The Company LeaderAre You Really Speaking Truth? - The Company Leader https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/2019/01/18/are-you-really-speaking-truth/ Leadership Lessons from the Tactical Level of War Fri, 15 Nov 2024 04:32:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/cropped-CO-LDR-Logo_New.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Are You Really Speaking Truth? - The Company Leader https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/2019/01/18/are-you-really-speaking-truth/ 32 32 140230289 Are You Really Speaking Truth? https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/2019/01/18/are-you-really-speaking-truth/ https://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/2019/01/18/are-you-really-speaking-truth/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:36:41 +0000 Doug Meyer http://companyleader.themilitaryleader.com/?p=2554 Four articles in as many weeks have batted around the topic of “speaking truth to power.” Task & Purpose recently took a swing at it. Doctrine Man provided two vantage points on the topic here and here. And our friends over at The Field Grade Leader published a guest piece here. But it just felt like […]

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Four articles in as many weeks have batted around the topic of “speaking truth to power.” Task & Purpose recently took a swing at it. Doctrine Man provided two vantage points on the topic here and here. And our friends over at The Field Grade Leader published a guest piece here. But it just felt like something was missing. Speaking truth to power is as much about making sure you are speaking the truth as it is about speaking it to power. The art of speaking truth to power is equal parts credibility, maturity, perspective, and communication. Below are some tips garnered from the multiple leaders who have taken the time to teach and mentor me.

Speaking truth to power shouldn’t be the knock-down-drag-out brawl we like to imagine. It is much more subtle and nuanced when done properly. (ARTB Rangers in Action at Class 02-18 Graduation. Fort Benning, GA, Jan 26, 2018, U.S. Army Photo).

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