REFLECT
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:...
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...
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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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...
That’s #NCOBusiness
Hey NCOs! We recognize that it’s our NCO Corps that makes our military great. So, we’re running a series in September called #NCOBusiness. Every article will be for NCOs by NCOs and we’re looking for submissions! This is a great...
The Jump: Preparing for the Transition to Organizational Leadership
By: Josh Suthoff The jump from direct to organizational leadership in the military is probably one of the most trying non-combat tests an officer or senior non-commissioned officer will experience. In a few years a company commander will go from...
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