You’re not as valuable as you think you are. Read that correctly. To be fair though, no one is. Evolution optimized us for the propagation of Continue Reading
Leadership
Improving Restaurant Operational Efficiency
The restaurant industry is a highly competitive sector. Running a restaurant is hard, and it's even harder when you need to run more efficiently. To Continue Reading
In Any Organization, De Facto Leaders “Run the Show”
by Nick Perna At Mcdonald's, the dayshift manager tells the other employees what to do. At Ford Motor Company the production manager for third shift Continue Reading
The Air Force is Suffering from Toxic Shock Syndrome
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on November 6, 2020, but the issues discussed remain just as relevant today. _____________ I can't Continue Reading
Shades of Influence in Leadership: Are you in the box?
by Major Juan Remy This article is not about defining or expanding on what leadership is or is not. Instead, it portrays or discusses the gray Continue Reading
The Handbook is Missing: Stoic Lessons for Leadership
by Major Christopher M. Davis, USMC As his parachute drifted downward, after his A-4E Skyhawk was shot down over North Vietnam, James Stockdale Continue Reading
Surrender is not a Ranger Word, but Trust, Humility, Failure, and Resiliency Certainly Are
How the leadership lessons of MAJ Robert Rogers can transform leaders and leadership today. It is truly amazing. Books, videos, and social Continue Reading
Stop Thanking Me for My Service
We are thanked for our service numerous times a day. Sometimes we don’t even know how anyone knew to thank us. Maybe it’s our demeanor, maybe it’s our Continue Reading
Special Forces, Entrepreneurship: Real Leadership is Accidental
In Far Eastern philosophy, there exists a very ancient concept: “The student becomes the master, the master becomes the student - 學生成為碩士，碩士成為學生.” Continue Reading
Spot the Poser
I've mentioned before that I really enjoy observing human behavior and one of my favorite scenarios is group interactions. Some of the best and most Continue Reading
Practical Realism in an Unpredictable World: Machiavelli’s Treaties on Fortune
by an anonymous former Special Forces officer “…if times and affairs change, he is ruined if he does not change his course of action.” - Nicollo Continue Reading
The U.S. Army is Politically Correct… And Less Lethal
This first appeared in The Havok Journal on September 8, 2021. On a crisp morning within the desert plain of a United States Army base in the Continue Reading
