I have been jamming at work. Lots of change. Lots of busy. Got myself promoted. I’ve been stressing about not having posted anything recently. I just finished reading a great piece from Knowledge@Wharton about the leadership lessons from Shakespeare’s “Henry V” – that of the famous “band of brothers” quote. If you haven’t seen the [...]
Tags: books·leadership·military·skills
We’re coming up on the sixth year anniversary of writing this blog. It has come in a few different looks. I started it as “Diligentia” which is just laughable now. I really can’t remember why i thought that was a good idea. BUT – I did start off with a tagline of “a blog about [...]
Tags: dungeons and dragons·gaming·Hannah Morgan·Harry Joiner·leadership·management·Marines·military·personal branding·Rajesh Setty·Seth Godin·Tom Peters·World of Warcraft
Tom Peters poses a thought provoking question here: Why does corporate America devote so little time to training? He compares corporate training to military training. The military trains ALL THE TIME. I just watched the Marines Corp Mountain Survival reality tv show the other day. I love Tom’s question of closing stores 1 day a [...]
Tags: leadership·management·military·Tom Peters·training
Just finished reading Roughneck Nine-One: The Extraordinary Story of a Special Forces A-Team at War by Sgt. 1st Class Frank Antenori, US Army (Retired). Loved it. If you like a solid, action-packed ride – this is a book for you. I read a lot of military history and analysis. I am a geek this way. [...]
Tags: books·leadership·management·military·Special Forces
Another article from the Marines. I think I am starting to obsess. This one comes from the Help Desk Institute. This article compiles sage Marine Corp advice from First Sgt. Paul Berry. I’ll highlight a couple of them here and apply them to the cubicle wars: Its OK to allow Marines to take their blouse [...]
Tags: management·Marines·military
I went back and reviewed this article and my post. This isnt a great article. There are good elements but on the whole, the attempt tends to scatter once you get past the table comparing a leader to a manager. Consequently, this post is all over the place as I attempt to tie the fragmented [...]
Tags: leadership·Marines·military
It started with The Guru Red Manifesto. The guys at Guru Red say you only need to read three business books: The Art of War, The Book of Five Rings, and Warfighting. The Marine Corps Way is the only thing you need to know to be competitive in modern business. Then there were the two [...]
