Author: Dave Rhodes
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Daily Deliberation: 8 September 2020
Anybody that knows me knows that when a very important decision has to be made, don’t expect an answer right now. I do it in my personal life and I did it at work. When I used to give an initial feedback to young lieutenants, I would tell them to make a decision, get all…
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Daily Deliberation: 3 September 2020
So there I was, I was finally running my first Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU). I had been an assistant in multiple AMUs prior, but this one was mine. Problem was, at the morning meetings, folks weren’t providing me the same information that had been provided at prior AMUs I had been in. After about a…
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Daily Deliberation: 1 September 2020
I’ve stated in previous posts that prior to the military I used to stock shelves in a grocery store…and loved it! I don’t do it often, but every once in awhile I’ll accompany my wife on her bi-weekly shopping trip and monitor the employee’s stocking techniques and then usually give a Simon Cowell type critique…it’s…
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Daily Deliberation: 27 August 2020
I always found it kind of amusing that when I introduced myself to someone and they found out I was in the Air Force, either through conversation or because I was wearing my uniform, it was inevitable they would say “do you know Sergeant Jones or Capt Smith”? I’m sure this doesn’t just happen in…
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Daily Deliberation: 25 August 2020
A few posts ago I wrote an article comparing how there were multiple ways to get to a goal…just like a GPS will give you multiple ways to get to a destination. Now, technology is getting close, but as far as I know, there isn’t a GPS out there that knows your destination just by…
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Daily Deliberation: 20 August 2020
I’ll admit, finding a job post-military hasn’t been as easy as I’d thought it would be…not by a long shot, but here is what I’ve learned over the past few months. I’ve got a great network of family (especially my wife), friends, and mentors that are willing to bend over backwards to help me out.…
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Daily Deliberation: 18 August 2020
One of the many jobs I had prior to joining the Air Force was working at a grocery store…started in high school. Worked really hard and made it up to Grocery Manager when I was 21…and wow, I failed miserably. I had no idea how to manage or lead people. I got to that position…
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Daily Deliberation: 13 August 2020
We’ve all heard the phrase “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade”. I had a Chief who used a similar phrase that I’m going to steal today…same concept. He would say it during our briefing to our new personnel each month at our Welcome Briefing and I think anyone could apply it even though this…
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Daily Deliberation: 11 August 2020
If I had to guess, the majority, not all, leaders know that they need to say “thank you” to the people in the organization who get the work done. With the exception of a couple of leadership styles, I’d say that is a fair statement. Sometimes those “thank yous” are just words to appease the…
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Daily Deliberation: 6 August 2020
Back in the 1980s there was a big anti-drug campaign with lots of commercials. Many of you might remember the one comparing your brain on drugs to an egg in a frying pan…seems like yesterday. There was another commercial with a father who had just found some hidden drugs, asking his son if they were…
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