When things go wrong in your command, start wading for the reason in increasing larger concentric circles around your own desk. – General Bruce D. Clark
Standing on the platform in front of troops and family for the fourth time to take command, this time of a Mission Support Group, I was following a popular and successful commander. I’d be leading a very talented unit of 2,600 Airmen, civil service personnel, and contractors. They had a tremendous reputation for excellence.
In the previous three months, I’d prepared as best I could and now it was “go” time. Under the big Colorado sky on a stunningly beautiful summer day, thoughts about both the mission and people I was now responsible for leading circled my mind.… Read the rest
“Self-Reflection is the school of wisdom.”
“Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.” -Gen George Patton
“They criticize our generation, but they forget who raised it.”
Leadership is not about the next election, it’s about the next generation.
Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
“If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.”
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
“Never separate the life you lead from the words you speak.” 
“A team is not a group of people who work together. A team is a group of people who trust each other
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