Category: Leadership
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Servant Leadership
Today our nation honors a great man: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was able to open the eyes of our country to the ways other Americans were being treated. He challenged the cultural norms that had been in place and forever changed the face of civil rights for millions of people. He did all…
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Project Management: Scrum vs Waterfall
Talking about waterfalls and scrum masters sounds like some sort of fictional nonsense to many, but these represent important concepts in Project Management. In Project Management there are two main methodologies that prevail. Don’t feel bad if these concepts are a little challenging at first; however, understanding them a little better will help guide you…
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Find the Good in a Bad Situation
As a commander, there wasn’t any joy on the days when I had an appointment on the calendar for someone to come visit my office, dressed in their Service Dress, accompanied by their supervisor, ready to receive some sort of paperwork or lecture from me for an action they had taken…was never fun. Many of…
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Thinking is Difficult
Original thoughts are not something seen as you journey through the various media and social media outlets. I remember when I first discovered this as I was working on my master’s degree. I would find a lot of sources on a particular topic that were essentially saying the same thing and then I would stumble…
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They’re Listening
As a parent or leader I think it is fair to say we try to pass on our “wisdom” to our families (home or work) to help them. They may consider them “lectures” from dad and we may feel like we aren’t getting through to them…but you are. My kids are all grown and for…
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What is a Project, Project Manager?
Over the past several years, there has been a big push in the NCO and SNCO ranks to get their Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Learning about Project Management is a great way for us to become better leaders while paving the path for our future civilian careers. If you want to understand project management,…
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Effort Needs Purpose
This one really made me think. I am typically one to say that we spend too much time talking about and thinking about what we should do and we need to make an effort and do something. However, President Kennedy one-up’s me. Effort alone is useless unless we are moving towards something. Effort alone is…
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Why Do We Write these Articles?
Many of you may wonder why we take time out of our lives to write these articles? If you are reading this today…that is the exact reason why! It all starts with following our own advice…like surrounding yourself with good people. My buddy Joe was doing this before me and I started reading his articles…and…
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How are you doing as a leader?
Have you ever wondered how you are doing as a leader? Sure, you can ask for feedback from you boss, peers, or even from those you lead. I came up with a simple way you can find out by asking yourself a question…pretty simple “can you pack your bags and leave for 30 days and…
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Be You
We tend to mirror or compare ourselves to others in the world or our workcenters. There are times it is useful to see how we are performing on the team in comparison to others. However, we should not try to become the other person or even think our contributions should be equal to that of…
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