Category: Leadership
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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: 17 August 2020
Isn’t it frustrating that the very first piece of leadership advice we get is the hardest to apply? We tell our children and our teammates to ‘lead by example’ and yet we mess this up all the time. At least, we think we do when we fall short of perfection. Instead of hanging our heads…
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Daily Deliberation: 16 August 2020
I have worked for and with so many people who simply could not control their cool. Some of them were scary to be around in high-stress scenarios and others were actually fun to get spun up. I watched wrenches, clipboards, coffee mugs, and many other objects fly across the room or flightline and even a…
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Daily Deliberation: 14 August 2020
This is one of my favorite quotes not because it is eloquent or even thought provoking, it reminds me that my perspective into a situation greatly impacts my views. If you have ever read a book or even just a quote and wrote down how it made you think at the time and then re-read…
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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: 12 August 2020
Since I have been teleworking through this pandemic, I have had a lot of time with my 10 and 7 year old. We enjoy going on bike rides throughout the neighborhood and I use them as an opportunity to teach lessons of leadership without them knowing. I allow one of them to lead and they…
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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: 10 August 2020
We have this concept backwards. We tend to liken the bold and the loud as confident; however, they are often the most insecure people in the room. By being rambunctious, they want others to think they are confident, but it is really just a defense mechanism. Why am I attacking loud people who are most…
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Daily Deliberation: 9 August 2020
I have been a student of servant style leadership for many years and serving those on my team is something I hold as a priority. Servant leaders are not meant to be submissive and weak; rather, using our talents and experience to set our team up for success. This quote from MJ helps me to…
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Daily Deliberation: 8 August 2020
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