Leadership
Achieving Life-Changing Success from Within
Alford L. McMichael
- "Take
- one
- look
- at
- him,
- listen
- to
- him
- speak,
- watch
- him
- act,
- and
- you'll
- follow
- him.
- Why?
- Because
- throughout
- his
- life
- and
- military
- career,
- Sergeant
- Major
- Al
- McMichael
- has
- proven
- himself
- to
- be
- a
- visionary
- who
- develops
- and
- nurtures
- ideas
- to
- fruition....
- Anyone
- who
- is
- charged
- with
- leading,
- teaching,
- mentoring,
- managing
- or
- caring
- for
- people
- should
- read
- the
- inspiring
- story
- of
- Al
- McMichael
- in
- Leadership."
- --
- Dean
- Mark
- Pizzo,
- National
- Defense
- University
- in
- Washington,
- D.C.There
- is
- only
- one
- sergeant
- major
- of
- the
- Marine
- Corps
- at
- any
- one
- time.
- It
- is
- the
- highest
- rank
- an
- enlisted
- Marine
- can
- achieve.
- From
- 1999
- to
- 2003
- the
- USMC's
- 14th
- sergeant
- major,
- and
- the
- first
- African
- American
- to
- attain
- the
- position,
- was
- Alford
- L.
- McMichael.
- Now,
- Sergeant
- Major
- McMichael
- shares
- how
- the
- values
- taught
- to
- him
- around
- the
- dinner
- table
- and
- in
- the
- hard
- times
- of
- his
- dirt-poor
- Southern
- childhood
- took
- him
- to
- the
- top
- of
- his
- field
- and
- made
- him
- one
- of
- the
- most
- respected
- and
- valued
- leaders
- of
- our
- time.This
- is
- not
- a
- guide
- that
- speaks
- only
- to
- military
- personnel.
- This
- is
- not
- a
- guide
- that
- only
- CEOs
- will
- cherish.
- The
- magic
- of
- McMichael's
- life
- lessons
- is
- that
- anyone
- can
- relate
- to
- and
- build
- success
- from
- them,
- because
- McMichael
- himself
- learned
- them
- in
- the
- most
- modest
- of
- beginnings:
- growing
- up
- in
- the
- 1950s
- with
- nine
- siblings
- in
- a
- single-parent,
- one-story
- home
- in
- Hot
- Springs,
- Arkansas.
- It
- was
- the
- best
- training
- he
- could
- have
- received
- for
- the
- Marines,
- and
- with
- down-to-earth
- practicality
- and
- an
- engaging
- anecdotal
- style,
- McMichael
- demonstrates
- how
- the
- morals,
- work
- ethic
- and
- self-discipline
- he
- learned
- from
- his
- mother
- and
- grandmother
- gave
- him
- the
- life
- skills
- for
- groundbreaking
- success.Practice
- dinner
- table
- values...Find
- your
- compass...Rely
- on
- intelligence
- over
- emotion...Prepare
- so
- you
- can
- prosper...Impress
- yourself
- first...Give
- power
- to
- your
- people...Lead
- from
- the
- heart...These
- are
- among
- the
- pragmatic
- and
- distinctive
- nuggets
- of
- truth
- McMichael
- imparts
- in
- Leadership,
- and
- whatever
- your
- walk
- in
- life,
- they
- are
- the
- foundation
- for
- making
- great
- things
- happen.
- Are
- you
- ready
- to
- experience
- the
- phenomenal
- results
- when
- you
- ask
- the
- best
- of
- yourself
- and
- those
- around you?
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