Listen to your commander talk to their boss. Do they speak in generalities? Make guesses? Struggle to find words, or constantly contradict themself? Of course not. Your commander speaks with
Listen to your commander talk to their boss. Do they speak in generalities? Make guesses? Struggle to find words, or constantly contradict themself? Of course not. Your commander speaks with
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
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
We’ve learned to walk around carrying a bucket. Remember when we recommended you always be ready to pitch a pitch? Always be ready to answer the questions you know people
We’ve talked about your products being correct, clear and clean. Let’s dig in to that last one. I’m biased toward design because I worked with graphics and layout before I
My office believes in “need-to-know” information. As in, everybody needs to know everything. Here’s how we do it. Set a group distribution list and use it for everything. When staff
Here on MaxDis, we collaborate on (most) posts. On the best, I’d argue. WordPress only lists one of us as the author for each post. But my favorites, the ones
A group of senior public affairs officers were discussing a new policy. The policy, in certain circumstance, didn’t fit or make sense. Some PAOs were caught up in the details
In If Only, I hope we touched a nerve with our line about firing poor performers. In Styles Vary, Quality Doesn’t, I shared the three qualities that will earn someone