Comments on: Leadership Defined

By: On Leadership « A Soldier's Perspective

On Leadership « A Soldier's Perspective — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:06:29 +0000

[...] just wanted to point people to an essay on leadership that I wrote over at the VAMC blog here if you're interested. It was written in a momentary burst of wisdom that seldom inhabits my [...]

By: CW4 N

CW4 N — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:21:11 +0000

Most excellent observation, assessment and analogy. Mentoring our subordinates is crucial to corporate success. In the military we progress though with careers spanning 20-30 years. We tend to forget where we came from and how we learned. The part that we often forget is that we are all teachers and we should consider all subordinates in or out of our command as our students.

By: CJ

CJ — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:29:58 +0000

Thanks, Ernesto. I’m thinking about making some minor changes and submitting this to the army times.

By: Ernesto Rivera

Ernesto Rivera — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:31:08 +0000

Thanks for the link, I have read the define LEADERSHIP and I can tell you it was great. You are right on all aspects of the leadership and I can tell you 95% of this is happening right in front of our noses, so why not do anything about it? If you notice the Leadership is glued to the outlook (email) and we have more than 3 meetings a day that takes 1 to 2 hours each (depending on the discussion) and this takes the time from the senior NCO to spend more time with the soldiers. Im not looking for excuses however each unit is unique and the lack of supervision and mentoring is not there due to many factors as I mention above. I will assure you that I will have my NCO’s read this, I believe this can make and impact in some way and have them understand there are still Senior NCO’S out there that cares. GREAT WORK

1SG RIVERA E

By: Sharon M

Sharon M — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:48:27 +0000

Excellent article CJ. This could and should be used outside of the military as well.

Sharon M

By: Mike T

Mike T — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:27:34 +0000

Awesome piece CJ. I can only hope that my inspiration was a positive one? Once great job with this article. MT

By: Donna

Donna — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:15:29 +0000

CJ,
I’m not in the military but it sounds like you have some good ideas to me! Keep up the good work as a leader! You sound like someone who really cares about his soldiers and cares enough to help them achieve the goals that are set out for them.