Teamwork
Managing Chaos “In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity” -Sun Tzu During my first tour during Operation Iraqi Freedom (Mosul, Iraq), I was a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) team leader. Throughout our operations, the QRF team was thrown into chaotic, stressful, uncertain, rapidly evolving situations. Nevertheless, as the QRF team leader, I had […]
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The question is usually asked should I be a manager or a leader. Yet, every successful organization has both managers and leaders, which I will explain. “You manage things; you lead people.” – General Colin Powell The United States Army publication on leadership (ADP_6_22) emphasizes that leadership and management cover the actions to influence, motivate, […]
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In military and law enforcement training, individuals must go through rigorous training scenarios in which they are subjected to potentially life-threatening situations. Training must be demanding and simulate mission conditions as much as possible while keeping safety in mind. These scenarios are supposed to measure a person’s ability to (not only react to save their […]
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Retired General Stanley McChrystal (best known for his command of Joint Special Operations Command in Iraq) wrote a book called Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World in which he emphasized that we live in “a rapidly changing world, marked with increased speed and dense interdependences, meaning that organizations everywhere are […]
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