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Get To Know Each Other: The Art and Power of Friendship
by Caleb Miller How well do you know the people you work with? How often, outside of work hours, do you hang out with any of them? Do you know what they consider to be important? Do you know about where they came from before they joined the...
Every Soldier A Warrior: Bridging the Divide Between Combat and Support
by Benjamin Phocas After twenty years of counterinsurgency, with some spending entire combat deployments in an air conditioned office on a city sized forward operating base, it has become easy for soldiers not at the tip of the spear to treat the...
Leading into the Future: Why You Should Write a Thesis at CGSC
by Benjamin Van Horrick To the incoming class, welcome to Fort Leavenworth and the United States Army Combined Arms Center Command and General Staff College (CGSC). You are embarking on the most pivotal—and certainly not the easiest—year of your...
Planning to Win the Tactical Level Fights: How Simple Operations Products Enable Synchronized Success
by Sean Leary Battalion and brigade staffs operate somewhere in between the company tactical level and the operational machines that are division headquarters. In this area, it is essential for commanders and their supporting staffs to be...
10 Rules to Live by on Social Media for Those who Serve
by Orlandon Howard “When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.” – King Solomon (1010-931 BCE) It’s easy to make mistakes when communicating regularly on social media....
Lessons Learned for an Effective Training Pathway and Development
by J David Thompson “What did we do that made us so effective?” A few weeks after returning from a deployment to the Levant, one of my Team Sergeants asked me this question after he and his Team Leader had a chance to reflect on the past...
Commander’s Focus Areas for Large Scale Combat Operations
by Ronald Sprang Commanders are critical to an organization’s success. Large Scale Combat Operations (LSCO) stress a unit’s leaders, systems and processes, which require unremitting focus and leadership. Commanders must train their organizations to...
An Army and a Nation: Preparations for Large Scale Ground Combat Operations
by Michael Herb The basic function of an army is to fight and win a nation’s wars; thus, war is the endeavor of a nation. Winning in large-scale combat operations matters and has returned as the priority for the United States military with leaders...
The One Thing Series: Seeing the Best in People
by Brad Ruttman It was very difficult to choose the one thing I wish I knew before taking command. After 8 years of operational and strategic level command, there are so many. However, there is one in particular that I never thought that I would...
The One Thing Series: Burnout
by Bob Shelton I failed … my family, my unit, and my leaders. As a teenager, I had a t-shirt that said “Eat, sleep, and go like hell.” I put a lot of stock in the latter part of that slogan…I believed it. Twenty-two years...
Why Military Leaders Should Study Human Nature
By Joe Byerly This is the first question, in a five question interview with author Robert Greene. Joe: You’ve spent decades researching and writing about power, mastery, and war. In your latest book, The Laws of Human Nature, you have written what...
Examining Human Nature with Robert Greene
By: Joe Byerly Have you ever had a conversation with someone and walked away much smarter? This happened to me a few weeks ago. I had an opportunity to spend an hour talking to author Robert Greene. We discussed leadership, the dark side of human...
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...
How to Enhance Your Daily Performance
By Tyler Inman What if I told you there was a performance enhancing substance that was safe, legal, and promised to increase your speed, power, strength, and coordination while simultaneously reducing your risk of injury? You must choose. This is...
How to Plan for Your Company Change of Command
By: Captain Andrew V. Jazbec A change of command is a critical time for an organization. Quite often, military blogs, social networks, and Center for Army Lessons Learned handbooks publish helpful lists outlining the first 90 days of command. As...
Should I get Life Insurance After the Military?
By Ashley Bunch No one ever said getting out of the military was easy, and to be frank, it would be a lie to say that it is. Separating from the military might be one of the hardest choices you make, next to joining. When you get out, suddenly all...
5 Ways to Maximize Your Broadening Experience at a Center of Excellence
By CPT Paul M. Guzman (AR) and CPT Duncan E. Braswell (IN) In Forrest Pogue’s George C. Marshall: Education of a General, Pogue explains how General George C. Marshall reflected on his experience training and educating officers, both at the U.S....
Sir Solitude: Leadership Lessons from Lieutenant General Sir Graeme Lamb
By Jason Criss Howk At a recent seminar with Mike Erwin (of Team RWB and The Positivity Project), he asked the audience to think about the greatest leader they had ever worked with, and to list the traits that made them effective. I did not have to...
The Quarterback, the Commander, and the CEO: The Art of Gratitude
By Joe Byerly In 2005, my commander did something that had a profound impact on the next 14 years of my life: He wrote me a short note. He said that he appreciated my hard work, it was being noticed, and that he thought I was going to make one hell...
The Executive Assistant Billet: Keys to Success
By CAPT Kevin Volpe Congratulations! You have been selected to be an Executive Assistant to a General, Admiral, or high-ranking civilian. You will find this to be one of the most rewarding (and demanding) assignments in your career thus far....
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The Command Sergeant Major’s Place on the Battlefield
By LeVares Jackson Part of the job of a Squadron Command Sergeant Major (CSM) is determining where you should be on the battlefield.There are several doctrinal references that describes the duties and responsibilities. I found the one that best...
Do Soldiers Need Sleep?
By Tyler Inman Practice makes perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. Perfect practice while routinely sleeping 8 hours per night makes perfect. Lethal squads and platoons are forged through hard, realistic training. To that end, my boss used to...
Invest in People, Not Systems
By Chad Foster Systems are valuable tools. They allow units to accomplish routine tasks in a routine manner. They also help ensure a measure of efficiency in organizational functions. The larger the organization, the more important it is to have...
What’s Really Wrong with Mission Command
By Josh Suthoff Recently, the Army Times published an interview with TRADOC Commander, GEN Stephen Townsend in which the primary point of discussion was that the decades-long Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) has eroded the decision making confidence...
Preventing a Crisis: Your Unit PMCS Checklist
By: Orlandon Howard Have you done any preventative maintenance on your unit lately? A crisis may be looming. Corporations deal with issues and crises all the time. They typically have a lot at stake if they spiral out control, namely, money. The...
UK Commanders Everyone Should Study
By: The Editors at the Wavell Room We’ve teamed up with From the Green Notebook for a leadership exercise: A General Exchange. The idea is simple. Just put forward 5 British generals that are worthy of study by our American cousins. In return we...
10 Things You Should Know About Supporting Breastfeeding Soldiers
By Lauren Holl The number of women entering the military has steadily increased during the last 30 years. Despite this trend, there continues to be a knowledge gap regarding best practices in supporting Soldiers who return to work after giving...
Things I Wish I Would Have Known Before I was an S3
By: Casey Dean During the last few months of KD time I began to reflect on the things I wish I could have done better and captured those lessons. My goal was to pass these notes to my replacement in hopes he wouldn’t make some of the same mistakes....
The 8 Lessons of Leadership I Learned Brewing Coffee – A Tribute to BG Sean P. Mulholland
By Alex Licea I originally wrote this over two years ago. It’s about the leadership lessons I learned brewing the morning coffee while working as the enlisted aid for then BG Sean P. Mulholland, who was the commander of Special Operations...
Bring Back the ‘Drink & Think’! Unleashing the Power of Professional Development
By. Chad Foster Recently, a couple of very talented young majors introduced me to the phrase “Drink & Think.” This was the name they gave to the informal professional group discussions held among a small circle of peers while at the Command...
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