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The Machine Will Run Without You: A Checklist for Checking Out
By: Joan Sommers There are multiple reasons that take leaders out of the office and it’s not just TDY. Non-emergency surgery, NCO professional education schools, birth of a child, Ranger school, and the normal 30 days of leave a year will lead you...
Investing in People: A Brigade Commander’s To Do List
By: Colonel (Retired) Rob Campbell Taking command of a Brigade in the 101st Airborne Division in 2013, I knew I had to focus on making people better people. I had to invest in them. To invest is to dedicate time, talent and resources to gain...
Become an Innovation Insurgent!
This post originally appeared on Linkedin here. By: William Treseder We love learning at BMNT. There are always ways to improve, and books are a fantastic source of distilled wisdom that you can apply in real-world situations. Below is a...
Getting the Cannons to Boston: Henry Knox
You’re reading an excerpt from Serial Box and the Associated Press’s new series, 1776: A World Turned Upside down Learn more about this project here. Between chatting up customers, Knox was also reading all he could lay his hands on about...
Bookish, Bold, and Jolly: Henry Knox
You’re reading an excerpt from Serial Box and the Associated Press’s new series, 1776: A World Turned Upside down Learn more about this project here. Paine provided the intellectual and emotional flint to spark colonists’ feelings into flames, Knox...
The Founding Failure: Part 2
You’re reading an excerpt from Serial Box and the Associated Press’s new series, 1776: A World Turned Upside down Learn more about this project here. After his most recent failure of employment, Paine was contemplating forming a “Salt-Peter...
The Founding Failure
You’re reading an excerpt from Serial Box and the Associated Press’s new series, 1776: A World Turned Upside down Learn more about this project here. The Founding Corset-Maker Tom Paine had been a dabbler at many things, a failure...
#1776serial Week Begins!
Welcome to #1776serial week on From the Green Notebook! One of my favorite periods of American history is the American Revolution. Today, its memory still shapes the character of our Nation’s politics, our economy, and how we see ourselves in the...
Does Popularity Get You Promoted?
A few months ago I heard Mitch Prinstein on the Art of Manliness podcast and then read his book Popular: The Power of Likability in a Status-Obssessed World. I reached out to him and asked him about his thoughts on popularity’s linkage to...
Would Your Squad Leaders Attend Your Funeral?
By. Colonel Curt Taylor I recently heard General Dave Perkins, the Commanding General of TRADOC, describe a funeral for a senior general officer long retired. At the funeral he noted the attendance of several middle-aged men who had served...
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