by Jacob | Dec 26, 2019 | Leadership
OVERCOMING THE DARK SIDE OF LEADERSHIP: How to Become an Effective Leader by Confronting Potential FailuresGary L. McIntosh & Samuel D. Rima© 2007, 256 pages There is a lot of talk about “toxic leadership” in the military right now, and I’ve...
by Emileigh | Oct 25, 2019 | Leadership
Turn the Ship Around! – A True Story of Turning Followers into LeadersCapt. L. David Marquet, USN (Ret.)©2012, 237 pages “Eventually we turned everything upside down. Instead of one captain giving orders to 134 men, we would have 135 independent,...
by Emileigh | Jul 2, 2019 | Career & Learning, Leadership
“Winning Through Culture: How Air Force Squadron Commanders Can Set the Conditions That Drive Innovation and Success” John “Lobo” Echols and Matt “Poker” Getty May 2018, 166 pages “It’s been said that people only remember two...
by Emileigh | Dec 28, 2018 | Career & Learning, Leadership
No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy: The Life of General James Mattis Jim Proser © 2018 “In the hyperpartisan political atmosphere of 2017, General James Mattis astonishingly received nearly unanimous bipartisan support for his nomination for Secretary of Defense....
by Jacob | Dec 28, 2018 | Career & Learning
Thinking Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman © 2013 When I first picked this book up from the library I was surprised and more than a little intimidated by the thickness. I almost put it back and picked another book, but I am really glad I didn’t! Thinking Fast and Slow...
