Comments on: 4 Ways to Lead Like the Marines

By: training manajemen proyek

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By: Natalie Viani

Natalie Viani — Fri, 31 Jul 2015 00:26:42 +0000

Great article! Training is one of my weak points, so good to see this as I have had two new employees start this week that need more training! 🙂

By: Michael Malone

Michael Malone — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:34:20 +0000

In reply to Nathaniel J. Ford. p.s. The Marines have also recently re-designated their Special Operations Forces as "Raiders" paying homage to a great legacy.

By: Michael Malone

Michael Malone — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:33:19 +0000

Thank you Nathan and Buddy. Brain Davis’ piece is also insightful. Another good read is Simon Sinek’s book, “Leaders Eat Last”.

By: Vistage Staff

Vistage Staff — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 15:49:03 +0000

In reply to Buddy Fichera. Thank you for your comment, Buddy!

By: Vistage Staff

Vistage Staff — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 15:47:57 +0000

In reply to Nathaniel J. Ford.

Thank you for your comment and thank you for your service. You might find Brian Davis’ piece equally enjoyable: https://blog.vistage.com/business-leadership/battlefield-boardroom-3-communication-tactics-team/

By: Nathaniel J. Ford

Nathaniel J. Ford — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 18:06:03 +0000

As a Marine myself I enjoyed reading this post. The skills of decisiveness, integrity, and courage have served me well all of my life, and I believe that I learned those from my father, a Raider in the Marines from Viet Nam.

By: Buddy Fichera

Buddy Fichera — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 09:05:00 +0000

The marine example is an excellent benchmark, and when I look closely at #4, continuous training, I see the opportunity to create an entirely new and substantial enterprise.

Our main asset, as knowledge workers, is our mind, and we continue to view trainiing the mind through the lens of feeding ‘it’ content. Content is important, however it doesn’t take much self awareness to realize that the mind is presently overloaded, and we might consider embarking on a program that continuously develops the mind’s capacity to improve in focus, endurance, generosity, restraint, and other intrinsic qualities.

By comparison, this would mean that we train the operating system versus continued overload on the application program. A change like this would take a commitment at the top of the enterprise, and could not be legislated without participation at all levels.

The marines are physically fit because of their emphasis on #4, which albeit has a derivative effect on mental strength. I believe that companies that emphasize mental fitness (in terms of capacity) in the future will rise well above and continue to reinvent themselves in an ever increasing tumultuous and competitive work environment. Furthermore, if authentic, will lead bring about better health and well-being for all company stakeholders.