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Leading Teams to Greatness – Part 3 – Executing the Plan

Posted 11 January 201722 January 2017 Mickey AddisonLeave a commentPosted in GeneralLeadership.com, How To Change

Planning is very important, but just like the surfer sitting in the lineup at some point you have to actually drop in and ride the waves. For leaders, this idea means we have to carry out the plans we make. Perfect plans don’t accomplish anything–implementing them does! That surfing maxim came home to me in […]

Respect and the Power of Nice: Setting the Example

Posted 14 December 20167 December 2016 Mickey AddisonLeave a commentPosted in Holidays, Practical Leadership

There has been considerable talk in the press and in the blogs on the importance of people treating each other with respect. It’s a subject I write about often because it’s central to leaders inspiring people to be their best, and groups forming into high performing teams. Whether it’s travelling, shopping in a crowd, or […]

Leading Small Teams to Greatness, Part 1

Posted 26 October 201629 October 2018 Mickey AddisonLeave a commentPosted in GeneralLeadership.com, How To Change

“I don’t know whether this is the best of times or the worst of times, but I assure you it’s the only time you’ve got.” – Art Buchwald Standing in front of the assembled group of more than 150 staff to tell them they were being reorganized–again–was a little daunting to say the least. Everyone was clearly […]

Monday Motivation – Engage Your Employees

Posted 23 May 201620 May 2016 Mickey AddisonLeave a commentPosted in Monday Motivation

Dynamic Dozen: Give Clear Direction, Then Follow Through

Posted 27 April 201622 March 2016 Mickey AddisonLeave a commentPosted in GeneralLeadership.com

The ballplayer who loses his head, who can’t keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.  – Lou Gehrig It’s baseball season again, and so we begin the annual Rite of the Green Grass and White Lines. Each year, baseball coaches struggle to give clear direction to help their teams make good decisions […]

Dynamic Dozen: Setting The Example

Posted 23 March 201627 February 2019 Mickey AddisonPosted in GeneralLeadership.com

Always do everything you ask of those you command. – General George S. Patton When I was an instructor at the Air Force’s Officer Training School, I noticed the uncanny way the groups of officer trainees we led became mirrors of their Flight Commander. It was a little scary, really. If the Flight Commander was […]

Dynamic Dozen – Keep Your Team Informed

Posted 2 March 201628 February 2016 Mickey AddisonLeave a commentPosted in GeneralLeadership.com

Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer. -Jimmy Doolittle There may be situations in military leadership where the leader must keep the team in the dark–but in 27 years service and commanding five units I’ve never found one. On the contrary, the question asked most often by military leaders and those they […]

Dynamic Dozen: Be Technically and Tactically Proficient

Posted 30 December 20152 January 2016 Mickey AddisonLeave a commentPosted in GeneralLeadership.com

The vast majority of Airmen we train are going to be somewhere in harm’s way within the next year or two. It is up to us to impart to them the talent and skill they need to accomplish their mission in a world-class fashion and at the same time make sure we get them back […]

Get Your Copy of The 5 Be’s Today!

Posted 31 October 201522 November 2015 Mickey AddisonLeave a commentPosted in Announcements, Books, The Five Be's

I’m excited to announce my latest title now available in pocketbook from Lead The Way Media! In a world full of “no” and “don’t”, The 5 Be’s For Starting Out is a positive vision of who to “Be.” Based on a lifetime of mentoring young adults, The 5 Be’s is a roadmap to living a […]

General Leadership: So Say We All

Posted 18 March 201518 February 2018 Mickey AddisonLeave a commentPosted in Leadership by Experience

In my latest over a GeneralLeadership.com, I talk about leading change while channeling my inner Commander Adama from SyFy’s Battlestar Galactica. “It won’t be an easy journey. It’ll be long, and arduous. But I promise you one thing: on the memory of those lying here before you, we shall find it, and Earth shall become […]

What’s Your Favorite Way to Communicate Good News?

Posted 24 October 2013 Mickey AddisonLeave a commentPosted in Polls

“Call me / Beep me / If you wanna reach me”  sayeth Kim Possible (yes, I once had kiddos at home who loved Kim!) There are loads of ways to communicate…what’s the way you like to deliver good news to friends and colleagues?  Text? Facebook? Run to their office? Poll below!

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