Bathroom humor ahead, in case you missed the headline. When my organization is on-boarding new members, my Public Affairs team teaches a brief class about clear and effective communication. Heading
Bathroom humor ahead, in case you missed the headline. When my organization is on-boarding new members, my Public Affairs team teaches a brief class about clear and effective communication. Heading
Know when to challenge the false info – direct and indirect. No one likes fake news around their stories.
Like all staff sections, military Public Affairs Offices exist to help their organization get resources, approvals and support. For simplicity’s sake, let’s call these RAO. RAO are granted by our
First, refresh on our first and second installment: Move with a purpose. Aggressively have your shit in order. Don’t bitch about coffee, just buy it and make it. Never look
We wrote about the lame PAO mantra. But there’s more. The true art to PAOing is knowing when to, and not to, engage or provide comment. I’m an aggressive dude.
There’s been plenty said about starting with why, some say Simon Sinek changed their lives. Let’s not go that far. In any useful organization that considers information important, you’ll want
Respect their time: prepare to be brief with one clear message. Respect their intelligence. Assume they will understand complex things as long as you explain them properly. Respect their curiosity
It’s speech season 2019, kid. We’re looking ahead to another summer of farewells and changes of command. Review last year’s advice, and a couple additions for the new year: The
We’ve seen plenty of commanders get upset because they weren’t informed about something in a timely manner. We’ve rarely (maybe never) seen a commander get frustrated because he was too informed.
My desk at work has a green phone for unclassified conversations, and a red phone for classified conversations. Without exception, I follow the rules about what I can say over