Posts with the ‘Competence’ tag
The tragedy of what happened at Penn State has been well covered in the news. There are so many lessons that can be derived from what we know about that situation. But, perhaps the biggest lesson we can all learn is how character trumps competence. No level of past or present competence will make up […]
Leadership is a blend of competence and character. BG (Retired) Jim Anderson, my father, taught me that. In 41 years in the Army, including two tours in Vietnam, he saw a lot of great leaders and a lot of leadership failures that formed his philosophy.
Brett was stealing from the company. Primarily, he was stealing his salary because he rarely worked a full day. However, I even found out after I fired him that he was also using his company credit card for personal household purchases! In the interview Brett was great. He had a great resume and was a […]
I have been thinking about writing an un-resume. This would be the list of all the things I have done wrong. It is a long and sometimes scary list. I always tell people a resume should never be more than two pages long. Unfortunately my un-resume would break that rule!
Though I was trained to lead at West Point and led men in combat as a lieutenant in the Army, I was still a baby when it came to recognizing a problem on my team, coaching it and documenting it appropriately in the corporate world. The Story I hired Tory myself (name changed). He had […]
