I agree with George. Moving things to mobile units will help. Is it possible to have a CSSB co-located with some assets to move flatracks or containers? You can also use smaller containers and put them on LMTV’s if you have the MHE and manpower to support.

Sounds like someone possibly you or the SPO needs to help the commander understand what…[Read more]

Hey, Jeff! Totally agree about the business cards! I started doing that at my last job and present job. Not only is it helpful for the current duties as I execute them, but (I hope) it’s helpful to the person to take the seat after me.

Great point!!

Just wanted to add to the tools that you have shared Jeff (sir), and also:

“Success is not final, failure us not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts”

– Churchill

Jeff (Sir),

You hit the nail in the head! Anger and disappointment more than defensiveness.

Still feelings some sort of way about the situation and although it is not the first time this has happen, I can’t seem to get my self to speak to the 1SG as I did the first time, mainly because after I spoke to the BDE XO the guidance was to go through…[Read more]

Jeff,

Failure; its like a four letter word but you’re so right. As an LT you are going to fail. What sets apart the awesome from the rest isn’t the degree of failure but rather the response to failure. Those who learn the real lesson become better leaders.

I was told that if I didn’t fail at least once a day I wasn’t trying hard enough.

1.  Meetings: my last training NCO had a binder that said “the meetings will continue until we figure out why no work is getting done”.  My rule is this a meeting is for making decisions.  Every meeting must have inputs (information needed to solve the question), discussion (actual problem solving), and outputs (typically an order).  I don’t mee…[Read more]

Thought of one other thing!

Staff/Commander/XO’s get a pack of these!

You’ll get business cards… put them in your leader/continuity book. Write little notes on the back about why that person is important. The DRMO Manager. The finance office manager. The urinalysis dude. They all have business cards…

One quick TTP:

It took me WAY too long to realize that an “open-door policy” did not mean I needed to keep my door open all the time… (I mean, I’m not an idiot, I knew, it didn’t literally mean that…) I had my office door open WAY too much as a Commander and Staffer so that I was “approachable” and my Soldiers could be inspired by how much…[Read more]

Attached are some tools. Every great continuity book starts with a great Table of Contents… it’s like your thesis statement for why your successor should invest the time to read through that ratty old binder…

“Leader book” = “continuity book” for this purpose. I had one of these daggone things customized for S4, too… if I could only find…[Read more]

I like this scenario A LOT! #TooReal

Boom! there you go. A universe of emotions run through your head in a split second. The strongest emotions are anger and defensiveness. They swirl like a powerful black hole in this universe, pulling you toward that voice in the back of your head telling you to pipe up with, “I’m sorry. Say that again, from…[Read more]

fmoseley great information!

I am an AG Officer too #AGATW. Although I am not close to CCC I am interested to know about the DL. How soon did you start? Is this option for all COMPOs?

Thank you

Adam – for those not familiar with that process for the Table of Contents you reference, could you go through the step by step process?

I’ve done clickable table of contents as well. It’s actually really easy if you insert the TOC, then apply the appropriate headers to your outline (i.e. highlight, click “header 1”, etc). If you add sections, just use the right headers, then go back to the top and click “update TOC”. Looks pretty and not a lot of effort.

My change of command…[Read more]

How do you prioritize tasks and manage yourself?

I focus myself in three main areas.

1. TRAINING. It sounds cliché, but I prioritize training over almost everything else. I will miss Squadron meetings to check on training (I make sure my boss has plenty of heads up that I will be missing the meeting). I love command and refuse to let a…[Read more]