I recently had the opportunity to travel to Fort Benning, Georgia to file my paperwork to start my VA retirement benefits through the “Benefits Delivery on Discharge” program. As I was driving there, I realized that the last time I had been on Fort Benning was nearly 25 years ago to attend Army Airborne School…
Keep readingI emphatically believe that the world needs more heroic leaders. In fact, the purpose of The Leadership Crucible is to “forge heroic leaders.” But what I mean by a heroic leader is very different than what is espoused, or more accurately these days—decried—by the popular leadership literature. Read on to discover what I mean. THE…
Keep readingIf you ask 10 leaders what a leader is supposed to do, you’ll get 10 different answers. This lack of agreement reaches on successful leadership behaviors exists across all fields including academia and consulting practices. It also adds to the confusion on what actually constitutes successful leadership behavior. There are a bevy of scientifically valid…
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Emotional Intelligence—(EQ)—is for real, and it’s vitally important to your success. I just completed a certification course in the EQi 2.0 emotional intelligence assessment originally developed by Reuven Bar-On. Bar-On is one of the early researchers in the EQ arena and I can tell you that the assessment instrument is fantastic. I am very…
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