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
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
At first it might be hard. If you’re doing it right, you’re going against the perception of what a PAO is supposed to do. You’re fighting years of experience your
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.
“First I’d like to thank you, Sir, for doing this. What a great honor it is. (If religious) – Also I’d like to thank God, through him all things are
Lest we forget that the PAO is on personal staff? One of our original posts, nearly 200 posts ago, explains the PAO’s position on personal staff. When interacting with PAOs,
We talk a lot about taking action to achieve effects. What kind of action? Here are three meta ways we spend our time: Learn. Know what your organization is experiencing,
I read this article about the USS Fitzgerald’s plight after it crashed into a shipping vessel near Japan. Many of the leaders lost mental and/or physical control of themselves. Some
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
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