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  • Leadership lessons can come in all forms

    Recently, I lost my best friend of almost eight years. Her loss was extremely hard on me for many reasons – the first being she was the first loss I had suffered as an adult. Second, she was my best friend. She was my sidekick; we did everything together. She had been there with me through it

  • Time flies

    Time flies. I’m not a fan of clichés, but this one continues to prove itself true (especially now as I’m still trying to figure out where April, May and June went.) In the military community, we experience this reality more than others, as the annual migration of moving trucks appearing in our

  • Find your balance

    When I first found out about writing this article I figured I’d write about something I’ve been trying to achieve for some time and people talk about often: Work life balance.

  • Revitalize the squadron now

    Just under a year ago, Gen. David Goldfein was confirmed as our Air Force’s 21st Chief of Staff. Just days after his confirmation Goldfein published his first of three short papers titled “The Beating Heart of the Air Force…Squadrons!”

  • Balance: A key aspect of personal resilience

    The way I look at resiliency today is very different than when I joined the Air Force just a few years ago. The emphasis was just not put on it like it is today. Not because previous Air Force leaders didn’t care about the subject, rather, I feel we as a force didn't fully understand the importance

  • Increase unit effectiveness by connecting with people

    There are huge responsibilities levied upon leaders in our profession; accomplish the mission, uphold good order and discipline and take care of our people. Some expectations are easily quantifiable, like mission accomplishment (measured by on-time rates, aircraft generation data, etc.) and good

  • Next Airman up

    “Hey John, when you get back from C-17 re-qual you’ll be on G-series orders. The squadron is yours!”

  • Growth requires a little discomfort

    A long time ago at a base far far away, my chief used to send out daily quotes and excerpts from John C. Maxwell and other famous leadership authors. One day the daily message really resonated with me. Specifically, the message quoted Ronald E. Osborne: "Unless you do something beyond what you've

  • It’s OK to ask for help, it takes courage to do so

    Most of us are familiar with action movies where the main character overcomes impossible odds to reach the unreachable, attain the improbable or save the day from certain ruin. That character is sometimes portrayed as a pillar, unbreakable, unyielding…needing no one. The reality, of course, is we