I didn’t fully understand organizational culture until my assignment as a Tac officer at the United States Military Academy (USMA). During our graduate studies, prior to assuming responsibilities as Tac officers, we used Edgar Schein’s organizational culture concepts as the basis for our learning. I certainly gained an appreciation from these courses how important organizational [...]
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Over the course of my 24 year military career, I had the distinct privilege of leading Army units from Platoon to Battalion size. I don’t believe there is any greater honor or profession quite as rewarding as serving with and leading America’s best. Each of these leadership positions had an important role in molding me [...]
Are leaders born or made is an often debated question by leadership students and practitioners. Like many, I’ve always thought the answer is simply yes, leaders are born and made. I believe these two processes for making a leader are not mutually exclusive. A leader will be challenged to succeed without some measure of innate [...]
Spend any time leading and one is bound to face leadership crucibles. Crucibles are defining moments in our leadership careers that can include everything from tough moral – ethical decisions to literally life and death situations. While a bit intimidating to think about facing trials, crucibles are an important part of leader development and absolutely [...]




