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S3,Ep7: Rabbi Mordecai Finley- Finding Inner Well-Being
Rabbi Mordecai Finley sits down to talk with Joe about the power of self-reflection and how it can lead to inner well-being and help reduce conflict in our lives. He also shares lessons from decades counseling couples, earning his black belt in...
S3,Ep6: Henry Willi- The Innovation Episode
UK Army Officer Henry Willi shares his insights on innovation based on his operational experience and from his time as commander of the jHub, the official innovation hub for the UK’s Strategic Command. He explains why your network is...
Confessions of a Full Bird Colonel
By Jay Miseli I’m a bit more than 2 years removed from command of a brigade filled with exceptional leaders across the formation – competent and committed men and women who worked extraordinarily hard to achieve my stated vision for the...
ACFT 3.5: How the Army can Meet Congressional Guidance without Resorting to Gender Discrimination
by Kristen M. Griest I wrote an op-ed through the Modern War Institute in February advocating against the implementation of ACFT 3.0, the latest version of the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT). The new updates to this test include the option to...
S3,Ep5: James Romm- Ancient History and Leadership in the 21st Century
Joe speaks with Historian and Professor James Romm, author of Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero, Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire, and The Sacred Band: Three...
Digital Dunkirk: Lessons Learned
On August 15, 2021, I doom-scrolled through social media feeds that tracked Kabul’s fall. By August 31, my phone had thousands of messages from hundreds of people I didn’t know two weeks before, and we’d helped some Afghan allies leave Afghanistan....
The Garrison Command Sergeant Major
By James Brasher You have been waiting for months and, finally, the Centralized Selection List (CSL) results are published. You have been wondering which brigade you are going to assume responsibility for. You open up the CSL, see your name, and...
S3,E4: Ryan Holiday- Fortune Favors the Brave
Bestselling author Ryan Holiday discusses his latest book, Courage is Calling: Fortune Favors the Brave. Joe and Ryan talk about how fear can hold us back from personal growth, helping others, and making a positive impact in our...
Professional Fulfillment: How Finding Your Purpose Promotes Unit Cohesion
By Andrew J. Bibb The first time I took the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) I felt as if a massive burden had been lifted off my shoulders. My Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) scores were steadily declining as I aged. I was frustrated...
What are Chaplains For? Five Suggestions on How to Best Utilize the Chaplain
By Caleb Miller There are many guides for officers or NCOs to become better leaders. There are also guides for chaplains to improve. However, I see very little out there helping leaders develop, utilize or rate the chaplains in their midst. This...
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What is Your Guitar Hero?
About a decade ago, I would spend hours a day playing my Xbox 360. I was hooked on one game in particular: “Guitar Hero”. In the game, players have to play hit songs by pressing buttons on a fake guitar. Each day I would continuously...
Are You a Third Generation Leader?
When most of us think of leadership, we think of the immediate. Our leadership focus tends to be on the task at hand, not really looking beyond the next rifle range or field training exercise. But, eventually we will move on and continue to climb...
Let’s Stop the 100-Hour Work Week: Letting the Horses Go
The Problem of Letting Go In the opening of Elting Morison’s Men, Machines, and Modern Times, he recounts the story of a British officer who, in the early 1940s, had a time motion expert study pictures of a light artillery crew going through...
The Janitor Who Helped Put a Man on the Moon
By: Joe Byerly In 1962, President John F. Kennedy visited NASA for the first time. During his tour of the facility, he met a janitor who was carrying a broom down the hallway. The President then casually asked the janitor what he did for NASA, and...
The Opposite of Fear is Love
The Opposite of Fear is Love is from Chapter 13 of Steven Pressfield’s The Warrior Ethos published by Black Irish Books. The greatest counterpoise to fear, the ancients believed, is love—the love of the individual warrior for his...
The Power of Informal Leader Development
By Scott Nusom Introduction Leader professional development (LPD) is a critical component for growing and progressing the Profession of Arms. Army Doctrinal Reference Publication 6-22, Army Leadership binds leader development into the Army...
Idea to Action: The West Point Negotiation Project
By: Luke Hutchison When it comes to creating change in the largest bureaucracy on earth – the Department of Defense – it can often seem like a challenging, if not impossible, task. However, there are some Intrapreneurs who have seen a...
Your Landing Attitude and How to ‘Be’ in Transition
By Daniel Hodne Exiting an aircraft flying at 130 knots makes for an unnatural, turbulent, and adrenaline-charged experience. Career change, in many respects, shares similar qualities. In other words, the moment you’ve fully committed yourself to...
The Top Ten Things I Learned in Squadron Command
By: LTC Chad Foster I learned a lot over two years in command of a Cavalry Squadron. I also re-learned many things that I had discovered during earlier assignments, but these lessons gained a new and broader context when experienced from a...
Let’s Talk #DRAFTFM30
Have you ever read an Army Field Manual and wished you could have added your two cents prior to it accumulating dust on your office shelf? Now’s your chance. The Strategy Bridge, The Military Leader, and From the Green Notebook are excited to...
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