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 …
Transforming the ranks (from the top)
Posted March 23, 2012
Transforming The Navy’s Attitude Toward Its People
ABSTRACT
The Navy is in a critical stage of its adolescence. Change is needed from the current congenital business model which only values the input from an elite few, to a more proactive and supportive system honoring the perso…
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…
What George Jetson and Naomi Campbell can teach you about (bad) leadership
Posted December 11, 2011
Hiding Your True Leadership Personality
Whether it is from the Internet, radio, television, magazines, or newspapers, people get their information about exactly who their national leaders are from a myriad of media sources other than actual direct input from the leader concerned (or t…
Having a plan is not the same as having vision
Posted November 20, 2011
Vision
Importance of Vision
Having a plan is important, but it is not enough to simply have one. On spending too much time making plans, World War One German Field Marshall Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke famously wrote, “No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the fir…
Admiral Roughead's Speech on Change
Posted October 15, 2011
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Chief of Naval Operations
Adm. Gary Roughead delivers remarks at the
Institute for Public Relations Strategic Communications Summit
June 6, 2011
It's a pleasure for me to be here to spend a little bit of time with you and talk a bit about the Navy's view toward communication. [Acknowledged introducti…
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, …
Innovation in the Navy
Posted June 7, 2011
Abstract
Arms out in front of you, palms inward, fingers together, and thumbs outstretched – clasp the non-conformist’s neck so that fingertips touch along the spine and thumbs are parallel over Adam’s apple; apply gentle pressure until noise stops. Metaphorically falling barely short of this, there…
Getting by in the Navy
Posted May 20, 2011
1. In your personal, political, and professional life – run TOWARD the sound of the gunfire.
2. Drive your own career. There are more options than conversations. Find time to talk to and trust the front office with career and leadership advice; both success and failure are contagious. Find a men…
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…
Coming out. Have pride in your service and show it.
Posted January 8, 2011
Those of us in The Club know that the intrinsic nobility of service to our country is its own reward. But before we get too high on ourselves, lets look at where we are and where we came from. The military of the past was intractably woven into the, now cliché, American Fabric. Wartime drafts a…
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