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Preparing Leaders for Any Given Sunday
This post originally appeared @ The Bridge on November 15, 2014 as part of the #Human Project: Professional Views on the Army’s Human Dimension White Paper. Additionally, check out posts by Tom Ricks , Doctrine Man, and Nate Finney. By: Joe...
Defense Entrepreneurs Forum 2.0: Veterans Poking Life
“When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world, try not to bash into the walls too much, try to have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money. That’s a very...
Don’t Be a “Water Bucket” Leader
by: Joe Byerly Command in the U.S. Army, regardless of echelon, is one of the greatest privileges (and stressors) bestowed upon commissioned officers. Unfortunately, many of us seem to stumble through these small windows of our military...
Exit, Voice, and Innovation
By: Joe Byerly We have all been there at some point in our military careers. We have woken up in the morning, looked into the mirror, and asked ourselves “Is serving my country worth all the avoidable headaches that comes along with wearing the...
No Details, No Paper, and No Regrets
“I had a sort of a motto, “No details, no paper, and no regrets.” No details-don’t go about setting machine guns on different sides of bushes. That is done a damn sight better by a platoon commander. Then, no paper. You...
How to Avoid Making the Front Page of the Military Times
This post is part of a series of weekly professional discussions that occur on Twitter among military leaders in the United States and students and professors at Kings College in London. If you’re interested in participating, tweet your response...
Finding the Path Towards Mission Command: An Exercise
By Joe Byerly Following my time in company command, I had the privilege of teaching future company commanders and first sergeants at the Cavalry Leader’s Course at Fort Benning, GA. During this assignment, I quickly learned that one of the...
When Your Orders Send You to the Basement
This post is part of a series of weekly professional discussions that occur on Twitter among military leaders in the United States and students and professors at Kings College in London. If you’re interested in participating just “tweet” your...
A Professional Development Opportunity: A Summer With Grant
**Update: Week 1 Recap By Nate Finney and Joe Byerly In the introduction to the Army Chief of Staff’s 2014 Reading List, General Odierno encourages leaders to “discuss, debate, and think critically” about the ideas expressed in the books on his...
Getting the Most Out of Professional Reading
This post originally appeared at Small Wars Journal on May 26, 2014 “How do I know what I think until I see what I say?” -E.M. Forster By Joe Byerly From the time I commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army I’ve been told...
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