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# John Howard Hatfield

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## Posts

- [Blog](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/blog/)
- [The True-badour selected for 2019 APEX Award of Excellence](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/the-true-badour-selected-for-2019-apex-award-of-excellence/) - Now in our 4th year of publication, The True-badour has been selected for the 2019 Award for Publication Excellence by Communications Concepts, Inc. The award was presented from over 1,200 reviewed. Among the winners were such notable publications as AARP, Ford Motor Company, NASA, AARP, American Bar Association, Humane Society, City of Austin, Perdue University,
- [Writer’s Digest Book Awards Review](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/11-writers-digest-book-awards-review/) - “There’s a Moose in the Guard Shack” Developing and practicing good leadership is a skill many people seek, and this book by a materials management and manufacturing professional provides a colorful and fascinating collection of anecdotal accounts of situations involving leadership by the author as well as his employees. Each clearly explained situation is followed
- [Texas Book Festival - 05 Nov 16](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/texas-book-festival-05-nov-16/) - This weekend, I will be signing and selling my book “There’s a Moose in the Guard Shack” at the Texas Book Festival surrounding the Capitol of Texas in downtown Austin. Look for me at the Writers’ League of Texas booth 111 – 112, in Exhibitors Tent # 1 on the southeast corner of Colorado and
- [What’s Been Happening? - 23 Sep 16](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/whats-been-happening-23-sep-16/) - I’ve had a busy few weeks and have not been active here in a while. I’m sorry! During this period I have been busy reading and conducting Q&A sessions at two Literary Salons mostly here in my local area. The first one was on Old Mueller (the old airport) at the Wildfire Terrace Apartments in
- [Aging Workforce - Their Replacements and Leadership - 12 Aug 16](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/aging-workforce-their-replacements-and-leadership-12-aug-16/) - Baby Boomers exit the workforce I don’t know if most of you realize it, but the Baby Boomers are getting out of the workforce at record rates. Just who will take these guys’ places? Are there members within your personnel with the ability to step directly into those shoes? Are they qualified to undertake this
- [Canvasing Venues for Speaking  and Book Signing Presentations](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/canvasing-venues-for-speaking-and-book-signing-presentations/) - I am currently canvassing venues for speaking and book signing presentations. Of course, I’m looking for arenas and organizations that want and have the need for discussions on Leadership and//or Business Management. But, I’m willing to take on a Veterans organization that would like to discuss stories of the past or training in Leadership and//or
- [Who might you meet in my Book? – 04 Jul 16](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/who-might-you-meet-in-my-book-04-jul-16/) - Some of you out there may be wondering if your name made an appearance in my recently published book on Leadership: “There’s a Moose in the Guard Shack” Below is a partial list of those quirky and/or otherwise characters whose names do appear on the pages. As a follow-on volume is yet to be edited
- [More Catching up with Leaders of the Past – 14 Jun 16](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/more-catching-up-with-leaders-of-the-past-14-jun-16/) - I posted just awhile back about catching up with leaders of the past. One of my connections was Doug Brown (see 29 May 16 posting). Since catching up with Doug, we have talked almost every day since. One of our mutual associates was another officer that served with us in Alaska, Ted Kuchta (see Fitz’s
- [Catching up with Leaders of the Past – 29 May 16](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/catching-up-with-leaders-of-the-past-29-may-16/) - Lost Connections showing up People pass into and out of our lives, particularly if you move around as much as I have. Where do we keep them? How do you stay in touch with all of them> do you want to stay in touch with each and every one of them? Maybe not! Sometimes re-connection
- [Blue Smock Leadership and the Funny Papers - 12 May 16](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/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
- [Introduction to Leadership - 22 Apr 16](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/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
- [Introduction to Leadership – 10 May 16](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/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

## Pages

- [Welcome](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/) - I’m John Howard Hatfield, a retired materials management and manufacturing professional, and author of There's a Moose in the Guard Shack.
- [The True-badour selected for 2019 APEX Award of Excellence](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/the-true-badour-selected-for-2019-apex-award-of-excellence-now-in-our-4th-year-of-publication-the-true-badour-has-been-selected-for-the-2019-award-for-publication-excellence-by-communications-concept/) - The True-badour selected for 2019 APEX Award of Excellence
- [Event Schedule](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/event-schedule/) - Brazos Valley Book Festival – 19 May 18 John Howard Hatfield Brazos Valley Book Festival Join me at the @BrazosValleyBF May 19th at the Palace Theater in Downtown Bryan, TX 9 AM - 2 PM There's a Moose in the Guard Shack! Didja ever hear ‘bout…, or ya ain’t gonna believe this s&#t, but… I
- [About the Book](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/about-the-book/) - “There’s a Moose in the Guard Shack” Didja ever hear ‘bout…, or ya ain’t gonna believe this s*#t, but… I searched for years for guidance that represented a better approach to solving the day-to-day problems consuming a leader’s time. Eventually, I realized I possessed the answer. During a staff meeting the light came on; I
- [About the Author](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/about-the-author/) - Education As I mentioned in the welcome, I spent time at sixty plus posts while in the military and worked in twenty-two states during my career. As an undergraduate, I earned a BBA from Texas A&M University and then acquired a Masters’ degree from Central Michigan, and a MS from the U.S. Army C&GS College
- [Media and Press](https://johnhowardhatfield.com/media-and-press/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE There’s a Moose in the Guard Shack! Effective Leadership Techniques No Technology Can Replace Hatfield’s leadership book is anything but scholarly written and organized in strict academician’s style. It is, as its main draw, a down-to-earth, practical advice to leaders and managers on how to move things from A to B
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