Flight of the Talented

By | June 18, 2017

[June 18, 2017]  One thing about leadership that should never be forgotten is that talented leaders allow others to make mistakes without holding them against anyone.  In the early 1980s my unit commander allowed me to take a platoon of armored vehicles across some complex terrain without a physical reconnaissance of the route.  Predictably, I got lost. Good… Read More »

Baseball, Coming Together, & the U.S. Congress

By | June 17, 2017

[June 17, 2017]  It’s easy to say that great leaders come from those capable of bringing people together for a common goal; it’s another thing to make it happen.  It can take a tragic event to force people to unite and that is exactly what happened after a socialist-Democrat attempted to murder Republicans practicing for their annual baseball… Read More »

Leaders … Seeing Things for Yourself

By | June 16, 2017

[June 16, 2017]  Good leadership means letting people make mistakes and not holding it against them.  My commander once allowed me to lead a convoy of 13 armored vehicles about 50 miles over rough wilderness terrain without a physical reconnaissance of the route.  Predictably, I got lost.  Good leadership also means seeing things for yourself. One of several… Read More »

5 Stories that Will Make You Rethink Your Leadership Style

By | June 15, 2017

By guest blogger Alice Clarke [See Biography] [June 15, 2017]  Colin Powell once said, there are no secrets to success. It results from preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. People may learn lessons in two ways; one by own experience and the other by observation. How often can you fail if you already knew the dangers? If… Read More »

Setting the Example

By | June 12, 2017

[June 12, 2017]  One of the most important traits of any leader is their ability to set the example for how others should act and what to believe in.  People look to leaders for inspiration and as a model for the right kind of behavior.  Setting the example has always been the hallmark of leadership traits since the… Read More »