Hold Your Opinion

By | January 6, 2019

[January 6, 2019]  There are many reasons leaders should express their opinion; especially when their expertise and knowledge is significant or where it would do the most good.  Our leadership training and a vast array of research suggests that an inherent duty of great leaders is to provide a thoughtful opinion.  However, counterintuitive advice advocates that as a… Read More »

Reading List (Update): Self Improvement

By | January 4, 2019

[January 4, 2019]  I couldn’t help it.  Just like my attraction toward the study of grand strategy, I’m drawn to the study of the individual.  More often, I find myself looking for ways to better understand people; usually through direct interaction but also through formal book study.  Creating good habits, knowing what makes up great leadership, what leaders… Read More »

Shining Path Maoist Marxists

By | January 3, 2019

[January 3, 2019]  Communism is a failure.  It has failed historically in every form it takes, regardless of the political environment, an abundance of resources, the power of its leadership, or strength of its citizens.  And so it is with the communist movement known as Shining Path Maoist Marxists who nearly brought the country of Peru to its… Read More »

The Best Leaders are Courteous

By | December 29, 2018

[December 29, 2018]  The Boy Scout Law has 12 values that each scout swears to each day.  The 5th one is courteous.  Since the beginnings of humankind began, it has been a basic understanding that to get along with others, earn their respect, and be free of mind; then one must be courteous to all. “The true greatness… Read More »