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Battle Buddies: Getting Out of Your Own Way Mar 12, 2019

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The subject of this particular video clip on the Rooftop Rally Point series is, “Battle Buddies: Getting Out of Your Own Way”.

I thought telling the story of my Ranger Buddy, Cliff would be very appropriate because Cliff taught me the importance of Battle Buddies. Cliff became my dear friend and we lost Cliff in the Pentagon on 9/11, 2001.

Yeah, he was my Ranger buddy, but in other units that are not Rangers, they call that one person that looks out for you and you look out for them your, “Battle Buddy”. It serves a range of things both in peacetime and in combat. You always check in on your battle buddy. That way, no one gets left behind.

So, join me by the firepit and let’s talk about how, "Battle Buddies" can help you get out of your own way.

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PCI's: The Science of Getting Ready Feb 26, 2019

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I worked with a certain a team Sergeant that made sure we always accomplished our missions, we always got stuff done at a very high level and it was because we did the little things right, and that's the theme for this Rooftop Rally Point. PCI’s, “The Science of Getting Ready”. PCI stands for Pre-Combat Inspections, and it’s a critical element in leading a team in the art of high performance. Now how does that fit into the civilian world?

Join me by the campfire as we discuss how “PCI’s: The Science of Getting Ready”, can be added to your team’s high-performance tool kit.

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Human Terrain: Reading People in the Room Feb 19, 2019

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What I would like to get across in this Vlog, is the importance of “Human Terrain” in our work.

In this day and age where we are so distracted, so disengaged, so distrustful of each other, we've become completely transactional at the corporate level, the entrepreneurial level, with our clients, and we just focus on the transaction, and we don't look at the human terrain. Right?

We don't look at who the decision-makers are.

We don't look who are the relevant gate-keepers.

Join me by the campfire and let’s talk about how to read, the “Human Terrain”.

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Rooftop Rally Point: Leaders Recon - How to Win Before You Show Up Feb 12, 2019

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I want to talk about a lesson that I learned in special ops, one that is really pervasive in a lot of other military organizations.

This lesson is one that I think can really help you have a competitive edge or as our subtitle says, that can help you win before you even show up when you have to do that right?

This concept is called, “The Leaders Recon: How to Win Before You Show Up”.

Join me by the campfire and let’s discuss how the “Leaders Recon” can help you win before you even show up.

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Rooftop Rally Point - SLLS: Being Present in the Chaos Feb 05, 2019

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The title of this episode is SLLS: Being Present in the Chaos.

The acronym stands for: Stop, Look, Listen and Smell, because all around us, chaos is going on.

When you walk into a restaurant, just notice how people are, they're lost in their own conversations. They're not paying attention to what's going on around them.

Most of them have their heads buried in their phones. Everywhere you go, you will see this in a board meeting, or even if you go to a presentation or a conference, notice how everyone's just in their own head, no one's connected to the other person.

Let’s step out of the “chaos” for a moment to sit by the campfire and discuss, SLLS: Being Present in the Chaos.

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Decisive Point Feb 05, 2019

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We are going to talk about how to use a “Decisive Point” to arrive at a solution for a complex problem.

Now, in the last Vlog you heard me talk about “Unity of Effort”. It’s taking all of the different participants in your organization, and unifying their effort under one common vision, that you the leader create, right?

How do we arrive at a true “Unity of Effort”, where everyone is content playing their position?

How do we get everybody playing their position happily, engaged, and understanding where they fit?

A “Decisive Point” is a great way to do that.

Join me by the campfire and let’s discuss what a true, “Decisive Point” is, and how you can adapt this powerful concept to your organization.

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Battlefield to Boardroom: Unity of Effort Jan 22, 2019

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One of the lessons that I talk about a lot in corporate America and in organizations from nonprofits to small businesses is this notion of what we call “Unity of effort”, in the military world.

“Unity of Effort”, this timeless principle of military planning and operations and strategy that's been around, frankly, since Sun Tzu and Clausewitz is so appropriate for your organization.

Join me by the campfire and let’s talk about how, “Unity of Effort” is a powerful tool that will serve your team and your clients.

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Battlefield to Boardroom: METL "Mission Essential Task List" Jan 15, 2019

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What is it that rings the bell for Your Organization?

What are the things that if you don't do money doesn't come in, you don't achieve your mission?

These thoughts took me back to a term that we use in the military.

We call it METL. Mission Essential Task List.

And every organization in the military has one. The Mission Essential Task List is a few of the absolutely critical tasks that you must do to be successful at your mission, your charter, what you were designed to do.

Join me by the campfire and lets go deep into your organization and discover your team's METL.

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Battlefield to Boardroom: Leadership Philosophy Jan 08, 2019

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As I moved on through my career, I saw leaders good and bad who would put out their leadership philosophy.

It was something that I started to do myself as a team leader, as a company commander, and I saw the value in it because what it does, is it shares with people who you are, why you're there, and where you're going, where's the organization going.

When you do that, when people can get a sense of you and that kind of clarity, then they have a sense of themselves and they know what they need to do.

Join me around the campfire as we open the “Battlefield to Boardroom” series with our discussion on how a solid, “Leadership Philosophy” can dial your team in.

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Pictures in Their Head Dec 25, 2018

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Stuart Diamond tells us to, “See the pictures in their head”.

If you can do this, let me tell you something, you have a serious leadership advantage in life and business because when you see the pictures in their heads, now you know where to start and you have a sense of the roadmap you need to follow to meet them where they are, not where you want them to be, and to collaborate to meet each other's goals.

Join me by the campfire and let’s take a look at how we can see the, "Pictures in Their Head”.

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