This month’s Jam question examines the idea of leadership styles. We’ve all encountered stereotypes of the Army’s branches and we all know that the truth is more nuanced. But are there branch-dependent leadership styles that are specifically attuned to the unique needs of different MOSs? What are they? Conversely, what aspects of your leadership…[Read more]

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…[Read more]

We just added a new page to the JO Forum — The Army Magazine page.

From March 2005 until March 2015, the CompanyCommand (JO) team put together a monthly article about company-level leadership that was published in AUSA’s Army magazine.  These articles are BY company commanders, FOR company commanders, and they typically feature “best of”…[Read more]

We just added a new page to the JO Forum — The Army Magazine page.

From March 2005 until March 2105, the CompanyCommand (JO) team put together a monthly article about company-level leadership that was published in AUSA’s Army magazine.  These articles are BY company commanders, FOR company commanders, and they typically feature “best of”…[Read more]

This month’s Jam questions focus on counseling. We all know counseling is critical to professional development, but ‘Develops Others‘ consistently comes up as something Army leaders do poorly. What does valuable counseling look like to you? How can we improve how we counsel our subordinates?

Feel free to answer either or both questions. If you’ve…[Read more]

This month’s Jam questions focus on counseling. We all know counseling is critical to professional development, but ‘Develops Others‘ consistently comes up as something Army leaders do poorly. What does valuable counseling look like to you? How can we improve how we counsel our subordinates?

Feel free to answer either or both questions. If you’ve…[Read more]

This month’s Jam questions focus on counseling. We all know counseling is critical to professional development, but ‘Develops Others‘ consistently comes up as something Army leaders do poorly. What does valuable counseling look like to you? How can we improve how we counsel our subordinates?

Feel free to answer either or both questions. If you’ve…[Read more]

This month’s Jam questions focus on counseling. We all know counseling is critical to professional development, but ‘Develops Others‘ consistently comes up as something Army leaders do poorly. What does valuable counseling looks like to you? How can we improve how we counsel our subordinates?

Feel free to answer either or both questions. If…[Read more]

This month’s JO Jam questions focus on meetings:

For company-level meetings, what do you hope to get out of them? How do you run them? How do you make them effective?
For higher-level meetings, how do you prepare for and present at them? How can you as a JO help make them purposeful and relevant for all attendees?

Feel free to answer either…[Read more]