Great tips Chad!  One thing that I’ve found to be critical is good sponsorship.  Each installation and unit tends to handle the program differently, but like so many things, you get out of it what you put into it.  Having a great unit sponsor can make a huge difference in planning for PCS- and the ability to pay it forward for others is a great wa…[Read more]

Great tips Chad!  One thing that I’ve found to be critical is good sponsorship.  Each installation and unit tends to handle the program differently, but like so many things, you get out of it what you put into it.  Having a great unit sponsor can make a huge difference in planning for PCS- and the ability to pay it forward for others is a great wa…[Read more]

Ab,

Good topic and I experienced this as well. I think gaining initial buy-in is a common problem in many company-level organizations. One way to approach the problem after taking command is setting up some “easy wins” to gain initial trust from subordinate leaders and Soldiers. Culture and organizational change takes time, effort, and buy-in…[Read more]

Really good list! Instead of adding to, I will focus on a technique to manage the infinite number of systems in a company. After I took command, I realized our training meeting was too long. In addition to training, we were also reviewing typical command & staff (C&S) inputs: evaluations, awards, additional duties etc. The meeting was simply too…[Read more]