It was late December of 2012 and I had just finished my list of goals for 2013, or so I thought. The week prior to […]
Category: Communication
Shared Values (Guest Post)
ENS Kyle Hunter is an Information Warfare Officer, commissioned in 2011 through the Seaman to Admiral-21st Century program. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in […]
Prepositional Leaders
A senior officer who had recently been made aware of relevant discussion threads and bulletin boards filled with colorful conversation regarding our profession asked me […]
HOW Leaders
Being both a student and practitioner of leadership, I keep my head on a swivel to identify leaders from whom I can learn, peers with whom I […]
Are People Truly Our Greatest Assets?
We hear it all the time, “People are our greatest assets.” I used to believe it, but over the years I have grown to believe […]
Influencing Lurkers
The value of a meeting is sometimes measured by the side-conversations that accompany it. The quality of a speaker’s talk might be assessed by the number […]
Has the Term Shipmate Shipwrecked? (Guest Post)
LT Jim Legg is an Information Warfare Officer. He enlisted in the Navy in 1994. After completing boot camp, Jim reported to Pensacola, FL for […]
Sixty Day Update
I like to sleep well at night. I have trouble doing that when I begin to question if I might be doing anything that may […]
Mentors: “Being” and “Doing”
Of late and as a result of recent posts, I have enjoyed the pleasure of many conversations on the topic of mentorship. These conversations have […]
Operate Forward (Guest Post)
LTJG Jason Pawlak is an Information Warfare Officer originally from Mason, Ohio. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in Computer Science, […]
The Power of the Voice Over
I recently partnered with two remarkable military leaders to write a paper we titled Sharing Our Message: The Migration from Embedded to Social Media. In it, […]
More Commitment
Those of us who serve in the Navy are very familiar with our three core values, HONOR, COURAGE and COMMITMENT. We personally witness, read stories […]
Wanted: Elephant Killers
For the unindoctrinated and according to my favorite reference Wikipedia, “Elephant in the room” is an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is […]
Speaking Decisively
It never fails. Whenever I consider a new purchase, it is made very clear to me just how abundant that very item is. If I […]
Work – Play Alignment
“Work – Life Balance”, we’ve heard the phrase many times and each time my stomach turns. Either the intended message is completely miscommunicated or the […]
Experiencing, Sharing, Multiplying…
Those who know me are well aware of the fact that I work both directly and indirectly with incredibly smart, creative people. In fact, I […]
Empathy, Personal Connection and Effective Communication
Over the years, I have been guilty of incorrectly using the terms sympathy and empathy. Empathy – The ability to co-experience and relate to the […]