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Title of Book:

Combat Leader to Corporate Leader: 20 Lesson to advance your civilian career

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Topic of Discussion: is to discuss an opinion and theory from the author about how veterans can apply their universal military training to succeed and excel in the business world.

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Name of Author:

Chad Storlie

Publisher and Place of Publication: Praeger, a division of ABC-CLIO, 130 Cremona Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93117 805-968-1911, USA

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Copyright Date:

11 October 2010

AIM

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The aim of this book is to teaches Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force veterans

and non-military professionals how to apply successfully military skills to compete effectively and successfully in business.

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RESTRICTED SCOPE OF THE BOOK

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Scope of this book as follows: a. Section 1: Understand (1). Veteran Lesson 1: Veterans building business, employees and

themselves for commercial success (2). Veteran Lesson 2: Military Ethics and value form the foundation

for business success (3). (4). (5). Veteran Lesson 3: Maintain a personal improvement plan Veteran Lesson 4: Build networks of experts Veteran Lesson 5: Overcome common mistakes veterans make in

the workplace

b. Section 2: Plan (1). (2). (3). (4). (5). Veteran Lesson 6: Create a corporate periodic Intelligence report Veteran Lesson 7: Understand your companys mission statement Veteran Lesson 8: Use the wargame process Veteran Lesson 9: Use the military synchronization matrix Veteran Lesson 10: Employ risk mitigation

c. Section 3: Execute (1). (2). Veteran Lesson 11: Employ standard operating procedures (SOPs) Veteran Lesson 12: Back-up plans to ensure success

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RESTRICTED (3). (4). (5). Veteran Lesson 13: Create and lead powerful teams Veteran Lesson 14: Use military crisis-management techniques Veteran Lesson 15: Prepare an exit strategy

d. Section 4: Improve (2). (3). (4). (5). (6). Veteran Lesson 16: Use the military after action review Veteran Lesson 17: Employ counseling sessions Veteran Lesson 18: Position yourself for promotion Veteran Lesson 19: Use mentoring for career improvement Veteran Lesson 20: Adapt military tools to commercial business

applications

PRESENTING AUTHOR THESIS

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The author revealing that career outlines 20 lessons describing how veterans can

apply their universal military training to succeed and excel in the business world. Combat Leader to Corporate Leader teaches Army, Navy, Marine, and Air Force veterans and non-military professionals how to apply successfully military skills to compete effectively and successfully in business. The book is divided into four sections and aligned with military combat planning tools: understanding the company and business environment, planning a robust solution, rigorous execution to meet the plan's goals, and improving people and process for better results. Each section offers specific examples, advice, and formats that directly address the challenge of translating military experience into business skill sets. Among other issues, the book will teach vets how to showcase military experience and value to get hired, how to apply combat experience to a career in business, how to avoid the mistakes veterans commonly make in the workplace, and how

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RESTRICTED to customize and translate their own unique military experiences to their business. At the conclusion of the book, veterans and non-veterans alike will have the skills to understand, plan, execute, and improve their careers and business ventures. 9. This book are divided into 4 section and every section have it own subject. The

first subject is understand, the author point of view in this subjects understanding how you add value to a commercial organization is essential in order to fully leverage the capabilities and qualities that you bring to a business. The understand section of Combat Leader to Corporate Leader seeks to help you understand the perspective of an employer, what the employer requires of you to be successful in the workplace, and how military skill sets can influence a successful corporate career. Your experience, an unwavering ethical foundation, a commitment to excellence, an expanded network of professionals for ideals and contacts, and an understanding of common veteran mistakes all will help you understand the business, company culture, and business interactions, and how you can add value to the organizations success. 10. Second section thought about plan subject. The author stated that thoughtful,

detailed, timely and decisive planning is an important to a successful business enterprise as it is to an important military operation. Business planners, must provide enough information and detail for a plan to be successful, but not so much detail, analysis, and coordination that the strategic windows for business plan to be successful passes and opportunity is missed. Good business planning must understand the competition and the marketplace environment, understand the company mission statement including supporting roles, use a structured process to anticipate and defeat the competitions moves, coordinate and synchronize the companys assets to fully achieve the business objectives, and use proven techniques to plan to mitigate risk to ensure a successful operation. Good planning therefore not only charts the companys actions, but also takes into account the market, the potential risks to the plan, and how to use all resources to ensure success.

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RESTRICTED 11. The third section of this book more on execute subject. Successful execution and

the ability to carry out a plan successfully and meet the stated business objectives, in spite of the obstacles of the competition and the environment, is the true mark of a successful professional, military or business. Good execution requires not only a sound plan, but also the ability to apply sound leadership, team building and sound management principles to successful execution. The characteristics of good execution utilize standard procedures so that routine processes are consistently executed well, use successive backup plans to ensure that the most important tasks are always done successfully, create and motivate teams so both the organization and individuals are successful, ensure that the plan remains on track in spite of a crisis or crises and if failure appears imminent, utilize a sound exit strategy to minimize loss. 12. The last section of this book is improve subject. The ability not only to lead an

organization but also to improve an organization is one of the hallmarks of great leader. Improvement is more than identifying weakness in people and process. True improvement is marked by sustained improvement, coupled with the ability to get organizations to change dynamically on their own, and for individuals to be able to identify confidently, successfully and productively the change they need to make in their career or job performance to attain their career goals. Finally, personal, organization and employee improvement is not a one time event. Great improvement is continuous, employs action plans, scheduled learning and follow up plans to ensure that improvement happens and remains in the organization. You need to not only help your company succeed. Use the after action review to focus on improving key operations, the counseling session to improve employee performance and other military process to help fill other commercial needs.

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The Combat leader to Corporate leader framework

SUBSTANTIATE THE AUTHOR POINT/REASON

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As a military veteran on todays battlefield, we have been exposed to the highest

levels of sustained combat since Vietnam War. We may have been deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, or both and served two, three or four combat zone tours. The war in Afghanistan in 8 years and the war in Iraq about 6 years have tested the endurance of the US military and created a generation of Americans with unparalleled excellence and experience that will be used to build the value of American society.

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As a veteran we have battlefield experience, military training, personal passion,

the inherent understanding of using intelligence to drive operational excellence, dedication to country and peers and the ability to do and achieve what others would consider impossible. Veterans before they have fulfilled their service obligations and returned to corporations, government, farms, nonprofit organizations, charities, small businesses and universities to continue their contributions to what made and continues to make their country great. Combined with their passion and military professionalism will help make them even greater contributor to the business world and society.

CONFIRMATION OF THESIS

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For 19 years the Author has distinguished career in both military and civilian

service. Throughout that time the Author have taken the view that the implementation of military training and military experience in ways that create success to career and improve the skills that can offer a business. It allow the employers of veterans an improved understanding of how to leverage veteran experience to create a better more efficient and more profitable business. It just in a military operation, in order for the soldier to be successful, the mission must be successful.

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RESTRICTED CONCLUSION

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Each of these four areas is vital and important for you to be a competent, effective

and ethical businessperson. Understanding is the first area of importance, because business leaders must know themselves, the market, important industry leaders and common mistakes in order to provide content and understanding to their decisions, while maintaining a strong sense of personal ethics and self improvement. Planning is the next area of importance, because the use of systematic intelligence about the industry, competition and business assets, anticipate problems and mitigate risk are essential to seeing a business plan and business strategy to a successful conclusion. Execution is best when it seeks to create powerful team to empower successful operations that reduce variability using common processes, back up plans and anticipating how to prevent failure. Improvement is the final step for you to seek actively to improve other veterans, fellow employees and business operations that position you for promotion.

RECOMMENDATION

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This book offers the new idea and should be a guideline for us to manage our

military experience to your new civilians occupation in order to become superior employee. The value of your veteran experience is more than your period of service to the country and the inherent positive occupational characteristics of ethics, hard work, leadership, dedication and world class technical skills. As Commander and leader in

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