Category: Movement Building

Douse the Glim is an old Scottish slogan that means “Put out the Light”. During the Boer War…

I don’t know anything about military tactics. But I know how to learn. I study, I tell you every military…

 What’s Your Flag? Henry A Morrow commanded the 24th Michigan of the Iron Brigade on July 1st, 1863…

My Favorite Read of the Month:The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle  My daughter Jessica sent me Daniel Coyle’s The…

Since I saw this diagram in Mansen’s Great at Work, it’s haunted me. How often am I tempted to…

Become an autodidact.  Almost all biographers use the word “autodidact” to describe Abraham Lincoln. Sadly I had to…

Learning from Gettysburg:Charles Powell Adams of the 1st Minn Lt Col Charles Adams of Hastings Minnesota didn’t know…

Carry the Fire: Stories are the Fire We Carry to Each Other In Cormac McCarthy’s novel, No Country for Old…

Learning a New VocabularySeeing Others as “Leaders in Making”; Seeing Myself as a “Hero-maker” Everyone wants to be…

Learning from Gettysburg:Rufus Dawes, 6th Wisconsin(A recent video captured the bloody action described below. It’s a powerful realistic…

I’ve been thinking a lot about questions.  The questions I ask, the questions I encourage others to ask.…

Dave Cooper of the Navy Seals elite Team Six claims that the success of the Seals lies in…

The 93rd Regiment Was Brave but Stupid:Why We Need Leaders in Making (Source: The Snow Report)Andrew Jackson won…

Learning More about Gettysburg Captain Morrill was considered the coolest man in the regiment — a man who…

Who won the race to the South Pole? In Oct 1911, Robert Falcon Scott from England and Roald…

Frederick Douglass became the most photographed American in the 19th Century — on purpose. Douglass loved photography—writing extensively…

Hopefully, you’ve had time to see this movie. One of the best of the year. Gary Oldman won…

A Parable A Roman general was leading his legions toward the enemy in a swampy country. He knew…

Lt Stephen Brown is arrested and his symbols of authority— his sword and pistol—were confiscated. In July 1863,…

Reevaluating Lee’s Leadership In last month’s effort to critically evaluate Robert E. Lee’s leadership at Gettysburg, I argued…

I’ve been thinking about this painting today. It’s an illustration of Chamberlain and the original commander of the…

My daughter Jody loves Brene Brown. At her encouragement, I’ve read several of her books and well, I guess…

In his excellent book, Strong and Weak: Embracing a Life of Love, Risk and True Flourishing, Andy Crouch…

Header Thought: The Vulnerable Leader I’ve always been captured by this John Paul Stain painting, Sacred Ground. It…