“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” - Simon Sinek As leaders, we can sometimes be so enamored with what we want from a certain position in our company that we overlook the person we want to fill it, and the values and beliefs we want them...

In today’s fast-paced digital world, your email can be a powerful extension of your personal brand — or a glaring red flag. Whether you're applying for a job, communicating with clients, or networking with professionals, your email address and how you use it can speak...

SubscribeSign in Read in the Substack app Open app 3 Leadership Pet Peeves and 3 Ways to Prevent Them What are yours and how do you lead to prevent them? Rob Campbell Leadership Jun 23, 2025 ∙ Paid Let’s get right to it. Peeve, according to Merriam-Webster,...

The Veteran Entrepreneur Program is partnering with the Texas Comptroller to compile data on Veteran-Owned Businesses in Texas for an upcoming Fiscal Notes - A Review of the Texas Economy article. We need your help gathering the data for this article. While we have...

A former boss of mine introduced me to these people while appraising my performance and coaching me as a leader (or better said, investing in me). It was a personal awakening. That is what good coaches do: they shine a light on things we cannot see for ourselves. The...

MENTORSHIP ON THE OPEN SEAS. ONE CHARTER. ONE CONVERSATION. ONE CONNECTION AT A TIME. Veterans, Fishing & Cigars matches transitioning service members and active-duty personnel with company executives on all-expenses-paid fishing charters in Tampa and South...

The Farmer Veteran Coalition is proud to launch a special campaign through Bloom For Good's online store featuring American-made socks, celebrating our nation's heroes. These socks are not just a stylish accessory; they symbolize support for Veterans transitioning to...

"A true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." “This We’ll Defend,” the motto of the United States Army since 1775, embodies an enduring commitment to safeguard the nation, protect its citizens, and...

On this Memorial Day, I thought I would share one of my favorite poems. I read this at the closing of a speech once, entitled "Memorial Day: What it is and What it Means for All of Us." While it honors the fallen, it also sends a message, particularly in verses five...

The Army taught me a tremendous amount about leadership. Over the course of three decades in what felt like a constant leadership laboratory, I led, failed, learned, and grew from a tactical leader to a strategic one. I share these hard-earned lessons in my first...

SubscribeSign in Read in the Substack app Open app Weak Words and Weak Requests from Leaders Strong language builds stronger teams. Rob Campbell Leadership Jun 09, 2025 ∙ Paid 1 Weak Words A former boss of mine presented this concept of weak words to me, and to...

We have all received an out-of-office reply. Some of them are just right, some feel like they require us to send a sympathy card, and some just leave us wondering. I'm no authority on the "right" way to write an out-of-office reply, and I've left a few dumb ones in my...

The Go Get Your You Foundation, a woman- and service-disabled veteran-owned 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is proud to host the 5th Annual Juneteenth Celebration: African Attire Gala – Cookout Edition on Wednesday June 19, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Freewoods Farm in...

There are a few instances where leaders find themselves in this position. If a wholesale replacement of leadership in a company happens, there may be a body of people whose loyalty left with the old regime. Following a beloved leader is another. One might even...

I’m a product of the countless leaders I encountered in my military career. I watched all of them intently, copied methods and words which worked, and discarded things which did not. I never found the perfect leader. One does not exist. But I took away all the good,...