Tag Archives: leadership

July 2025: Reactions

In this post: Another look at improving self-awareness with a focus on strengths and weaknesses. — Welcome to this sixth and final post in this short series on self-awareness. Covered so far are Values, Passions, Aspirations, Fit and Patterns. This final post in this sub-series is about Reactions. That said, I’m not entirely sure whyContinue reading “July 2025: Reactions”

June 2025: Patterns

In this post: Another look at improving self-awareness with a focus on personal patterns. — So far, this series of posts has covered Values, Passions, Aspirations, and Fit. This post is about Patterns. The next and final post will be about Reactions. Breaking the pattern established by the first four posts of this series, thereContinue reading “June 2025: Patterns”

May 2025: Fit

In this post: Another look at improving self-awareness with a focus on personal fit. — So far, this series of posts has covered Values, Passions, and Aspirations. This post is about Fit. The next two posts will be about Patterns and Reactions. For any more hip readers out there, “Fit” in this context is equivalentContinue reading “May 2025: Fit”

April 2025: Aspirations

In this post: Another look at improving self-awareness with a focus on personal aspirations. — This series of posts started with a post on Values, followed by a post on Passions. This post is about Aspirations. The next three posts will be about Fit, Patterns, and Reactions. Following the format of its elder siblings, thisContinue reading “April 2025: Aspirations”

March 2025: Passions

In this post: Another look at improving self-awareness with a focus on personal passions. — This series of posts started with a post on Values. This post is about Passions. The next four posts will be about Aspirations, Fit, Patterns, and Reactions. The questions about Passions include the following: 1 What kind of day wouldContinue reading “March 2025: Passions”

November 2024: Appreciation

In this post: Different perspectives on giving thanks. After taking a day to travel to my mother’s home, I’m writing this post with this month’s holiday in mind. Thanksgiving. I think most of us that are employed are familiar with those seasonal messages from our team leads. You know: The ones expressing contextualized offerings ofContinue reading “November 2024: Appreciation”

August 2024: Enhancing Relationships

In this post: I discuss the need to broaden perspectives on different kinds of relationships available to us. — Background Let’s just jump right to it. I think many people find developing relationships to be a response to the environments they are in. Generally, children live within the context of a family and thereby formContinue reading “August 2024: Enhancing Relationships”

June 2024: The Manager’s Purpose

In this shorter post: I try emphasizing doing the right thing over doing things right in the management role. I’ve just finished my seventh year on active duty. I’ve completed a permanent change of station, I’ve completed four different assignments, and I’ve worked with dozens of different people on dozens of different teams. As theContinue reading “June 2024: The Manager’s Purpose”

May 2024: Executive Officer Reflection

In this post: I share some lessons learned while assigned as an Executive Officer. — 31 May marked the end of my assignment as an Executive Officer. In this post, I intend to touch on a few lessons learned from that experience. — Perfect is the Enemy of Good Enough This was probably the firstContinue reading “May 2024: Executive Officer Reflection”