War Comes Home: An Interview
[Guest Post] Lead Like a Champion by Alex Ramos
[Guest Post] Commanders as Communicators by Dave Hodne
[Guest Post] My Bid Farewell to Army Blue by Daniel Hodne
Truth in Fiction: An Interview
Above and Beyond the Green Notebook
[Guest Post] 8 Reasons Why NCOs Should Write and Publish by Alex Licea and Harlan Kefalas
[Guest Post] Time to Change Mission Command Doctrine by Regina Parker
[Guest Post] Mission Command and Detailed Command-It’s Not a Zero-Sum Game by Alan Hastings
[Guest Post] You Want the Best? Embrace Failure by Brad Hutchison
[Guest Post] Developing Deliberate Practice for Leadership Growth by David Weart
[Guest Post] Ten Important Lessons I Learned as the S3/XO by Jason Gallardo
[Guest Post] Reflecting on Servant Leadership by Joshua Bowen
Do Leaders Need Emotional Intelligence
2016:
[Guest Post] Mentorship: A Strategic Imperative by Chip Bircher
[Guest Post] Be the Duck: The Rubber Duck by Zach Mierva
[Guest Post] Victory from the Sidelines by Chris Manganaro
[Guest Post] Preparing Your Team for Atlantic Resolve by LTG Ben Hodges
[Guest Post] Books that Every Junior Officer Should Read by Paul Van Riper
[Guest Post] An Old Marine’s First Ten Thoughts on Combat by Paul Van Riper
How Group Dynamics Brought Athens and Sparta to War
[Guest Post] A Homework Assignment from General Carter Ham by Carter Ham
[Guest Post] Four Tips for Transitioning to New Assignments by Thomas E. Meyer
Can Intellectuals Wear Muddy Boots?
What Happens When War Leaves Its Box?
[Guest Post] Be the Duck by Zach Mierva
Using Mental Models to Outthink the Enemy
The Evolution of Leader Development
[Guest Post] So You Want to Learn About Maneuver Warfare? By Jim Greer
The Ultimate Summer Reading List
Resources for Iron Majors and Company Grade Officers
[Guest Post] Surviving Headquarters Company Command by Scott Nusom
[Guest Post] Leadership Starts with….Love? By Thomas Meyer
[Guest Post] Curiosity: The Underrated Leadership Value by Kellie McCoy
This Ain’t the First Time We Cut the Grass: Innovation in the Interwar Period with Casey Dean
[Guest Post] Throwing Your Boots Over the Wire by Steve Leonard
[Guest Post] Rifleman Dodd: It Should be on Your Bookshelf by Nathan Wike
Don’t be a Sisyphus: How to Lead Productive Teams
Professional Development Opportunity: The Future of War Conference
[Guest Post] Writing in the Military: The Problem of Time by Scott Shaw
Shrinking Army: It’s Time to Focus on the Why
The Evolving Art of Training Management with Dave Hodne
2015:
[Guest Post] Mentoring for Integration by Ray Kimball
Book Review of My Father’s Son
[Guest Post] Share the Colors by Dave Hodne
Where’s the Fiction? The Case for More Fiction on Military Reading Lists
[Guest Post] How Effective is Your Leadership Narrative? by Drew Steadman
The Art of Giving Negative Feedback
Who are You Calling a Minion? Leadership on Staff
Bridging the Divide: A Social Media Reading List for Senior Leaders
How to Get the Most Out of Company Command
Harnessing Social Media for Military Power
Listen Up! Professional Development Through Podcasts
A Professional Development Opportunity: Let’s #DEFChat about Innovation
Want More Military Leaders Reading? Use the Pabst Blue Ribbon Strategy
[Guest Post] The Two Most Important Qualities of Followers by CDR Benjamin Armstrong
Singer and Cole’s ‘Ghost Fleet’: The Book Every Army Officer Should Read-and it’s fun (Book Review)
Three Truths About the Personal Study of War
On Senior Leaders and Social Media: An Interview with Brigadier Mick Ryan
Learning From Our Generals…When They Were in Our Boots
Marriage in the Military: Managing the Tension
When Leaders Share Green Notebooks, Good Things Happen: Introducing MP Project Junto
Preparing Leaders for the #Future of War: Leveraging Communities of Practice
Improving the Military with a Little Innovation
How to Enjoy Lobster in Newport: Preparing for the Naval War College
Writing in the Professional Military: I tried it and was not attacked by Sea Monsters
2014:
“I Want to Develop My Lieutenants, But…”
Turning Performance Counseling into Conversation
Levity in Leadership by Casey Dean
Preparing Leaders for Any Given Sunday
Defense Entrepreneurs Form 2.0: Veterans Poking Life
Don’t Be a “Water Bucket” Leader
No Details, No Paper, No Regrets
How to Avoid Making the Front Page of the Military Times
Finding the Path Towards Mission Command: An Exercise
When Your Orders Send You to the Basement
A Professional Development Opportunity: A Summer with Grant
Getting the Most Out of Professional Reading
Anti-Intellectualism and the Army: The Sky isn’t Falling…Yet
December 2013:
How to Lead with the Strength of Nelson
November 2013:
Wives and the Military Profession
October 2013:
Think, Write, and Publish: An Army Captain’s Perspective
How to Host a Military Conference
September 2013:
Leader Development Part 3: The Ends, Ways, and Means
The Friday Safety Brief Must Go!
Leader Development Part 2: The Maker’s Motto
Leader Development Part I: The Leroy Jenkins Model
A Leader’s Legacy: What Does Your Recruiting Poster Look Like?
A Charge To Veterans No Longer in Uniform
BEWARE: The Pitfalls of Success (Featured on Defense Entrepreneurs Forum Blog)
August 2013:
Let’s Quit Going into Debt with Our Families: Time Management for Leaders
Got the Sequestration Blues? Grab a Map!
Tired of Damon and Masengale? What Two Polar Explorers Teach Us about War and Leadership
Junior Leaders, Teddy Roosevelt, and Defense Entrepeneurs Forum
“A Way” to Develop a Toxic Leader: How We as Leaders Create Our Own Monsters
The Guy Behind the Guy, Behind the Guy: A Case for Taking Our Roles More Seriously
Flattening the Decision Cycle in Tactical Units
Excellent musings and advice. Well received and appreciated on my end. I’ve been an officer for 16 years and learn something every single day…most of these things I wish I learned a day earlier. Keep writing – your work is enjoyed.
LTC Barth,
Thanks for the note!
Joe
Hi there, frequent reader, successfully retired and working as a SETA/A&AS contractor; basically an action officer on staff. Have you read or written advice for HQ Staff military members on how to utilize their contract support? especially experienced and talented contractors? Thanks, Trae