Mea Vita: Carpe Diem

Deep dive podcast . What is a patriot? A patriot is a citizen who demonstrates love and respect for America by upholding the rule of law. It...

Noon meal formation at the US Naval Academy. Plebe Summer, at the Naval Academy, is about sacrifice. It's about learning how to dea...

Delegation is an important leadership action. However, it’s critical to fully understand what can and can’t be delegated. In order for ...

Today's USNA '18 Graduation: Those covers (hats) fly high. Advice to USNA Class of 2015 Advice to USNA Class of 2016 Advic...

Today's USNA '17 Graduation: Those covers (hats) fly high. Advice to USNA Class of 2015 Advice to USNA Class of 2016 Today, ...

Those hats fly high at graduation. Today, the US Naval Academy Class of 2016 graduated. A year ago, I gave my tidbit of advice to the Cl...

As a military officer, I received frequent training to make me a more effective leader. We started off as second lieutenants (or ensigns...

Direct reports should never be blindsided by their performance evaluations, good or bad. Most companies hire employees "at-will,...

The medium is the message. Sometimes that medium is specific, like an advertisement or newspaper, and other times it's general such as...

USNA 1993 classmates lost in the line of duty. I enjoy being the president of the USNA class of 1993. Reunions, networking events, and t...

Leadership isn't something you only read about in a book. You have to live it. I see newly minted managers focusing on the oddities of...

When I was at the Naval Academy we were taught a lesson called  Damn XO  ( Section 2.9 on page 11 of this PDF ). In a nutshell, orders...

I learned a lot at  Officer Candidate School  (OCS) in Quantico, VA. Before you can lead you first need to learn how to follow. In boot c...

At the top of the list of leadership traits is, "set the example." This was drilled into us at the Naval Academy and in the Marin...

When I was a Midshipman at the Naval Academy I took a   Law for the Junior Officer  course. It covered the procedures, processes, and punish...