Earlier this month, I posted career advice for about the military to civilian transition. This time, I cover career advice from a military leader that translates to the civilian space:
On November 14, 2012, Fordham Graduate School of Business hosted a lecture by General Peter Pace, retired Marine Corps General and 16th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under the G.W. Bush Administration. It was an enthralling 90 minutes,...
“Mission first, people always” is the mantra for the United States Army. The military’s expertise in leadership, operations, and management has long been recognized, perhaps never more formally than recent years. The Wharton School of Business, one of the world’s top business schools, recently established a...
In my 15+ years of recruiting, I’ve interviewed many candidates with military experience – career and reservists, combat and administrative duty, long stints spanning decades and shorter stints less than two years. I’ve always been impressed by the discipline, early opportunities to take management and leadership roles, and diversity of activity and skills, and I know other employers feel likewise. However, even though the military experience impresses in general, you still...
I'm considering the way that the civilian world can learn from the military operations order in a series of short pieces in the newly launched "Fieldnotes", and hope you'll enjoy!
So far considering the operations order in its entirety: http://www.fieldnotesmagazine.com/shannon-huffman-polson/plan-of-attack-introduction/
And the first paragraph, Situation: http://www.fieldnotesmagazine.com/shannon-huffman-polson/plan-of-attack-situation/
Stay tuned for Mission, Execution, Logistics and Communications, and let me know what you think at Fieldnotes!
