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The First Sergeant Blues
By Michael Burke You have finally arrived: the pinnacle of what most NCOs aspire to be, a First Sergeant, the top of your organization’s NCO support channel. You’ve been grinding every day: taking care of Soldiers, mentoring young NCOs, and...
Tailoring a Professional Development Program
By Dan Vigeant I get it, you’re busy. Your attention is constantly pulled in a thousand different directions, seemingly all at once: unit training, administrative actions, training meetings, maintenance meetings, property inventories, physical...
Three Principles of Distinguished Leadership
By Allison Miller While the mission of defining “good” leadership will indefinitely entertain reasonable minds, I wish to highlight three rather unconventional principles drawn from my observations and experience of various leadership styles and...
S2,Ep 9: A Mother’s Airborne Legacy- Michelle Hughes and Valerie Nostrant
Joe sits down with Michelle Hughes and Valerie Nostrant, a mother and daughter who share a legacy of service in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. The pair discusses their outlook on leadership and life in the Army and what...
General James N. Mattis
Editorial note – This blog post is part of our Scribbles series. If interested in submitting creative content, view our guidelines here or contact Cassie Crosby at cassie@fromthegreennotebook.com. By Pat Dowden Pat Dowden is a retired U. S....
The Attributes of Effective Mentorship
By Jeroen Verhaeghe One of the key responsibilities of a leader in any military organization is the development of the next generation of leaders[i]. This responsibility is crucial because the military grows its leaders from within rather than...
Why Some Commands Fail
By Dennis Reilly If you have served for any length of time, you are bound to have served in exceptional commands as well as some that simply miss the mark. The latter are places where no one wants to go to work and members regularly express their...
Leadership Vignette: Mission Command and Command and Control (4 of 4)
LTC Kelly McCoy This is the final in a series of four vignettes designed as a supplement to the 2019 series of mission command articles (Part 1, 2, and 3) led by General Stephen Townsend. The vignettes follow a fictional character, John Miller,...
Army Culture: Make Room for Recovery
By MAJ Terron Wharton From January 2018 to June 2020, I served in key development positions as a battalion operations officer, battalion executive officer, and brigade executive officer. My key development time was the hardest I have ever worked in...
S2,Ep8: Steven Pressfield- The Warrior’s Life
The team sits down with author Steven Pressfield to discuss his newest book, A Man at Arms. In addition to providing a peek into the ancient world, Pressfield shares his thoughts how leaders can overcome Resistance to lead with the best version of...
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