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The Fort Hood People First Center: A Prevention-Focused Developmental Model
by Chad R. Foster The Fort Hood People First Center is a unique initiative with the potential to have a significant impact on individual leaders, units, and organizations across the entire Army. This effort is not simply putting a new sign in front...
The Change Agent
by Dennis P. Reilly In a previous article, I discussed why some commands fail. If we accept this premise, then we must also accept the fact that someday you may end up in one of these commands. Leaders do not always get what they want and must make...
S3,Ep12: Cassie Crosby- Reflection for Busy Leaders
Joe and Cassie talk about the power of reflection and what got in the way of realizing its benefits earlier in their careers. They also share the story behind their recently released book, My Green Notebook: “Know Thyself” Before Changing Jobs. ...
Counseling: An Imperfect Approach
by Stein Thorbeck It doesn’t have to be this way. “You are the first person that has actually counseled me!” These words or a variation thereof are tragically common. Many of us could be better counselors, either by frequency or impact. As...
S3,Ep11: Major General Mick Ryan and Steve Leonard: The Science Fiction Episode
Major General Mick Ryan of the Australian Defence Force and Steve Leonard, the creator of Doctrine Man!! join Joe to discuss the benefits of science fiction and Steve’s new book, To Boldly Go: Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st...
Optimizing Talent Management: Recommendations for the Next Version of the Assignment Interactive Module (AIM)
by Steven Lee The Assignment Interactive Module (AIM2) marketplace is the tool that soldiers, units, and Human Resources Command (HRC) use to align individuals with their next assignment to optimize talent management. In my recent experience, AIM...
Why Do We Choose to Serve?
By Everett S.P. Spain Author’s Note: The soldiers’ names and home locations in this article have been changed for confidentiality. As Veterans Day approaches, I find myself asking why I have yet to hang up my Army uniform after many years of...
Mental Health and Psychological Resiliency: Preparing Enablers for Large Scale Combat Operations
by Arianna N. Johnson The Soldier’s Creed defines the essence of the American Soldier. Its words are one of the first things drilled into the heads of every trainee, words shouted thousands of times a day to help trainees understand exactly what...
The Ultimate Field Grade Officer Survival Guide
by Ashley Welte Author’s Note: The vignettes provided in this article are from Majors and Lieutenant Colonels who served in three different Corps, four separate Divisions, and seven individual Brigades / Groups. They have a total of 22 years in...
S3,E10: Scott O’Neil: Be Where Your Feet Are
Former CEO of the Philadelphia 76ers and author of Be Where Your Feet Are, Scott O’Neil talks about the struggle of achieving work/life balance and how he learned to approach life after years of working in the fast-paced...
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Should I Go to SAMS?
By: Jim Greer Someone recently asked me, “Why should an officer attend SAMS (the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies)?” But, in fact I think that is exactly the wrong question. The question ought to be, “Why would any officer not want to...
10 Rules for the Iron Major
By. Chad Foster Lists of “rules” are always problematic because they are never really complete or perfect. There is ALWAYS a better way to phrase something or a key idea that gets left out. However, the list below is one that has stayed with me for...
The Iron Major: War Stories From the Staff
By Steve Leonard, creator of Doctrine Man!! It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The “Iron Major” phase of your career can seem to drag on forever, drifting in that twilight zone between the nostalgia of company command and the...
The Field Grade Survival Kit
By Aaron Childers You are going into a survival situation and you can only bring ten things… Sometimes being a field grade is like being in a survival scenario. You have a lot to do, build shelter, find water, and search for food. All of these...
The Major’s Guide to Hurting Soldiers
This is the first post in the Field Grade Week Series (#FGWEEK). The intent is to provide company grade officers and new majors advice on making the successful transition from captain to major. This particular article by BG Ross Coffman was one of...
Generations of Veterans Now Face the Duty to Reshape America
I am pleased to share the following blog post, written by Team Rubicon Clay Hunt Fellow Crista Casas. Content courtesy of Team Rubicon. To learn more about their mission of continued service through disaster response,...
Choosing Action Over Apathy
I am pleased to share the following blog post, written by Team Rubicon Clay Hunt Fellow Brandon Callahan. Content courtesy of Team Rubicon. To learn more about their mission of continued service through disaster response, visit TeamRubiconUSA.org....
3 Simple Ways to Introduce Your Kids to History
Benjamin Franklins’s father, a tradesman, had a small library in their home that Ben used to develop his famous curiosity. General George Patton’s father read the Iliad and the Odyssey with young George before he was 10, not...
What was Patton’s 7th Quality of Great Leadership?
By Josh Bowen, author of 3×5 Leadership In the West Point’s special collections inventory resides Patton’s Elements of Strategy textbook from when he was a West Point Cadet back in 1909. This textbook was used for West Point’s “History...
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...
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