[March 17, 2018] Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Or, should I say “bah humbug”! Why? I’m back dear readers with some bad news. This being only a few days after the release of the City of Baltimore’s latest crime statistics, we can again say unequivocally that the murder rate and violent crime is on the upswing in this once… Read More »
[March 14, 2018] Early in my childhood I was given a precious piece of advice from my maternal grandmother (“Bigmama,” yes, that what we called her). Bigmama said that the people around us have a power over us that can be either good or bad. Therefore, it is a person’s option to choose your associations in life but… Read More »
[January 18, 2018] My first permanent duty assignment in the U.S. Army took me to a remote outpost deep in rural West Germany in 1974. Immediately upon arrival all the “newbies” (as we were called) got a lecture from our Platoon Sergeant. The takeaway, as I remember, was that he would not put up with any whining or… Read More »
[January 9, 2018] Those of us who have spent time in the U.S. military are in possession of something that gives a marked advantage over others in the civilian world. That thing we have is the notion that leaders have the responsibility to show us what “right” looks like. Military folks and veterans have experienced learning by watching… Read More »
[November 16, 2017] A couple of months ago I started a new blog thread because I simply could not write about all the topics of leadership I wanted. This clearing the spindle1 post today focuses on morality and our failures to live up to rudimentary social values. U.S. military personnel and veterans across the world were dismayed recently… Read More »
By guest blogger Sadako Red [see disclaimer] [November 14, 2017] When I was a young man, back in the day of tube radios and black rotary telephones, my friends and I spent a lot of time appreciating the fine ladies we dated. We never obsessed over their race, religion, or even their sexual orientation (it never came up)… Read More »
[October 2, 2017] Leadership is ensured through the many traits of those in charge … but one which stands out – one trait that makes the very best leaders succeed – is the ability to understand and appreciate what motivates others. One of the first things we learn as a leader is that folks pay attention to those… Read More »
[September 6, 2017] Greatness comes in many forms; as well as leadership exhibiting courage, sacrifice, and honor. Many words of prominence have also described the heroic efforts of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II and rightly so. Their motto … Go for Broke.1 “The Nisei troops are among the best in the United States Army… Read More »
[August 7, 2017] The many stories of World War II bring us closer to the veterans of that war and to their families … and so it should be. One story involves a crewmember of the “Wongo Wongo” which participated in Operation Tidal Wave. The operation was the costliest mission in U.S. Army Air Force history within the… Read More »
[August 2, 2017] I’ve written before, here in theLeaderMaker.com that the most important leadership characteristic is “caring” about others (see link here). While I believe that is true, there are many who make the argument that the most important leader trait is having a good moral foundation. Without a moral foundation, the argument states, there is no other… Read More »