Category: Career Success
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The 4 Areas Air Force SNCOs Must Master
“The Air Force mentoring program should focus on developing subordinate leadership skills. Current Air Force mentoring instructions substitute career building for leadership development.” These are the first two lines from a 2003 Air Command and Staff College thesis written by Major Todd Lancaster. When I stumbled upon this paper, this statement really hit me and…
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How Should a Great SSgt’s EPR Read?
Tis the season. The holidays are upon us as are the SSgt SCOD EPRs. One of the most frequent questions we are asked during this time frame is how can push our SSgts higher on the list for Forced Distribution? I think the better question is how should a SSgt EPR read? To be clear:…
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Duty Titles Don’t Get You Promoted
I will start by taking all the mystery from this article…duty titles will not get you promoted. In fact, they mean almost nothing to a TSgt. They are a bit more important to SNCOs, but still not the determining factor in your next promotion. What you do with the duty title you have is what…
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Bloom Where You are Planted
“I don’t like being a gate guard on mid-shift, I am meant for so much more.” Or simply, “I can’t stand my job!!!!” These are statements we have all heard over the years in the service or potentially even muttered them ourselves. I want to use my experience to help shine a different light on…
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Testing: A Strategy For Promotion You Control
I like to think of promotions testing like going for a long distance run. Your mind, like your body, can fatigue. A critical factor that plays into testing is your concentration, which wears thin over time as you become mentally tired after focusing on a problem for too long. Like a long distance run, you…
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CMSgt Wright’s Truth About Getting Promoted: Part 2
This is one of the best guides I have seen offering advice on how to study for promotion testing and it was, ironically, penned by CMSgt of the Air Force Kaleth Wright back when he was a SMSgt. This was shared with me from a friend and I had to work it into the site…
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Testing: Finding Your Study Method
The foundation of the one factor you truly have control over is studying for your promotions tests. There are three ways people learn; visual, audio, and tactile. The key is finding which of those (or combination of) methods work best for you. For visual learners, you can probably read and easily conceptualize something in your…
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CMSgt Wright’s Truth About Getting Promoted: Part 1
This is one of the best guides I have seen offering advice on how to study for promotion testing and it was, ironically, penned by CMSgt of the Air Force Kaleth Wright back when he was a SMSgt. This was shared with me from a friend and I had to work it into the site…
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3 Steps to Guaranteed Success
I remember driving home from work one day feeling so overwhelmed. I was exhausted! What is worse is that I could not think of one productive thing I did the entire day. Sure, I had been busy the entire day and could recount most of the fires I put out, but what did I actually…
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Lead With Purpose
“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” – Brian Tracy We have all worked with “that guy” who constantly complained about everything. He or she had issues with every policy, where things were located and especially how undervalued they are. Most of us start off by listening politely…
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