Article: Leading With A Chip On Your Shoulder

Leading With A Chip On Your Shoulder

A Marine company commander I knew of had a memorable way of introducing himself to his platoon commanders. He called them into his office, gave them each a laminated wallet card, then dismissed them without saying a word.



The wallet card read, "Seven Ways To Get Me Angry."



I don't remember what they were, probably standard leadership guidelines like, "You make excuses." "You don't come through on your commitments." "You look out for your career and not the troops." They were important for the commander; and I guess for his lieutenants, but they're not important here.



What's important has to do with the leadership style they communicated. After all, if after all these years, I don't remember the specific guidelines but the style they evoked, ther...
 

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Leading With A Chip On Your Shoulder

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