Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
There are three people who, more than anyone else, influenced my life and helped make me a success: my parents and my first platoon sergeant when I was a second lieutenant fresh out of West Point.
The saying “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” rings especially true today. Throughout history, great nations and empires have crumbled under the weight of their own internal issues.
This is Part 1 of a series on accountability and responsibility. As the graphic shows, the two should work together. But often the two are divorced, or at least separated.
Japanese Admiral Yamamoto reportedly said, “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a third term as president under the Progressive Party, or “Bull Moose Party,” Teddy Roosevelt was shot by a would-be assassin named John Schrank.
Outside of their daily briefings and read aheads, our leaders just don’t read… and thus, they are not contextual thinkers.
In the scorching summer of 1995, a defining chapter unfolded for me as a Junior at West Point, thrust into an unexpected role as a “Drill Cadet” at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
In the pages of American history, leaders like George Washington and Dwight D. Eisenhower demonstrated the unifying power of faith during challenging times.
The Army’s National Training Center, next to Death Valley, has a few things going for it. Dusty, dark, miserably hot, windy, brutally cold, coyotes, snakes, spiders, never-ending sand – and many humans running around the desert training for war with little to no sleep for days. Sounds like fun.
Once you’re no longer in the Army, no one is under orders to give you a chance at leadership.
“Generals don’t run the Army anymore. The lawyers and comptrollers do.” ~Army 3-star General; summer 2013
Donald has been a highly successful businessman and entertainer. He needs to read his audience, play the part, and make the sale.
Last time, I introduced you to The Trail Boss. This week, the adventure continues as The Trail Boss meets Tallil Tom, an Iraqi turkey with a bad attitude. As I was not actually present for some of the activities described herein (that’s called, “plausible deniability”) I’ve enlisted the help of my Command Sergeant Major (CSM) …
A Military Leadership Void. There is a real leadership void in today’s Army. The Army has core values, senior “leaders” can’t seem to find them
It takes more than an inauguration to make Joe Biden the leader of self-governed people; the actual vote count doesn’t matter if it is not believed.
Critical Thinking: Bounded Rationality and Time Time is one component of bounded rationality. The Bounded Rationality Model (see the introduction to this series) includes cognitive limitations and information/knowledge quality. Severe time constraints can drive a decision to System 1 approaches, with the decision based on assumptions, heuristics, and intuition. Some organizations “punt” and refuse to …
Natural leadership, real Alpha Males, and the sources of toxic leadership. There is great misunderstanding in the tactical world about the concept of an Alpha Male, as it occurs in nature, and being a leader and the relationship between the two. Start with this, Alpha Males are a feature of species like wolves, chimpanzees and …
A solutions-based approach requires critical thinking, objective analysis, and unbiased data. Leaders need to facilitate effective discourse and dialog.