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Leadership
Low-Hanging Fruit and Other Ways to Sound Smarter Than You Are
Why people use complicated language to impress others, and why it often backfires. There is a peculiar phenomenon that occurs when otherwise Continue Reading
When Leaders Only Have One Bullet, They’re a Lot More Careful About What They Aim At
There is a peculiar thing that happens when resources become scarce: judgment improves. Give someone unlimited ammunition and every target begins Continue Reading
Buying the Equipment Wasn’t the Hard Part
By William Brooke Webb Jr.The hardest part of adding a new testing capability to my laboratory was researching and finding the right team to do the Continue Reading
Leaders: If You Want to Go Fast, Go Alone. If You Want to Go Far, Go Together.
There is an old saying, attributed from everything to American military generals to African proverbs, that goes something like this: “If you want to Continue Reading
Many Leaders Think of Changing the World. Almost None of Them Think of Changing Themselves.
More than a century ago, Leo Tolstoy observed something about human nature that remains remarkably relevant to leadership today. In his 1900 essay Continue Reading
Veteran-Led, Not Just Veteran-Owned
By Bob Louthan | CEO, VeteranCrowd Two Closings I have worked directly with privately held businesses since 1994. In 2008, I closed two deals Continue Reading
Leading with The Big Five: A Tactical Approach to Strategic Leadership
Within the elite echelons of the Ranger Regiment, where precision and purpose collide, an operational mantra underscores success on the battlefield: 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
The Day You Stop Learning is the Day You Stop Leading
There is a dangerous point in the career of every successful leader when experience begins to masquerade as expertise. You have been doing the job for Continue Reading
Moral Injury in Law Enforcement and the Cost of Broken Trust
I have watched officers celebrate an arrest while I was still thinking about how easily someone could have been killed. I have also stood outside a Continue Reading
The Army Has a Memory Problem
Every few years, the Army discovers something it used to know. Trenches matter again. Camouflage matters again. Headquarters must move. Radios can be Continue Reading