Category: Leadership
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What has the Air Force done for me lately?
It’s different for everyone and each person is at different spot of their journey with highs and lows. For me, it’s a sense of family wherever I go which is unparalleled with anything else I’ve ever experienced. It’s also a sense of service, pride, humility and honor knowing I am dedicated to something bigger than…
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Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas everyone! Have a great day with your loved ones and those of you working this day…thank you!
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6 Books for Any Phase of Your Career
One of the questions I get a lot is about what books I would recommend for someone to read. Quick answer is any book that holds your attention is the one YOU need to read. Whether it is fiction or nonfiction, you get to take a journey into the mind of others when you read…
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How my Command Chief, Became a Command Chief
I recently sat down with the Senior Enlisted Leader at my Wing. This wasn’t my first time sitting down with a Command Chief, and I’m sure it won’t be my last. During our conversation, he explained how he got to his position. Interestingly enough, it wasn’t the typical “I worked hard to get here speech”.…
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Are You a Natural Leader?
Defining what a leader is and if leaders are born or made seems to be one of the biggest leadership questions still to this date. I admit, I like to expend some bandwidth to these questions every now and then, but the answers really don’t matter. If we are born leaders, we still have to…
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The Zombie Apocalypse is Upon Us
Many people like the concept of the Walking Dead and thinking about what they would do if a zombie apocalypse became a reality. Well, I don’t think we are too far away from this happening. We are not going to wake up tomorrow to zombies trying to eat us in the literal sense, but we…
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Are We Truly Hearing Our Team’s Needs?
I have not come across too many leaders who were not fixated on solving the problems their team faced. The difficult part is figuring out what the true problems are. Not taking the time to truly listen to our people and getting to the deeper issues can have long-term impacts. Here is a parable I…
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Thawing the Frozen Middle
A little while back, CMSAF Wright introduced us all to the term ‘frozen middle’. There has been a lot of push to get past this in many organizations after Adam Grant’s book, Originals, revealed how middle managers are typically the ones who kill innovation. Those who recognize the dangers of losing innovative thinkers or ideas,…
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Entitled Generation or Underserved Generation?
It amuses me when I hear leaders talk about the younger generation of Airmen and NCOs as entitled. Although, there is some truth to most younger generations being seen and acting as entitled; the Millennials really are viewed this way to the extreme that they are known as the ME Generation. The bad news: we…
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