The Delegation Dilemma
Business and Psychology?
Managing Transitions; Private Sector Considerations from a Military Mindset
Sharing Power, Understanding, and Risk through "Mutual Support"
How Simplicity Can Lead You to Better Results
Why do people hate seeing others win?
Though on the surface you may believe that statement isn’t true, I challenge you to reflect on your initial reaction or the reactions from others around you when they heard of someone who was winning.
If you are the majority, someone around you probably immediately jumped in with a negative comment, judgement, or uneducated perception of the winner’s journey.
Why? Why don’t we applaud and appreciate winners more than we look for their faults?
I have an opinion on the topic.
Bad Leaders Part One – Serving & Learning
As a Fighter Wing Commander, one of my favorite recurring events was engaging with our Airmen who were about to graduate Airmen Leadership School (ALS) along with my Command Chief. ALS is the first tier of professional military education for our enlisted force. Airmen must attend this course before taking their first level supervisory position as a non-commissioned officer (NCO). Up until this point in their careers, they have
13 Strategies For Coming Out of This Pandemic Victoriously
Imagine, if the whole world stopped. You couldn’t leave your house. And, when you did, you had to wear a mask and gloves, and carry hand sanitizer. Once you were back inside the safety of your home, you had to wash your clothes in hot water, and your hands and body while singing Happy Birthday twice to make sure that soap had 20 seconds to kill the invisible virus. In this scenario, what would you focus on? How would you spend your days? How would you re-invent yourself for the new world?
The Value Of Diversity
SERVICE BEFORE SELF
The Volcano is Always Going to Explode.
Never Quit Early – Stay in It!
Lessons learned during times of uncertainty – Time to change habits
As I look back over time, it seems like there are two types of organizations/teams:
1) Those that have developed a proactive approach to life in all areas. They understand the value of planning, assessing multiple outcomes, risk, place a high value on their health, surround themselves with a circle of influence (people smarter than they are), they are curious and life long learners (they want to be better than yesterday) and they see “opportunities” as opposed to “chaos/problems”.