Monthly Archives: October 2009
Insight and Quotes from Integrity Selling
I am currently re-reading Integrity Selling for the 21st Century by Ron Willingham. Every year, I re-read a book or two from the Cameron-Brooks Reading Program. I select a book that will help improve my ability to better serve the junior military officer … Continue reading
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Advice from a Cameron-Brooks Alumnus
Cameron-Brooks Alumni always do a better job of explaining the Cameron-Brooks experience than any member of the Cameron-Brooks team. First, recent Alumni have just lived the experience and it’s fresh for them. Second, the Cameron-Brooks Alumni can easily relate to the … Continue reading
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The Failure Question
Sticking with the failure theme from earlier this week, I would like to address why recruiters who interview junior military officer (JMO) candidates ask the failure question, and how to respond with a successful answer. Recruiters ask the failure question … Continue reading
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Turning Failure Into a Positive
“It’s okay to fail.” It’s still hard for me to accept that; and for most JMOs in the Cameron-Brooks program and for Cameron-Brooks alumni, I imagine that is true as well. It takes a tremendous amount of maturity, self-insight and self-confidence … Continue reading
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Easy Motivation and Retention Tool for Leaders
“When you become a platoon leader, then company commander and so on, get to know your soldiers. Write down their wives’ names and children’s names on note cards. Ask your soldiers what’s happening in their lives. Know your soldiers.” This … Continue reading
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New Cameron-Brooks Website and Resource Center
Despite the ups and downs in the economy of the last 20 months, our clients continue to recruit talented and top performing junior military officers who are well prepared for a business career. As we have written and said before, … Continue reading
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JMO Leadership Lessons from General Tommy Franks
General Tommy Franks was speaking recently at a Conference in Austin, TX on the topic of Leadership. Typical of General Franks, he talked about leadership with a kind of common sense that today seems to be pretty uncommon. General Franks … Continue reading
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