Let me start by saying that leading troops was the greatest honour in my military career. The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has principles of Continue Reading
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Military Leadership Lessons from Ukraine and Gaza
If you want to understand the future of warfare, stop binge-watching Tic-Tok kill cam drone footage and start watching the real world burn. Ukraine Continue Reading
Sobriety, Leadership, and the Courage to Ask for Help
Editor's Note: Addiction is a problem that can affect anyone in our Army. If you have a substance abuse problem, be like this author and reach out to Continue Reading
When You Can’t Go On, Grab Somebody Else’s Ruck and Carry It For Them
Author's Note:In an interview on the "5 Questions for a General" podcast, West Point's commandant, Brigadier General R.J. Garcia, recounted an Continue Reading
In Leadership, Ego Kills
When it comes to podcasts, I am a gluttonous consumer. I have to start with a plug to one of the best law enforcement tactical/leadership Continue Reading
American Airborne: Surprise & Deception
On May 29, 1944, the commander in chief of the Allied Expeditionary Air Forces, Air Chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory, expressed his concerns to Continue Reading
7 Leadership Lessons I Learned from My Rescue Dog
by Lilla Faint I didn’t want Heidi. But my family begged. I mean, they mounted a full campaign—daily stalking Petfinder.com, coming together and Continue Reading
Mission Command at the Chosin Reservoir
by Sergeant Major Daniel L. Dodds The Korean War began when North Korea invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950, capturing the majority of South Korea, Continue Reading
Departing Awards: “We Don’t Do This Alone”
I’m the kind of guy that wins all his arguments three days later in the shower. When I haven’t had an argument in a while, I dig up the past and say Continue Reading
The Weight You Choose to Carry
It is about striving for an impossible ideal. About trying to achieve an impossible standard. It is about being what they want and need. It is about Continue Reading
Balance: Where Right & Left Brain Meet, Blending Art & Science
Organizational culture and leadership are absolutely an essential amalgamation of self-identification, quality of life, values, structure, discipline, Continue Reading
Design Thinking: What It is and Why It Matters
“Design Thinking” is the willingness to deeply understand a problem from many, many angles. From empathizing with an issue and causes that it affects Continue Reading