George – mhmhmm, Books!, yummy! 🙂 Great post!

I’ve read “Leaders Eat Last” and it was good! I was able to read it very quickly because I found alot of parallels with military training. But I enjoyed how simply and straightforward Sinek explained things without being (let’s face it) overly hooah like ADP & ADRPs can be. I found it helpful and…[Read more]

Jeff,
I completely agree about judiciously closing your door!! Spot on, it’s inefficient and distracting. For me, closing the door was also an introvert recharge technique that I had to balance with the significant amount of extrovert-focused AG work that S1 requires (it’s alot of calming people down, and coaching many people through the same…[Read more]

Why Productivity and Time Management are important as a Commander pt3.

Team – we’ve had some great input on what commanders do to stay productive and manage their time. Today, I’d like to focus on a couple of resources and list of readings you should read at some point in command (or before if you have time).  Remember it is never too late to…[Read more]

@DallasKing – it sounds like you have been diligent in communicating your requirements to higher and creating partnerships with key stakeholders (BDE S4).  Awesome!

Reading the article and reading from your comments, it is clear that you are on the initial stages of “trying/ proving a new concept.”  At the end of the day you have to do the bes…[Read more]

@DallasKing – This is a great question that I know other commanders in other branches are having to deal with. I heavily recommend writing and sharing your experiences with the sudden shift under the DFEM (it can definitely serve current and future commanders).

I’ve contacted other folks but in the meantime let me know if this helps. See below a…[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!!

@jrrooker – You bring up great points about discipline and how hard it is to enforce it. To me discipline is a lot of factors that come down doing the small things right. Discipline involves standards, values, and norms. Here are some questions that I come up when I think about discipline:

1. Does a unit conduct effective counseling?  Coun…[Read more]

This post/thread is fire!

Knowing what you do now as a post-CCC Captain, what preparation would you have done differently before and during the CCC to get what you wanted out of it?

As an MI officer who remained at Benning for the MCCC, I would highlight some of the same points already mentioned:

1. Have a deliberate plan for the family and…

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

Why Productivity and Time Management are important as a Commander pt2.

This week, I’ll expand on my first point “1. First things first.” In a perfect commander day, (no UCMJ or emergency Soldier issues that requires immediate attention) I first devoted time to my commander’s priorities.  I asked my 1SG and myself, are we prepared for the next…[Read more]