By Ray Ramos History is filled with cautionary tales. Not just of tyrants and generals who fell from grace, but of...
From the Red Notebook: Leadership Lessons in What Not to Do
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Soul vs. Ego
By Joe Byerly I would love to play guitar in front of a crowd at a bar, watch them sing along, and then take requests...
The Best Job I Never Thought I Wanted
by Ned Marsh From 2022 through 2024, I served as one-third of the command team for the U.S. Army Garrison Fort...
“They Don’t Get It” is a Leadership Red Flag
By Sara Roger “Soldiers these days just don’t get it.” I’ve heard that sentence at least ten—maybe even twenty—times...
Power, Character, and the Gates We Open
By Joe Byerly Throughout ancient history, cities didn’t always fall on the fields of battle or by infantry scaling the...
Life Lessons from Jimmy Kimmel’s Head Writer (That Apply to the Rest of Us Too)
By Joe Byerly Danny Ricker writes jokes for a living. As one of Jimmy Kimmel’s head writers, he leads a team that...
Power, Hubris, and the Role of Fortune
By Joe Byerly When we attain power, we often see it through the protagonist’s lens: “This is my story. I climbed the...
Power and the Most Dangerous Myth of All
By Joe Byerly At 24 years old, Robert McNamara became Harvard Business School’s youngest assistant professor. Six...
Saying Goodbye to the “Sunday Scaries”
By Joe Byerly If you had told me years ago that the “Sunday Scaries” would one day disappear from my vocabulary—or...