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Leadership Training: How to Lead Your Team Successfully by Getting Bad at What You Do
by Wally Adamchik

If you are the best in your company at the work you supervise; let yourself get bad at it. If you are in charge of a team, your goal is to help them get better at what they do, not to do it better than them.

A Janitor's Ten Lessons in Leadership
by Col. James Moschgat

Bill Crawford was a janitor. However, he was also a teacher, friend, role model and one great American hero.
Thanks, Mr. Crawford, for some valuable leadership lessons.

Organizational Leadership: Three Principles for Higher Leadership Effectiveness
by Wally Adamchik

These three simple principles when properly applied will make your leadership journey incredibly rewarding.

Leadership Fundamentals: Getting Back to One of the Basics - Communication
by CDR Carl R. Nelman, CEC, USNR (Ret.)

During my very first few freshman days of Navy ROTC we had impressed upon us the knowledge that "getting out and about in our spaces" would become a sacred obligation as newly-minted junior officers. Within the context of Good Naval Leadership this particular activity was critical to efficiency, effectiveness, and morale.

Leadership and Management Theory Defined
by LtCol Mark V. Eberhard, USMCR

Leadership and management are two discernible and complementary activities. Both are necessary for success in increasingly complex and challenging military and business environments.

Managing in an Age of Terror - Secret Weapons and Security
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh

The authors of Semper Fi - Business Leadership the Marine Corps Way continue their series of reporting on Israeli business management principles that can help us deal more effectively with the reality we face today.

The Importance of Documenting Performance
by Keith M. English

Performance counseling in the Marine Corps filters down to the lowest supervisory level. It is commonplace for a 19 year-old Fire Team Leader to critique the performance of the three subordinate Marines comprising his team about every 30 days.

Adjusting to Hatred
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh

Knowing that somebody out there hates you, and knowing, furthermore, that there is nothing you can do, or should do, to dissuade the "hater," creates a certain adult state of mind.

Semper Fi Goes Soft(back)
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh

Businesses, small and large, would do well to emulate many of the leadership and management techniques which have been developed, and honed to perfection after 228 years, in the United States Marine Corps.

Managing in an Age of Terror - Military Experience Means Business
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh

The authors of Semper Fi - Business Leadership the Marine Corps Way report on Israeli business management principles in a new leadership series.

Managing in an Age of Terror
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
We all know how difficult it is under normal competitive conditions; but what can it be like when some of your "competitors" are out to murder your customers, destroy investor confidence, and terrify the population at large?

Do You Practice "After Action Reviews?"
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh

There is much the business community can learn from the FBI, when it comes to managing challenges in the present, and in the future. How do you "manage" challenges that have yet to come? By conducting after action reviews of challenges successfully met.

Don't Wait for the Expected Conditions
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh

Although this project came in ahead of time and under budget - an almost unheard of feat in the sporting arena industry - the contractor had to overcome unprecedented obstacles. They accepted their conditions, but not their fate, and delivered a most innovative solution.

Offer 'Em a Challenge They Can't Refuse
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
Many of us think of Boeing as a conservative, button down company, whose business philosophy might reflect the patient, cautious bias characteristic of aerospace engineers. Boeing however, has an adventurous side.

Memorial Day in the Age of Terror
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
Memorial Day has always been a favorite holiday of Americans; it is a time when we give thanks to those who have sacrificed for this country; and it is also a holiday to enjoy the pleasures of freedom.

Red Teams/Tiger Teams
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh

No business decisions are fool-proof; but one that is based upon the thoughtful evaluation of "both sides of the coin" will be the wisest way to go.

Do Your Employees Know the "WHY" of Company Policy?
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
As managers, we, too, must ensure that our personnel know the profound reasons behind company policy; obedience isn't enough.

The All-American Brand
by Kristine Kirby Webster
A great brand is enduring, establishes affinity, and engenders loyalty. After mulling over these hallmarks, I found myself wondering what I would consider to be the Great American Brand. Would it be Sears, McDonald's or Coke and their national and global reach? No. The great American brand, in my eyes, is the United States Marine Corps.

Never Accept a Mission Impossible
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
You will, if you're wise, probe into the depths of unrevealed margin, and bring out the tools and resources which will make your "mission impossible" a reality.

Issue a Core Values Card
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
Did you know that every active Marine - from private to general - carries a credit card-sized reminder of the great values taught during Marine Corps training?

Cultivating a Sense of Duty in Corporate America
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh

Creating a sense of duty is a managerial responsibility; and managers would do well to emulate the Marine Corps way.

Why are Suicide Attacks Inevitable?
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
If the regimes that finance, and make possible, the murder of women and children, thought that suicide bombings on American soil would mean the simultaneous end of their regimes, there would be no suicide bombings.

Does Your Company Have a Suggested Reading List?
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
A suggested reading list is another way to establish and strengthen corporate core values - and a very cost effective way, at that.

Are You Seen As the "Good Guys" by Your Customers?
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
Are we perceived as "the good guys" in the competitive battlefield of the marketplace - a cut above the competition, both in performance and in character?

Reaching Out to the "Other Half" of Your Workforce, Part One
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
So many management workshops designed to teach ways in which to spur the rank and file to increased levels of performance ignore the "other half" of the workforce - the spouses and families of those officially on the payroll.

Reaching Out to the "Other Half" of Your Workforce, Part Two
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
Today's Marines re-enlist at a higher rate than any of the other services - in no small part because the spouse wishes it.

Retaining Your Best People, Part One
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
Senior management must have an awakening of its own, and realize that its best employees are at risk every day of the week.

Retaining Your Best People, Part Two
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
With the fewest perks of all the armed forces, and the most Spartan living conditions, the Marines nevertheless have the highest reenlistment rate. They not only attract the best, they are able to retain the best.

See For Yourself
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
As managers, we must remember that we cannot lead effectively from behind a desk - no matter how compelling the reasons are for being there.

Managing the Home Front
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
As business managers we must lead our personnel away from the paralysis of anxiety through personal example.

Rumor in the Workplace
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
Unwarranted rumor can be a real killer in terms of productivity and morale; anxiety among the rank and file can take the wind out of the sails of the grandest corporations. Dealing with rumor in the workplace is a leadership issue of the highest priority.

Whose Beret is it Anyway?
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh

We are admirers of the United States Army, and believe the business community has much to learn from the military in general. But recently the Army instituted a policy shift that no business should ever emulate.

Where is HR When You Need Them?
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
Rather than being the harbinger of trouble, HR can be an advocate and a friend of the employee, and still represent the interests of management.

The Secrets of Team Building
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
In the corporate environment, "teamwork" is the buzzword of management. But, while management's heart may be in the right place, their methods often miss the mark. Here are a few secrets to team building.

Why Marines Never Use the "M Word"
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh

Marines are trained to lead, not to manage.

Bias Your Employees Towards Victory
by Dan Carrison & Rod Walsh
Every manager can build unbeatable morale to the degree to which one's own career is subjugated to the career of each individual under one's authority.

The Marines are Coming
by Rick Sidorowicz
The principles of high performance, and how to create an elite culture of high performance that lasts.

Related Topics: Creative Leadership I | Creative Leadership II | Creative Leadership III

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