by Bobby Herrera | Nov 26, 2019 | Leadership, The Gift of Struggle
What does it mean to be an intentional leader? Most articles would tell you it’s about aligning your inputs to the outputs you desire. Most articles give advice about modeling the behaviors we seek in others. Which is great! But my humble opinion is that most...
by Bobby Herrera | Nov 15, 2019 | Leadership, The Gift of Struggle
We All StruggleIn the summer if 1988, I had my first training rotation in the Mojave Desert at Fort Irwin, California; best known to soldiers as “NTC” or the National Training Center. Many soldiers have trained here to stimulate the harsh conditions of...
by Bobby Herrera | Nov 13, 2019 | The Gift of Struggle
Andrew HarrellI was wounded in Iraq on December 18th, 2006 from a 107mm rocket that landed 8 feet away and took 5 inches off of my right femur. I struggled with survivor’s guilt as one of my partners, Captain Kevin Kryst, was also hit and died next to me on the...
by Bobby Herrera | Oct 29, 2019 | The Gift of Struggle
Struggle We are all different, yet we share many of the same desires:To be seen, heard, appreciated, valued, and trusted. To feel like we belong and that we matter.Often, the drama and the demands we face as leaders seems to get in the way of this much-needed...
by Bobby Herrera | Sep 16, 2019 | The Gift of Struggle
Leadership is tough. Even if your head and your heart are in the right place, it can be hard to truly connect to those around you.We’ve all heard the expression “You can’t read the label from inside the bottle,” right?It can be hard to see...
by Bobby Herrera | Sep 3, 2019 | The Gift of Struggle
You’ve sat through a boring presentation. They’re brutal. You don’t remember 80% of what they said. What’s worse, the majority of people presenting these boring presentations forget how it feels when they’re on the other end.Then they step into the elevator after...