Have you been tasked with attending an admin training session and expecting it to be a slow and painful death? Instead, it turned out that time flew by, and you learned a lot. This is the power of a...
Tag: leadership skills
Upon asking leaders, employees, and soldiers, "What do you think makes a good leader?" all gave a different answer. However, when analyzing the responses of big groups of people, I have encountered...
Leaders who take responsibility for every success and failure they encounter in their mission are more likely to succeed than those who give excuses and blame others. Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's...
When I started my military leadership career, I thought emotions weren't part of the equation; I thought the best leaders could set aside their emotions and only look to the facts. With over 13 years...
The most rewarding thing I have ever done was to lead a small team of six bomb disposal experts. But to be completely honest, it was also the hardest. Leadership is complex and demanding, requiring...
3 Signs You’re Not Taking Extreme Ownership of Your Business (and Life)
When I was 23 years old, my go-to when something didn't bear in my favor was to blame it on someone or something else. I used to have a bizarre haircut, and it got blamed for the lack of women in my...