Themes and Categories

Theory and Philosophy

Tactics Techniques and Procedures

Theory and Philosophy

Discuss various leadership models and styles such as Servant Leadership, Autocratic Leadership, Transformational and countless others. Why do these models work or not work for the Surface Navy and what considerations should we account for when choosing our own style? What is the nature of the relationship between a SWO leader and the subordinate? The superior?

Lessons Learned

Tactics Techniques and Procedures

Theory and Philosophy

Share your leadership successes and failures from your own career. Experience is often the best teacher and we believe in sharing these hard earned lessons. Use your personal experience to drive home a specific lesson that you learned from this story.

Tactics Techniques and Procedures

Its sometimes easy to say "be a great leader" without going into the specifics of HOW to be a great leader. These articles and videos discuss the "how." What are some specifics things we can say, or avoid saying to our Sailors? How often should we acknowledge positive behavior? What compliments or reprimands are most effective? Least effective? How do you lead in times of crisis?

Sea Stories

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Tactics Techniques and Procedures

Similar to Lessons Learned, sea stories are derived from your personal experience as a Surface Warfare Leader. These sea stories do not need to be instructive per se, but illustrate some area of improvement in the Leadership field for readers and viewers to contemplate.

From the Mess

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Division Officers have an LCPO,

Department Heads have an DLCPO

Commanding Officers have a CMC

The CNO has MCPON.

Every SWO leader relies on the leadership and advice from the Mess. These articles and videos are written by active duty or retired Chiefs, for the development of the SWO.

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Article Submission Guidelines:

Minimum Length: 250 words

Maximum Length 1500 words

We will review for content and grammar as well as applicability. If there are too many errors we will send it back to you for corrections.

We may not necessarily agree with your conclusions or points but as long as the article is well constructed and reasoned and is in keeping with the standards of conduct of the Navy, we will consider it for publication. The foundation of good leadership is consideration of ideas that we may not agree with, but may in fact bring about greater success.

Email us your articles in an MS Word document. You may include one themed picture to be included in the article (author's photo is acceptable). Include the article's Title as well as any bio information you wish to post (rank, name, command, years of service etc ).

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Video Submission Guidelines:

Minimum length: 2 minutes

Maximum length: 15 minutes

We will review for content and applicability. If the content is good but the delivery needs adjustment ( too many ums, dead space, pauses etc ) we will send it back to you with some feedback and an invitation to resubmit.

As with the written submissions, your video must confirm to the standards of conduct of the Navy.

Email us your Youtube video link and we'll notify you if it is selected for approval and post a link on the site.

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