From the Blogs – Page 2 – Colonel Mickey Addison

18 July 2014From the Blogs, Leadership by Experience

Military Leaders in the Private Sector

I know I’m a little late, but in honor of the Army’s birthday back in June, and in keeping with the theme of military leadership lessons, US Army vet Bill Murphy Jr offers his take on leadership. Here’s a sample: No organization talks more about leadership and trying to teach its people to become excellent […]

11 June 2014From the Blogs, Technique Only

Advice on How To Pester??

I gotta say, I’ve never been given advice on how to pester someone, but Jessica Stillman’s advice over at Inc.com is, in fact, good advice. Sayeth Ms Stillman: This technique, he [Teju Ravilochan, co-founder and CEO of the Unreasonable Institute] claims, has only resulted in one truly negative response out of hundreds of attempts. Brevity, […]

7 April 2014Books, From the Blogs, Practical Leadership

“Local Kine” Leadership

The natural beauty of the ‘aina (the land) and ke kai (the sea) in the Hawaiian Islands is legendary, but it’s the e komo mai (welcome) the good kama’aina (islanders) show to malahini (newcomers like me), that make these Islands of Aloha a wonderful place to live. In fact, if you’ve noticed a slow down […]

12 February 201421 August 2019From the Blogs

People Are Power

I’m a big fan of people. I’m one who believes there’s always room for one more, and although I like the tech toys my engineer brethren have given us, I’m not one to believe in the tech over people. People get the work done, not tech. I know, all us engineer geeks are supposed to […]

9 November 2013From the Blogs, Pure Inspiration

What’s My Purpose?

When reaching the end of their careers, military veterans are often faced with difficult questions. There are, of course, the practical considerations of finances and family, but the biggest question for the vet is not where he’ll live or how he’ll make his living. The biggest question for the retiring vet is what’s my purpose? […]

19 September 2013From the Blogs, Technique Only

What Can Bilbo Baggins Teach About Leadership?

I’ve been a fan of Tolkien since I was a boy, and articles like this are one of the reasons why. Tolkien’s writing is so rich, that it’s possible to “mine” little nuggets of brilliance like these leadership lessons. By the way, if you liked the movies, give the books a try! (Hint: there’s more […]