Author Archives: Douglas R. Satterfield
[May 8, 2016] Ideas! Where we get them, how they develop, who argues for what, and how well ideas are argued have always been at the core of the understanding of any society. No contemporary writer has been more significant and coherent than Charles Krauthammer; political commentator, syndicated columnist, former psychiatrist, confined to a wheelchair, and even loves… Read More »
[May 7, 2016] Today I’m introducing “Army Vet,” who will be a regular featured guest blogger here at the theLeaderMaker.com. Over the past couple of years I’ve tried to bring a variety of perspectives on the topic of leadership. Army Vet will help me do this even better. “Army Vet” is, of course, a pseudonym. He is real.… Read More »
[May 6, 2016] Yesterday while waiting in my doctor’s office, I saw a segment on Good Morning America about a 7-year old girl’s note that fooled school officials. The handwritten note said that the girl was to take the bus home early. School teachers and administrators (and there were several involved) were so risk averse that they took… Read More »
[May 5, 2016] It has been said that militaries win or lose partly on how well their generals lead but also on how well their soldiers follow. When leaders speak plainly they draw people to them. Great leaders are brutally honest, often very blunt in their words because they say what’s on their mind. They will always tell… Read More »
[May 4, 2016] When my friend Wilson and I joined the Little League baseball team as six-year olds, we were fortunate to meet one of the best coaches of all time. Dr. Hagood was a physician but also a part-time coach in our small town. His greatest contribution to children on his team was to instill in us… Read More »
[May 3, 2016] In Parts 1 and 2 of this three-part series, I argued that teenagers lack leadership skills’ training and proposed that a formalized teenager leadership system be established. When teenager leadership is overlooked, as it has been historically, the contributions of those young folks are stunted. By teaching them early in their development, leadership will become… Read More »
[May 2, 2016] In Part 1 of this three-part series, I argued that teenagers lack training in leadership skills and that holds them back as adults. Teenager leadership is an overlooked part of education throughout most societies, especially Western nations where it is assumed that leadership can somehow be absorbed through classroom instruction. I reject this idea and… Read More »
[May 1, 2016] When my three friends and I joined the U.S. Army, our first experience at Boot Camp involved a giant of a man wearing a Drill Sergeant hat who spent his day screaming at us. The profanity was endless, as were the exasperatingly long hours. What we lacked then and what many young folks lack today… Read More »
[April 30, 2016] Children are quick to pick-up on life’s lessons … good or bad. It is expected that parents be diligent in providing a family setting that good lessons will flourish. It was up to my mother to tell me that the best way to be a good man was to have jobs as a boy that… Read More »
[April 29, 2016] In the study of military history a special area only recently receiving attention is the survival of Prisoners of War (POW). From the Revolutionary War through Vietnam, U.S. Army researchers discovered a number of patterns that was the key to POW survival; the more mentally and physically resilient, the higher the survival rate. Resilience was… Read More »