This month’s Jam question looks at how you nest in your higher echelon’s priorities. We know we need to understand commander’s intent one and two levels up. But what happens when those intents clash? This may apply whether you’re in a leadership position or working as a staff officer. How do you navigate situations where your rater and senior rater have different priorities?

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TTPs for managing this problem
A story of how you either dealt well or dealt poorly with a similar situation