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Opportunities and Applications for Executive Coaching in the Army
by BG Brett Funck It’s likely “coach, teach, and mentor” is a familiar phrase for those in the Army. However, understanding and differentiating the three items is less familiar. The Army is growing its exposure to executive coaching and...
Making the Case for an Army Peer-to-Peer Rewards Program
by Aaron “Butch” Pucetas The Army’s current rewards system is mostly top-down, leader-driven, and formal in nature. If a Soldier excels in an event or area, their supervisor recommends them for a reward and it is processed through the chain of...
Blind Intent and Vision-Impaired Guidance
By Joel P. Gleason Road Trips & Staff Meetings My wife and I have spent 20 years having the same discussion on road trips. As dinner approaches and the kids get hungry, we agree that we should stop at a restaurant but, as we drive past...
Lessons Learned Leading Zero-Experience Ad-Hoc Teams
by Brad Crosson Thanks to a recurring overseas exercise, I have had several opportunities to take about two dozen people who have never met before and quickly turn them into a functioning team. I measure my impromptu teams’ success by how...
The Cornerstone of Our Profession
By Marc Meybaum As we raise our right hand, our oath is expected to be, and must be, an honest commitment to serve. Honesty is called forth in the very first act of every military service member in our modern volunteer force. It is our first act of...
Forging Trust in Time for the Next Crisis
by Ted Delicath and Danny Kenny Trust serves as the foundation and fuel of our Team of Teams’ core capabilities. During a crisis, pre-established trust speeds and deepens a team’s response and impact. In contrast, an absence of trust creates...
Two Steps to Being a Good Teammate
by Tom Dull Unique to the military profession is that, upon entrance, the servicemember is instantly accepted and considered part of the team. Whether a scout team, infantry company, or brigade staff, soldiers are always a member of a team (and...
Enduring
by Hannah Wentland For a long time I have struggled to write or even share my thoughts. The first notion inhibiting me is always, “Who am I to write something worth knowing?” I fear I lack the credibility to sit at the table and champion my voice:...
The Bear: A New, Relevant Source of Professional Development
by Zach Batton By and large, military leaders are not diversifying their sources for professional development. Once and Eagle, Black Hearts, Black Hawk Down, and This Kind of War are just a few repetitive staples in most reading/watch lists....
Attack the Stigma!: How Leaders can support Mental Health Maintenance
by Mandi Rollinson What is mental health? Despite the stigma existing in contemporary culture around the term “mental health,” mental health is not a condition in and of itself. It is a fact of being human. The WHO defines mental health as:...
Has Anyone Seen the Boss?
By Sam When faced with a toxic leader, you can find multiple studies and a massive amount of information on what can be done to deal with this individual, but what happens when you have a boss who is just plain ineffective? They aren’t a bad person...
The Goal of Self-Development: Knowledge vs. Wisdom
By Joe Byerly “For even sheep do not vomit up their grass and show to the shepherds how much they have eaten; but when they have internally digested the pasture, they produce externally wool and milk. Do you also show not your theorems to the...
How to Keep a Notebook Like Da Vinci
By Joe Byerly When we hear the name Leonardo Da Vinci, the word “genius” immediately comes to mind. His 16th century works “The Last Supper,” “Mona Lisa,” and “Vitruvian Man” are still popular today. The Da Vinci namesake is a part of our modern...
How to be a Successful S6
By: LTC Joshua Trimble Did the Army select you to serve as an S6? If you are lucky, you remember your training. If you are extra lucky, the Army even sent you to a refresher S6 course. Chances are, you are not that lucky, and you probably do not...
5 Battlefields that Influenced My Outlook on War, Leadership, and Life
By: Jim Greer Throughout my life I have visited many battlefields, certainly more than I can remember. The first battlefield I visited was Kennesaw Mountain, with my Dad when I was seven years old. The most recent was Fort McHenry last year...
Can You Learn to Take Initiative?
By Joshua Spodek Chatting about my upcoming book, Initiative, a friend and fellow blogger, Joe Byerly of From The Green Notebook, asked if people could learn to take initiative. I saw his question as rhetorical, since he’d read an advance copy, so...
How Writing Books Gave Me an Education
By Joe Byerly This is the final question, in a five question interview with author Robert Greene. Joe: Because of writing, I’ve had the opportunity to interact with academics and those with advanced degrees and it can be a bit intimidating. You...
Leaders Worth Studying: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
By Joe Byerly This is the fourth question, in a five question interview with author Robert Greene. Joe: In your books, you’ve examined the stories of hundreds of leaders. Who are some great and bad leaders we should study? And what do you think is...
The Benefits of Being a Mentor
By Joe Byerly This is the third question, in a five question interview with author Robert Greene. Joe: You and the author Ryan Holiday have a well-known mentor/protege relationship. You’ve both written bestselling books and he’s been very vocal...
Our Dark Side and the Need for Self-Awareness
By Joe Byerly This is the second question, in a five question interview with author Robert Greene. Joe: In Chapter 9 Confront Your Dark Side of The Laws of Human Nature, you describe the darker aspects of our personalities. Do you think it’s...
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How to be a Successful S6
By: LTC Joshua Trimble Did the Army select you to serve as an S6? If you are lucky, you remember your training. If you are extra lucky, the Army even sent you to a refresher S6 course. Chances are, you are not that lucky, and you probably do not...
How to Turn Performance Counseling into a Conversation
By Joe Byerly When it comes to intentionally developing our subordinates, one of the greatest tools in a leader’s kit bag is one-on-one counseling. Unfortunately, counseling is hit or miss across the Army. I would argue that the majority of...
5 Tips to Help New NCOs Succeed
By Alex Licea Congratulations, you are now a Noncommissioned Officer. First and foremost, be proud of your accomplishment! Earning the title of NCO is an important step in the military career of enlisted personnel regardless of their branch of...
Things You Need to Know About Commanding a Brigade HHC
By Chris Ingram Commanding a line company is the ideal job for most company grade officers; the culminating point of company grade leadership. Being told you have been asked to relinquish command early and take on the responsibility of a Brigade...
AIM 2.0: Tinder for Army Talent Management
Tinder By: Megan Jantos Over the last couple years, the Army has rolled out a new system that allows it to better manage talent while involving active-duty officers in the assignment process. This system, called the Assignment Interactive Module...
4 Questions Commanders Should Ask Their PAOs
By: Megan Jantos As a commander, leveraging the unique capabilities of a public affairs officer can prove challenging. Sometimes leaders grossly micromanage the PAO with redundant or unnecessary product quotas because they jump to tactical...
What Commanders Should Expect From Their S6
By: LTC Joshua Trimble Being a signal Soldier can have its difficulties. What is the unscientifically calculated most heard phrase at AAR’s? “Comms could have been better.” The Army’s communication gear, with its necessary security standards and...
Task Sifting: A Method of Team Management and Empowerment
by Lennard Salcedo Whether you are an assistant operations officer muddling through endless daily tasking orders or a company commander looking for opportunities to develop your platoon leaders, one key to success is the ability to assign tasks to...
From the S3’s Desk: 10 lbs of Success in a 5lb Bag:
By Casey Dean Across the Army, orders are in hand. A new class of staff college graduates are getting ready to PCS, eager to use the skills and knowledge they acquired during their year in school. Several months ago I shared some thoughts on...
Improving Our Army Reserve Force Through Augmentation at Combatant Commands
By Eero and Rose Keravuori With recent studies stating the Reserve needs to continually integrate with the Active Force to sustain the Reserve Component’s readiness, and given our recent focus on great power competition, America’s Army Reserve...
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