A Sergeant Major was mentoring me on getting a command-wide initiative completed. I kept running into a block, because one of the guys I had to work through wasn’t getting
A Sergeant Major was mentoring me on getting a command-wide initiative completed. I kept running into a block, because one of the guys I had to work through wasn’t getting
You put together this crazy long report for your commander because that is what he asked for. You send it to him and 300 other people in your command and
I love listening to staff officers–especially PAOs–give the “if only” talk. There are lots of folks out there who could end the war and conquer the world … if only
The waiting place is just a terrible place to be. How often are we passively waiting? Wasting time. When will Smitty, our 46Q, get to the training event? We’re waiting
For my organization, each day begins with our primary staff stand-up in the Joint Operations Center (JOC). We discuss intelligence developments, legal actions, resources, maneuver units’ completed actions and scheduled
Our senior leaders held a town hall session with several staff sections, including ours (we actually go to all the town hall sessions, regardless of audience). The other attendees probably
We love to reference public affairs officers’ ‘if only’ comments. I often hear PAOs say, “If only we had a seat at the table.” We do. We have a seat
We talk often about knowing your command’s communication needs. We circle the topic here, here and here – like it ought to be second nature for you. Yep, it is
I wrote a draft press release and sent it to my higher headquarters for consideration and release. They kept the factual information but changed 100 percent of the words I
My boss doesn’t tweet a lot … or ever, but Twitter is one place where he likes to get his news. We listen. Three days a week my dudes brief