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What Race Are You Running?
Jamie Vansickle is our Director of Operations. Additionally, she is an active-duty Air Force officer stationed in Georgia. Her...
Stephen Purvis
May 31, 20234 min read
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How Can a Cat Help You with Your Mentoring Relationship?
Christos Tamouridis is a Captain in the Army Aviation branch of the Greek Army. He is passionate about leadership development, a big...
Christos Tamouridis
Apr 1, 20234 min read
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The Authentic Mentor
Steve Henderson is a Command Sergeant Major in the United States Army, currently serving at Fort Jackson, SC. He recently finished...
Steve Henderson
Mar 15, 20233 min read
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Developing Patience for Tomorrow
Our next article is from John Hartrich, an active-duty Army Major currently serving at Fort Bragg, NC. He has served in multiple...
John Hartrich
Mar 1, 20236 min read
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What’s Your Mentorship Language?
Author Bethany Nunnery is an active-duty Army Quartermaster Officer in Vicenza, Italy where she currently serves as a company executive...
Bethany Nunnery
Feb 15, 20235 min read
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Life Lesson: The Power of Connecting
Author Eden Coelho is a Battalion Commander in the National Guard who's also served as an Army Reservist and on Active Duty... quite a...
Eden Coelho
Feb 1, 20234 min read
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Expectation Management
Author Chelsey Mastalski is a member of our fifth eMMissary Fellowship. She is a proud mother of two young children, a military spouse,...
Chelsey Mastalski
Jan 15, 20234 min read
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Are You In (R-U-N): My Journey to Self-Awareness and Balance
Joseph Brown is a member of our fifth eMMissary cohort and an avid runner. I lifelong teacher and school administrator, tune in to a...
Joseph Brown
Dec 15, 20223 min read
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Do Trained Coaches Make Better Mentors?
Seth Varayon is a Major in the United States Army and currently serves with the Army Talent Management Task Force. Here he argues that...
Seth Varayon
Dec 1, 20225 min read
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Doing SOMETHING Will Always Be a Better Leadership (and Life) Decision Than Doing Nothing
This article is by Jamie Vansickle, our Director of Operations since 2019 and an active-duty Air Force Captain. When she's not hard at...
Jamie Vansickle
Nov 15, 20223 min read
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Moving From Desires-Based to Needs-Based Mentoring
This article comes from Miguel Moyeno, an active-duty Captain in the Armor branch of the U.S. Army. He was commissioned from the United...
Miguel Moyeno
Nov 1, 20223 min read
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The 3-M Leadership Strategy
This piece comes from Major Lucas Burke, our first Marine eMMissary. He is a Communications Strategy and Operations Officer in the U.S....
Lucas Burke
Oct 15, 20224 min read
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Army Training, Coaching, and Mentoring: It’s a Development System, Stupid
Mike Wiehagen has just over fifteen years of experience in the US Army as an Engineer Officer. He is passionate about leader development,...
Mike Wiehagen
Oct 1, 20225 min read
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The ‘Inexperienced’ Mentor
Today's article comes from Taye Folk, an eMMissary from our fourth cohort. As a recent college graduate, she's dealt with a feeling or...
Taye Folk
Sep 15, 20224 min read
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Formal and Informal Mentoring Across Civilian and Military Sectors
Army Captain Albert (Daniel) Jenkins is a logistics officer and graduate of Howard University. In this reflective piece he offers a few...
Albert Jenkins
Sep 1, 20224 min read
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You Can't Always Choose Your People, But You Can Always Choose To Act
This article is by Sabrina Dalton, our Director of Programs. In addition to running the eMMissary Fellowship she also orchestrates and...
Sabrina Dalton
Aug 15, 20223 min read
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Mentorship is More Important Than Leadership
This article comes from our co-founder and Executive Director, Chevy Cook. He's certainly striking a chord with many leaders with the...

Chevy Cook
Aug 1, 20224 min read
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Coaching, Mindfully
Nicola 'Nic' Tait is a Sergeant currently serving on a Full Time Reserve Service contract in the UK’s Royal Air Force (RAF) and is one of...
Nicola Tait
Jul 15, 20222 min read
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The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Accountability
Today’s article is by Dr. Elizabeth Vaughan Moyer, a current Air Force officer. She discusses accountability within organizations and...
Elizabeth Vaughan Moyer
Jul 1, 20223 min read
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Helping Black Soldiers Succeed Through Mentorship Pt. 2: Methods
This is the second part of a series from Thomas Bishop. Given the coming Juneteenth holiday, this set of articles aims directly at the...
Thomas Bishop
Jun 15, 20224 min read
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