Category: Career Success
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3 Steps to Getting Promoted
We all want to be promoted. Some want it for more money, some for more leverage to help others, some are just tired of doing grunt work. Whatever the reason, the most asked question throughout my career was how to make the next rank. Although, how I have worded it has changed over the years,…
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Can You Make Rank with a Markdown?
One of the most often asked questions is about how the promotion board will view a blemish on your record. “Can I still make rank with a markdown or if I am just a ‘promote’?” Short answer is: yes. In the new Enlisted Evaluation System, there is a fear that being just a ‘promote’ or…
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Are You Becoming a ‘Yes’ Person?
We have all seen the ‘yes-men’ and ‘yes-women’ in our organizations who seemingly can’t wait for the next proclamation from the boss so they can fawn all over how great of an idea it is and push it to the masses. I have seen this with commanders and their bosses, Chiefs, CGOs, and every other…
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Memorial Day: Remember
This Memorial Day is like all others. We take the day to appreciate the nation we serve and remember those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. When we take the oath, we know it is a possibility to not make it home.Almost all of us have lost a brother or sister in arms who passed on…
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3 Books You Need to Read as a SNCO
So far this year I have read several books. In fact, I have read three books that I wish I would have read before sewing on Master many moons ago. These books will help you provide feedback and assess how to approach those on your team; how to create important goals and motivate your team…
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My Potential $100K Post-Career Mistake…
Several years back I applied for the 15-year retirement and thought I was going to get approved. During this period, I went to TAPS, started job-hunting, and signed up for a PMP certification course. After three long months of waiting, I learned I had been denied and gave up on the job search and the…
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Risk Management for Leaders: 3 Questions for Success
While reflecting during a recent Daily Deliberation, I was really thinking about the Air Force’s view on risk. Our Risk Management (RM) teachings are very good and offer an easy 5-step framework on how to avoid unnecessary risks, but never how to embrace risks. We have to change our mindset that all risk is bad.…
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Is Work-Life Balance Attainable?
Work-life balance is one of those topics that is constantly being discussed. Many of us try very hard to keep everything in balance at home and at work. However, we spend so much energy doing this, we tend to miss the good stuff. I am a firm believer that there are three areas we need…
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Micromagement 101
How/Why it begins? Micromanagement is a the result of a deeper rooted issue where there is a lack in leadership development. We all start as some sort of hands-on technician doing a ground-level job. We get better over time and are asked to train another based on our skills. Then as we become good one-on-one…
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Decisions, Decisions
What is your process for making decisions? Listen to the latest podcast on Inspire Tomorrow to hear a few different methods. Go there from here.
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