Remember we wrote about our friend, the JAG? Consider this a sequel, to impart a long-time friend and mentor’s leader advice. Our staff judge advocate has this scribed, in chicken
Remember we wrote about our friend, the JAG? Consider this a sequel, to impart a long-time friend and mentor’s leader advice. Our staff judge advocate has this scribed, in chicken
GoodmorningSir. I’manempoweredbadge-wearingmemberofyourorganization. I’mnowgoingtoreadyousomewordsfromapieceofpaper. ThisisabriefIwastoldtogivethismorning. ThisscriptwasreviewedseveraltimesbyvariousstaffleaderssoIamnotgoingtodeviatefromit. Blahblahblahblahblahblahblah. IonlywrotelikethirtyperentofthecontentI’mbriefingrightnow. Theyremovedsomeofthemostimportantinformationfrommyscriptbecauseweweren’tsureiftheG2hadseenthatinformationyet, oriftheyagreedwithmyassessment. Wedon’twantyoutoknowtwoprofessionalstaffelementscouldpotentiallyhavedifferentperspectivesonacomplicatedtopic. Blahblahblahblahblahblah. Thisscriptwasapproved24hoursagosomostoftheinformationisoutofdate. Blahblahblahblah. Areyoulistening? It’shardtotellbecauseIdon’twanttotakemyeyesofmyscript. Blahblah. MaybeI’llsneakonepeek. Itlookslikeyou’rejusttalkingtotheCommandSergeantMajoratthefronttablewhileI’mbriefing. Maybethat’sforthebest. NowIcanjustgetthroughthisfasterandhopefullyyouwon’thaveanyquestions. Mysupervisorsdidn’ttellmewhattodoifyouaskanyquestionsorwanttohaveadiscussion. Thatisn’tinmyscript. Thiscould’vebeenane-mail. Blahblahblah. Pendingyourquestions. (Photo by Pfc. Andrew Valenza,
“We offer our thoughts and prayers.” “Our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family.” “They have our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.” “Our thoughts and prayers
You know we love Seth’s Blog around here. Earlier today, he wrote this. Apply this to our work, for our government, to protect America. When there’s no profit to maximize,
When does your organization engage the media? When do you publish a press release? When do you hold a news conference or invite the media to your place? These activities
‘”Well, Sir, the Public Affairs Office is short-staffed right now so I don’t think we’ll be able to support that request.” Gross. Nobody wants to work with the Public Affairs
This guest post comes from one of our dedicated readers, Chase Spears, with a different take on a topic we’ve covered before. We created MaxDisclosure because we felt a professional
Dear Bureaucrat, It’s me, your Public Affairs Officer. I know you don’t understand my role in this organization yet, but you will. What I’m about to say is going to
Teams and units become elite, and develop absolute trust, when they execute the basics to perfection. Combat soldiers must be able to hit a target with their weapon and communicate
Conductors are silent. They stand in front of the orchestra and give direction, but they don’t actually make any music. The drummer is also directing their band: giving cues and