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True Leadership
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here are so many challenges leaders face within our industry today that are ever-changing and, quite frankly, unprecedented. Whether your position Todd Drummond of leadership is overall, departmental, or team level, the challenges are neverending. Too often in our industry, people are in a position of authority without formal training and preparedness. Just because a person may have been within a group the longest or appears the most skilled at a given task does not mean that person has fundamental leadership skills to handle all the genuinely daunting management needs required of them. True leadership skills are, without question, the most demanding skill set to master in any given area of any company. Anyone believing otherwise has never truly felt the burden of managing groups of people while balancing the organization’s needs and goals. The gentleman standing in front of the M1 Abrams tank at the front gate of Fort Knox, Kentucky is yours truly. The last time I was at this military base was in 1984 for basic training as a new recruit to be a crew member of the M1 Abram tank. I served in the US Army for four years as a tanker. Anyone who has served in our armed forces can attest to the never-ending formal training of all the military personnel, not only of the skills needed to perform our given occupation but that of leadership. Once I was honorably discharged, I attended college in Maine to earn a four-year business degree with extensive management training. Any good leader will attest that leadership training is a never-ending lifelong endeavor. To lead others to accomplish the mission is by far the most critical element in all organizations, no matter the size or resources of the company. For the military, this never-ending training is true of both the enlisted ranks and of the officers. Continued next page
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