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Your Metrics and the Truth. Honestly.
Because corporations have to support the needs of customers, shareholders and employees, industries adopted the use of performance metrics in order to gauge the success of their business objectives—both strategically and operationally. Metrics are supported by Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), and are usually rooted in numbers that correlate to dollars spent (-) or dollars earned […]
Know Thyself: Cue Culture (or Failure)
The US Military has had a proud and storied history. Our Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and Sailors have fought and died in more than thirty wars—more than half of which were waged on foreign soil. That’s a lot of experience to be gleaned from the last two-hundred and thirty years. Today, our military is regarded as […]
Rrrrocket Attack!! (A Lesson in Perspective Taking)
The first time I traveled to Afghanistan to support on-going US Military operations, I expected to see some extraordinary explosions. On my very first day in country, a rocket was sent (courtesy of the Taliban) into our base, sending the early warning systems into action. The audible alarm was blaring through a loud speaker and […]
War Room to Boardroom 
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