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The Overlooked Mentors: Growing Platoon Leader Competence
Check out our second post from Terron Wharton in his multi-part guest post on the non-commissioned officer role in mentorship. Hopefully...
Terron Wharton
Jun 6, 20164 min read


The Overlooked Mentors: Establishing Character
This week’s post starts a four part series from guest poster Terron Wharton, an active duty US Army Armor Major. He has served as a...
Terron Wharton
May 31, 20164 min read


Welcoming the New Leaders
Throwback Thursday? Our founders met in June 2002 as New Cadet Perkins and Cadet Sergeant Cook and the mentoring and learning have not...
Jim Perkins
May 18, 20165 min read


Mentorship and the Prisoner’s Dillemna
This week’s commentary is a guest post by Eli Rothblatt, a prior-enlisted Soldier turned Captain currently out at the Army Logistics...
Eli Rothblatt
May 9, 20163 min read


Launching the New Military Mentors
Today is the launch day that we’ve been awaiting for 6 months. We’ve taken your feedback and made MilitaryMentors.org into something...
Jim Perkins
May 2, 20164 min read


Our Past Defines Us
This week’s post continues our #Reflection series. Guest poster Boyd Melson, cofounder of the non-profit http://teamfighttowalk.com/,...
Boyd Melson
Apr 25, 20164 min read


Solitude and Military Leadership
This week’s post is part three in the #Reflection Series. Our co-founder Jim takes a page from William Deresiewicz, Columbia University...
Jim Perkins
Apr 18, 20163 min read


Looking In The Mirror
This week’s post is by Chevy, our Chief Mentor Officer. In it he speaks about some of his personal thoughts on reflection and shares a...
james35611
Apr 11, 20165 min read


The Importance of Taking a Moment to Reflect
This week we have a guest poster, the team over at OweYaa led by Luke Jenkins. They would like you to take out the time to understand...
Luke Jenkins
Apr 4, 20165 min read


Step-Up Your Long Weekend Game
Thanks for checking us out! We’re getting ready for our national launch in May and excited to create a central hub for military...
Jim Perkins
Mar 28, 20163 min read


Natural Mentorship
This story is a foundational one for Chevy. It is probably when he first encountered the power of mentorship. Photo by Monica Melton on...
james35611
Mar 14, 20164 min read


Reconnecting – Building Today From Yesterday
If you've never heard about Dunbar's number, see how Chevy Cook thinks about it regarding mentoring. Photo by Vonecia Carswell on...
james35611
Mar 6, 20164 min read


Lacking EQ Leads To Critical Leadership Failure
This week’s post is by our founder Jim. As you read through it remember to think broadly about how it pertains to you and those around...
Jim Perkins
Feb 29, 20163 min read


“I Had To Follow Your Orders, but I Didn’t Have To Be In Your Wedding”
This week’s post is a guest article by former Navy Lieutenant James Zumwalt served two tours as Commander of a Navy EOD Combat...
James Zumwalt
Feb 22, 20163 min read


Connections Are In the Air…
Valentine's Day isn't just about love interests. See how Chevy Cook connects it to mentoring. Photo by Jamie Street on Unsplash For some...
james35611
Feb 15, 20165 min read


Reigniting Old Connections
Rhiannon Guzelian is a US Air Force Vet and a career consultant for Veterans. During nearly seven years as an Air Battle Manager, she...
Rhiannon Guzelian
Feb 8, 20165 min read


EQ>IQ… Simple Math, or Is It?
Yes... your ability to connect with others is just as important as your ability to think. But thinking is part of connecting... so what...
Jim Perkins
Feb 1, 20164 min read


Lighting the Fire for New Connections
Here co-founder Chevy Cook argues that you can... and should... burn a few bridges. Read on to see why. Photo by Guido Jansen on Unsplash...
james35611
Jan 25, 20165 min read


Reflecting Forward…
Check out this piece written by our co-founder Jim Perkins. Photo by Vince Fleming on Unsplash Back when I used to work for him, my...
Jim Perkins
Jan 18, 20165 min read


Setting Your Sights on 10,000 Connections…
The author of this week’s article is Matt Sabljak, President of SRH Marketing, a well-known branding and production agency (see...
Matt Sabljak
Jan 11, 20163 min read
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