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Leading with Character: Growth through Failure

Leading with Character: Growth through Failure

Leading with Character: Growth through Failure “Don’t be upset by failures; they’re part of our growth.” – Og Mandino Leading through the Covid-19 pandemic has been hard. Leaders have had to add new skills to their seabag to ease their employees’ fear and...
Leading with Character: Devotion to Duty

Leading with Character: Devotion to Duty

Leading with Character: Devotion to Duty In 1994, then-Commandant Admiral Robert Kramek approved and implemented the Coast Guard’s Core Values: Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty. Today, every member of the Coast Guard is expected to internalize and live by those...
Leading with Character: Respect

Leading with Character: Respect

Leading with Character: Respect In this series of blog posts, we’re exploring the US Coast Guard’s core values of honor, respect, and devotion to duty. This week’s focus is on one I believe is particularly relevant today—respect. Respect–We value our diverse work...
Leading with Character: Honor

Leading with Character: Honor

U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, left, presents the Legion of Merit to Australian Lt. Gen. David Morrison, chief of staff of the Army, Feb. 9, 2012. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade/Office of the Chief of Public Affairs)   Leading with Character:...
Leading with Character: Core Values

Leading with Character: Core Values

Leading with Character: Core Values Today, our society and its many organizations, institutions and businesses are in dire need of exceptional leaders who demonstrate core values-based character-centered leadership. Most people recognize exceptional leadership when...
Leading with Character: Authentic or Genuine?

Leading with Character: Authentic or Genuine?

Leading with Character: Authentic or Genuine? We’ve all heard or seen someone exclaim, usually with great conviction, “Leaders need to bring their authentic selves to work!” I cringe when I hear or read that. On the surface, it sounds good and everyone wants to be on...