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Lead High Performance | Col Mickey Addison

Leadership author and speaker

  • Speaking
  • About
  • Books
    • Mickey’s Rules for Leaders
    • The Five Be’s
    • Leading Leaders
    • Leading Leaders: The Workbook
    • Patio Wisdom
  • Articles
  • Resources & Downloads
    • Sync to Swim
    • Goal Setting Resources
    • Leading Small Teams to Greatness Resources
  • Podcasts
  • Reading List for Leaders
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Lead High Performance | Col Mickey Addison

Leadership author and speaker

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26 April 201717 March 2017Practical Leadership

Continue the Mission: The First 100 Days

All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days. Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days . . .nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin. -John F. Kennedy My first month as Mission Support Group Commander at the Air Force Academy was […]

19 April 201717 March 2017Practical Leadership

Continue the Mission: The First 30 Days

When things go wrong in your command, start wading for the reason in increasing larger concentric circles around your own desk. – General Bruce D. Clark Standing on the platform in front of troops and family for the fourth time to take command, this time of a Mission Support Group, I was following a popular […]

15 March 201712 March 2017Practical Leadership

Continue the Mission: How to Exit Gracefully (and Why You Should)

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time. -George W. Bush This month, I continue my series on successful leadership transition. If you missed the first part, you can go back and read it here. When we accept a leadership position we accept two things: […]

8 February 201710 April 2017Practical Leadership

Transitioning Leadership – When You’re the New Guy and a Repairman

  It was the second time I’d been sent to fix a broken unit, only this time the unit didn’t know they were broken. The team had all the externals of a high performing team, but only on the surface. Below the surface, they were dysfunctional and broken. The organizational chart bore little resemblance to […]

25 January 201710 April 2017GeneralLeadership.com, Practical Leadership

Continuing the Mission – Leadership Drives Culture During Transition

A change in leadership is not a change in mission. -Military maxim The focus of January is the transition of leadership in the White House, so it’s a good time to talk about how successful leaders transition. I believe we do leadership transition well in the military, so there’s some lessons there for others. Every […]

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