Hal Moore Quotes
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Leaders at all levels must know their stuff, be dead honest, have unquestioned personal integrity, set the example, and treat their people “fair and square.
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When you identify a toxic subordinate leader, remove them. If you cannot remove them, reassign them to a role where their toxicity can be minimized.
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Leaders stay informed of current events, and they should anticipate challenges based on those events.
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Thus, a leader’s task is to develop their subordinates’ will along with their skill. This begins with realistic training with consistent standards.
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To be a leader, you must be willing to be a lifelong learner.
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A leader must realize his subordinate leaders will be killed or wounded. He must prepare and train other leaders to step up and take over. He, himself, must train his next-in-line to take command in event he is killed, wounded, or evacuated.
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Put the welfare of your troops above your own. They eat before you eat; they sleep before you sleep.
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Most importantly, a leader proves himself by demonstrating his concern for and relationship with the people under him. The old adage: “Take care of your people and they will take care of you.
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No job is ever “beneath” you. In whatever you do, do it to the best of your abilities
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Oh, my dear. My young wife. When the troops come home after the victory, and you do not see me, please look at the proud colors. You will see me there, and you will feel warm under the shadow of the bamboo tree.
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Don’t complain to your boss. He wants solutions; not just problems.
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No one starts a war—or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so—without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it.