Author: Joe Lawrence
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Reward what you want Repeated
“That is how you do it!” were the words shouted at me by my tech school instructor accompanied with a high-five, after marshaling my first aircraft onto the spot. It was nearly 18 years ago when I learned to maneuver the colossal C-5 Galaxy; however, his reaction has stuck with me ever since and played…
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Dealing with Fallout from the New Enlisted Eval System
Just a promote…really?!? Many of those in our units and maybe even you have had this thought over the past couple of months with the TSgt and SSgt SCOD. I know I have recently thought this as those on my team have been receiving their evals back. I have 42 NCOs that have been hand-picked…
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The Third Option
Making decisions is one of the most important functions of being a leader; it is also the hardest. As leaders or even as subordinates; we are faced with problems constantly. When we are, two options always seem to pop-up. They are often rooted in can or cannot. When my wife and I bought our home…
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Keep Life Balanced
Over the years I have noticed those who just seemed to be more successful in their careers and happier than most others. To be honest, I was rather envious. After some digging, I discovered they all had the same thing in common: balance. To have a successful life and career, you need to have balance.…
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Don’t Know or Don’t Care
A mentor of mine once told me, “personnel issues always boil down to either they don’t know or they don’t care and I can fix both.” Over the years I have learned this is true and most often the issues fall along the don’t know side of the house. In fact, I have met very…
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People Want to be Led
For the first time in my career, I was advanced to a position of leadership where my technical skills were no longer enough to ensure my success. I felt like a fish floundering on the dock grasping for any breath of air I could muster. I tried to coach others on their efforts based on my…
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The Hierarchy of Leadership
Those who work very hard and stand out amongst their peers deserve to lead a team. They get promoted as a team leader, but not really trained on their role because it is assumed they know the job already or because the person training them was trained by the old “sink or swim” method themselves.
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Operating Expenses
I am a very big fan of transparency, especially when it comes to money. We have affiliate links on this site and occasionally there will be something to generate cash for Deliberate Development. This site was not created to become an income generator and everything that comes in goes to the expenses involved in maintaining…
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