Category: Leadership
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Daily Deliberation: 6 February 2020
I have watched leaders whom I truly admire just sit back and take it all in. They would listen to everyone’s opinions, gripes and everything else. The only time they would break their silence was to ask clarifying questions. Then after listening to all, they would share their decision. True wisdom isn’t just showing what…
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Daily Deliberation: 29 January 2020
One of the hardest things to do as a leader is to stand in front of your team and tell them you failed. However, we all make mistakes and need to own them quickly. Once we acknowledge our missteps, we can learn from them and move onto a smarter path for the next attempt. Our…
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Daily Deliberation: 28 January 2020
I still get angry at myself when I have to learn lessons the hard way. I love to read and learn from others and see many of their triumphs and their successes. However, so often I do not adopt the principles or practices to ensure I am not making the same mistakes. It is not…
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Daily Deliberation: 27 January 2020
“How was school?” …”Fine.” This is the response on most days as I drive home with my kids. Sometimes, they just don’t want to talk about their day and sometimes something bad happened. The trick is to look for the real meaning behind the words. This is why it is so important to look our…
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Daily Deliberation: 25 January 2020
Most of us struggle with telling someone ‘no’ or something else that could crush a dream or even just disappoint. We lead our friends on about something they want us to do with them, but we have no desire to do. Then when it becomes time to act, we make up lame excuses. Just like…
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Daily Deliberation: 23 January 2020
My first day of work as a MSgt, I was looking for all of my minions to serve me. Instead, I walked into the office and my boss tore into me about something that happened on the other side of the flightline on a different shift. I learned very quickly (literally day one) that I…
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Daily Deliberation: 22 January 2020
If you are not learning as a leader, you are not going to last. I remember being in a role where I thought I was the expert and stopped developing myself. It wasn’t long until I was being passed by my peers and even those on my team. I no longer had all the answers…
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Daily Deliberation: 17 January 2020
What does this quote from Alexander the Great mean to you? To me, it means we have to be strong as leaders. We can’t be afraid to stand up for our team and to our team. I recently watched as a supervisor chastised his subordinate and then flip-flopped when he got push-back. If he could…
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Daily Deliberation: 16 January 2020
The first piece of leadership advice I have ever received was from my father when I was maybe 6-ish. He told me to “lead by example” and it is something I have considered and pondered my whole life. Sometimes it means to show others how to do the task and sometimes it means to roll…
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