@fightingengineer I agree completely.  I think the author is talking about encouraging initiative, esprit, and empowered leaders – all excellent goals.  But I think he’s skipping over the fact you first have to have compliance, discipline, and competence to move to those higher stages on the ‘hierarchy of needs’ when it comes to organizational a…[Read more]

In my experience, civilians working within the military organization can be a challenge, or an asset. In CA, we have both dual-status and Title 5 (non-dual status) Federal Technicians, and while I don’t currently lead any, I have in the past, and have also been one. Like @fightingengineer said, you have to tread lightly when leading civilians.
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