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Leader Development: The Maker’s Motto
Author’s Note: This is the second installment in a series on leader development: For the previous post check out Leader Development: The Leeroy Jenkins Model “If you can’t open it, you don’t own it.”...
Leader Development: The Leeroy Jenkins Model
“Time’s up! Let’s do this! LeeeeeeRooyyy Jenkins!” -L. Jenkins If you’ve been to a professional military education course in the last seven years, you’ve probably seen this video at some point. In the middle of the clip, the players devising a plan...
A Leader’s Legacy: What Does Your Recruiting Poster Look Like?
By Joe Byerly In May of 2013, the University of Alabama released a recruiting poster with the jerseys of 111 former players who Nick Saban has coached or recruited during his time in the NCAA. Every jersey on the...
Let’s Quit Going into Debt with Our Families: Time Management for Leaders
Time, like money, isn’t infinite yet we treat the management of both very differently. If I mismanage my money, and my monthly expenses are greater than my income, I must borrow from a financial lender to make up the deficit. Overtime, I run the...
The Power of a Note
By Joe Byerly Tonight I read an article in the Army Times titled Nearly Half of Soldiers say Army isn’t committed to them and for whatever reason it made me think of a handwritten note I received almost 10 years ago from my Battalion...
“A Way” To Develop a Toxic Leader: How We as Leaders Create Our Own Monsters
Toxic leaders don’t just appear on the scene, they develop over time- and we are the ones that create them. Yep! It’s partly our fault as leaders because we fail to properly counsel them as they move up the ladder. There you have it: “A way” to...
The Guy Behind the Guy, Behind the Guy: A Case for Taking our Roles More Seriously
“Remember this face! This is the guy behind the guy, behind the guy!” Vince Vaughn’s character spoke those words to the cocktail waitress in the 90’s hit, Swingers, when he was trying to pump up his wingman, played by Jon...
Flattening the Decision Cycle in Tactical Units
If you look in the Army’s manual on Mission Command, it says the philosophy is based on 6 principles: Build cohesive teams through mutual trust Create shared understanding Provide commander’s clear intent Exercise disciplined initiative...
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