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Introducing the Entrepreneur’s Full Brain

Introducing the Entrepreneur’s Full Brain

To successfully found, operate, grow, and exit a business enterprise takes an entrepreneurial mindset.   And when I work with Veteran Owned Businesses, this is one of the topics I cover when I am helping them tell their business’ story in a compelling, fact-driven manner so they can attract the resources necessary to help them

“Capability”

“Capability”

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Oxford’s online dictionary defines “capability” as “the power or ability to do something” and “the extent of someone’s ability”.   That last part is interesting to me, and represents something a critical mentor to me once explained…   “Capability” he said, “is the combination of being able to do something, your ability, to its maximum,

Here’s the “how to dos” so you can complete the “what to dos”?

Here’s the “how to dos” so you can complete the “what to dos”?

As military members, professionals at arms, reintegrate back into the civilian workforce, they’re told X things to do in their 3-day transition class.   Things like “Write a resume”, “Target your resume”, “Find a mentor”, and “Stop speaking military/your military occupation”.   They’re well meaning indeed, and heck, even necessary.  But often lacking in detail

Cognates

Cognates

Cognates “are words that are similar in two languages”, like ‘counseling session’ in the language of military leadership and ‘coaching session’ in the language of civilian management‘” (Wright, 2020).   Another example of a cognate is “mission” and “project” because both share the definition of ‘a temporary endeavor undertaken to produce a unique good, service,

Veteran Hiring Myths…And Truths

Veteran Hiring Myths…And Truths

Over the past nine years of helping thirteen thousand plus military veterans enter fantastic meaningful, lucrative post-Service project management careers in over one thousand companies, I have run into several widely-held, stubborn myths about us as a population.   And they’re not true.   And they’re detrimental to our hiring chances.   Because of that,

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