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When I first met my Team Leader in Afghanistan, I could immediately see that he was a leader of presence. His personal presentation was excellent, he projected calm confidence, and although slightly older than his team, he was in exceptional physical condition. He...

Transitioning from an infantry rifleman to a battle-group intelligence operator was not easy. It taught me that it wasn’t confidence that we need to start something new or different, it’s courage. Due to the events of 2020, many people are now facing change and an...

In Afghanistan, I was fortunate enough to have been a part of a remarkable team. It was one of those teams that just clicked, where everyone got along, morale was high, and no task was too big for us to handle. That in the face of adversity, we would all pull...

What the military taught me about failure, is the importance of what happens next and the choices that need to be made. To blame others, to stay down, or to get back up on my feet, is a choice that only I can make. I learned that often soldiers had more trust in the...

Twenty years ago, I worked for an exceptional senior leader. To this day, I still consider him to be the most influential leader for me personally. How is it, that the impact of one person’s leadership is still present some two decades later? Character. It was...

I was thinking today about what it is that motivates soldiers to put in the extra work and go that extra mile in times of adversity. Regardless of how that adversity is delivered, in training, or on operations, one motivating factor that I found consistent across the...

I recall a discussion I had a few years back regarding professional curiosity and what it meant to me personally. Initially, this seemed like a relatively simple question with a straightforward response, but as we explored beyond the surface, we began to understand...

The first question that I ask in our business leadership workshops is “how does your company define leadership?” Often, I hear the following response. “Well, the company itself doesn’t have a formal definition that I’m aware of, however to me…. I guess that leadership...

I recall a team leader who led a team that consistently out-performed the other teams. On paper, all teams were identical. They had the same number of team members, the same training, and the same equipment, however this team always excelled. Every day regardless of...