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Blue Smock Leadership and the Funny Papers – 12 May 16

Blue Smock Leadership and the Funny Papers – 12 May 16

Making a Point with a Distraction How do you keep them distracted when you are trying to make a point? You know they need the learning experience. So where do you get the media to distract them while you get your point across? All during my career in the military and manufacturing I would recognize characters in the morning comics. That’s right, the morning comics—the Funny Papers. I had several favorites: Beetle Bailey, BC, Boris & Natasha, Hagar the Horrible,…

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Introduction to Leadership – 10 May 16

Introduction to Leadership – 10 May 16

Excerpt from the Introduction to “There’s a Moose in the Guard House”: Search for Knowledge Didja ever hear ‘bout…, did I ever tell ya ‘bout…, or ya ain’t gonna believe this s*#*t, but… We’ve all heard the typical stories that start this way. During the years I spent leading, directing, managing, and supervising operations in both the civilian and military arenas I read volumes of literature on the art of leadership and management. Each undertaking lead me through an accounting…

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Introduction to Leadership – 22 Apr 16

Introduction to Leadership – 22 Apr 16

Motivation to write Over the past several years I have been recalling and documenting my professional career and the strife, trouble and opportunities that presented themselves to me and just how I handled and learned from each of these situations. I have thoroughly enjoyed this task. It has brought back some great memories as I recalled the exacts of what actually took place during each of these adventures in leadership. Some of the events were not hard to recall at…

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