Shockingly, leadership literature and practices remain virtually the same since the Navy thought it was a good idea to mimic the British system 200(+) years ago. Never let progress get in the way of tradition, the derisive (and extremely common) saying goes. The Sailors rep…
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Radical ideas in changing Naval leadership for the best
Posted March 3, 2013
Leaders ASK more than TELL
Posted May 15, 2012
The Leader – the guy with all the questions.
It’s time to remind ourselves that the most important thing about being a leader is asking questions, not giving answers. Too often the briefs are followed with “Are there any questions?” followed by a 2-second pause and everyone leaping up to …
the 180 eval system (it's about time)
Posted March 2, 2012
180 Leadership Evaluations
After years of military service, maybe hacking through your JPME, some semblance under- or graduate education about business management, or warfighter leadership, and even looking at NKO at the six-sigma garble, you’re probably glad your already such a great le…
Anthropology for the Navy (what DADT and even Darwin can teach us about real leadership) (written July, 2011; re-written May, 2012)
Posted July 4, 2011
By now you, if you've read my blogs/articles, you know I love the Navy. It with that backdrop that I chide Her so often. Like telling my son that his britches are too low; it's for their own good (and it's fun). Today I want to talk about Anthropology. Yes, "SOFT SCIENCE." The Navy has a tre…
Suicide in the US Military
Posted June 9, 2011
Suicide in the Military
Introduction
Suicide awareness in the Department of Defense (DOD) is not a new issue. For over 30 years the Navy and Marine Corps have tracked and documented suicide rates among Department of the Navy (DON) service members (Stander, Hilton, Kennedy, & Robbins, …
Domestic Violence in the Military
Posted March 11, 2011
Domestic Violence in the Military’s Mind
In Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan, first published in 1651, he took the view that human beings are brutes and animals at the core. He argued that it was only through the enforcement of societal norms and laws that human instincts could be…
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