Category: Leadership
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Why All the Meetings?
I’ve sat through a lot of meetings over the past few years; I found myself spending more time in a conference room rather than at my desk. I would carry my little green notebook and scribble down the action items, guidance, and dates of importance. Beyond getting the tasks and important upcoming dates, the commander’s…
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Daily Deliberation: 21 December 2019
We allow others to tell us we are not good enough or that what we do is not going to change anything. We could have 1,000 people advise we are on the right path and then some random troll under the bridge will totally turn us around. Don’t be afraid to take a risk that…
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Daily Deliberation: 16 December 2019
I don’t believe all the answers to all the problems are in books, but I do believe the seeds to those answers are. Books we trust and enjoy are a constant source for growth. However, if we don’t use our own experiences in conjunction with what we read, we become sheep. When we do, we…
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What’s Next: Prepare for Life After the Military
The day will come when you hang up that uniform for the last time. How will your next chapter read? More importantly, what are you doing now to script that next chapter? If you’re counting only on TAPS to set you up, you’ll be sorry. During my last couple of years in the service and…
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Daily Deliberation: 15 December 2019
I think all of our units have a mission and vision statement written or hanging on some wall. We walk past it everyday and may have caught a glimpse. Sometimes, we memorize it because the Chief has called people out during roll calls. What is the purpose? EPR/OPR bullet for our leaders? At least, that…
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Daily Deliberation: 13 December 2019
Many of us probably have no clue why we are here on this earth. Some believe we were created to do something. Some believe we are here as a product of chance. Whatever the cosmic cause of our existence, the fact is we are here. Now the real question is, what are we going to…
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Daily Deliberation: 11 December 2019
Not going to lie…this is a hard pill to swallow This suggests that we have to take responsibility for the things in our lives. We are becoming a society that pushes blame to others: it is the teacher’s fault our kids are bad; it is the government’s fault for x-y-z. Our mistakes are our fault…
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Daily Deliberation: 6 December 2019
I always used to laugh when people would say the smartest person in the room is the one who asks the most questions. I would instantly think of all the commander calls where the wing commander would be asked about why the eggs were “tepid” at the chow hall. I thought, “no, the one who…
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Daily Deliberation: 5 December 2019
We are horrible managers of our own time. Case and point, we have no problem staying up just five or ten minutes longer to do something seemingly useless like scroll our phones or watch a fidget spinner infomercial. Then we fight the alarm clock the next morning because we are too tired to wake up.…
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Learn the Dynamic, Grow Your Team, Enforce Standards
In the movie Training Day, Denzel Washington’s character, Alonzo, tells Ethan Hawke’s character, Jake: Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open, you might learn a thing or two. While Alonzo is talking about the streets and how actions there affect a Narc officer, these words apply to us as leaders. Our teams, much like…
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