Originally published by Guest Author, Karen Ross, at sharpdecisions.com
No Longer Desperate for Work, Veterans Seek More Meaningful Careers
For veterans, underemployment is the new unemployment.
With the U.S. Labor Department announcing earlier this month that veteran unemployment has hit a historic low,veterans groups, advocates and veterans themselves are sounding a new alarm: underemployment.
The department cites that of the three million plus post-9/11 veterans employed in the civilian workforce today, less than 40 percent hold management, professional and related occupations.
My industry, technology, is part of the problem. For too long, technology executives have looked past veteran talent because they were seeking “industry experience.”… Read the rest
The more humble and transparent a leader is, the more effective he or she will be.
“Finding a good bus driver can be as important as finding a good musician.”
“Be enthusiastic as a leader. You can’t light a fire with a wet match.”
If you can’t be a good example, you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.
“In order for a business unit, function or organization to obtain heretofore unrealized opportunities it is often necessary to have executives who work in the white space and find these opportunities”
“Keeping baggage from the past will leave no room for happiness in the future.”
We sat in the Officer’s Club at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho: three lieutenants with cold beers in hand trying to impress each other with the hours we were working. It was a perverse matter of pride for us–and lots of others at the time–to brag about the amount of time we were working. Bragging about children’s birthdays missed, anniversaries spent away, and late nights was a badge of honor.… 
“It might look and seem beautiful and calm; there is a significant difference in ineffective leadership, lack of leadership, and leadership that is in stasis.”
“The single most important element of success in war is leadership.”
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