teamwork – Colonel Mickey Addison

20 March 201930 September 2020Leading Leaders

Leadership Foundations

Sports is a great place to learn leadership

13 December 201713 December 2017Leadership by Experience

Leaders Create a Culture of Respect

The second brick in the foundation of leadership that’s necessary when leading leaders is respect. The leader must model respect and demand it of their teams. Respect must go both ways, up as well as down, and most of the burden falls on the leader’s shoulders. Respect is both inherent, and it is earned. It […]

6 December 20175 January 2021The Five Be's

The Thumper Rule – If You Don’t Have Something Nice to Say

I heard my father’s voice in my head: “Be nice,” so I choked out a strained “thank you” through a fake smile. What I really wanted to say was, “Are you KIDDING me?!!” The young Airman standing in front of me had very proudly secured an all black Toyota Forerunner from the Ahmed Al Jaber […]

27 November 201727 November 2017Announcements

Back in the Saddle and How Can I Serve Better in 2018?

It’s been a couple of months with no posts here and I know some have wondered about the hiatus (Dad, thanks for asking!). Well, I’ll tell you! As I’ve transitioned to a new role in my new hometown, the blog had to take a back seat. But now that I’ve re-established myself in my new […]

14 September 201716 September 2017Leadership by Experience, The Five Be's, Veterans

What I Saw in Houston

Last week I deployed with Team Rubicon on my first ever disaster response operation: Operation Hard Hustle. I can tell you I got more out of the experience than I gave—serving others and doing important work in the company of other military veterans and first responders is soul-cleansing. This post is my reflection on that […]

29 August 2017Announcements

Hurricane Harvey – How You Can Help

I’m sure you all have been watching the coverage of the devastation on the Texas Gulf Coast. Many of you have been asking, “How can I help?” That is the mark of a true leader, to look outside themselves and seek to help others! Thank you to the dozens who’ve already reached out to me […]

7 June 201715 May 2017Sync to Swim

What is Synchronized Leadership?

“The single most important element of success in war is leadership.” Gen David Goldfein, USAF As a young officer our formal leadership training consisted largely of learning our military specialty and a few vague lessons about balancing “mission and people.” They were lessons born of, simultaneously, thousands of years of military tradition and 20th century […]

5 June 201729 May 2017Monday Motivation

Monday Motivation: Teamwork Wins Games

Mickey believes everyone can reach high levels of performance if inspired and led. During his 30 year US Air Force career Mickey commanded thousands of Airmen, managed portfolios worth billions of dollars, and worked with military, civil, and industry officials around the world. He is a Distinguished Graduate from the Eisenhower School at National Defense University […]

31 May 201714 May 2017Sync to Swim

Synchronize Leadership to Achieve Agility

Take a look at any photo of industrial production during the Second World War and think about the scale and volume of it. Any way you slice it, it’s impressive! Millions of workers producing millions of items from bombers to Liberty Ships to trousers. The emphasis then was on process efficiency and so we developed […]

29 May 20177 May 2017Monday Motivation

Monday Motivation: Memorial Day

24 May 20177 May 2017People Development Network, Sync to Swim

“Sync To Swim”: The Synchronized Leader Model

Twenty-first-century business requires agility–from teams, from institutions, and from leaders–and that agility comes from synchronized leadership. Despite the radical change in the environment, many institutions still cling to Twentieth-century management models. Those Industrial Age management models are ill-suited to guide leaders in the Information Age. Perhaps the “king” of management models from the last century […]