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Anti-Intellectualism and the Army: The Sky isn’t Falling……Yet
This post originally appeared @ The Bridge on 1/21/2014 “The evidence would indicate that a serious intellectual effort during peacetime in thinking through what the past suggest about the future plays an important role in how well military...
How to Lead with the Strength of Nelson
This post is also available at the U.S. Naval Institute Blog and at Small Wars Journal Typically the Services study historic leaders from their own particular domain of expertise (air, sea, land), and rarely do they venture beyond this. The Navy...
2013: A Good Year for Reading
This past year was filled with several work related trips, and because of the airports, airplanes, and hotel rooms, I was able to focus my efforts on professional study. This blog is an outgrowth of those efforts. Even though I’ve...
Wives and the Military Profession
As Thanksgiving nears, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on one of the many things I’m thankful for: my wife. She, like many other military wives, has shared in the hardship of deployments, the joys of homecomings, and the many...
Think, Write, and Publish: An Army Captain’s Perspective
This post is also available on the Small Wars Journal “Nail your whispers to the wall. Conclude the trilogy of read..think..and write. Is there ‘career risk’ in publishing? I suppose. Hasn’t hurt me too badly over the years, I’d...
Leaders are Readers
From Washington to Mattis, our most successful leaders were life-long students of war. In the July-September issue of Armor Magazine, I wrote a piece called Maneuver Leaders, Self-Study and War, where I discuss the importance of life-long learning...
How to Host a Military Conference
Tomorrow I head back home from the best professional event I’ve ever attended. Before leaving, I would like to briefly share what I learned from Defense Entrepreneurs Forum 2013 in Chicago. In addition to the workshops, connections made, and...
Reforming our Professional Military Education System
In lieu of a blog post this week, I’ve co-authored a piece with Nathan Finney on reforming our professional military education system. As we reset many of our systems across the military, I believe that now is the time to review how we...
Leader-Made Climate Change
Have you ever taken charge of an organization that had a poor command climate? Whether it’s a platoon or a division, changing the climate isn’t easy and it takes time. So where do you begin? If you want to change the climate, you...
Leader Development: Ends, Ways, and Means
This is the final installment of a series on leader development. For the previous posts, please read Leader Development: The Leeroy Jenkins Model and The Maker’s Motto. Over the last several weeks I’ve discussed leader development...
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