Powerful P's Speeches

During his distinguished military career, General Colin Powell exemplified what it means to be a great leader. In a briefing given to the Outreach To America Program, General Powell outlined 18 principals that all leaders should strive to encompass. After reviewing his brief, three of these principals stuck out “Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off”, “The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them” and “Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier”. These three principals resonate with my personal experiences in the military and in leadership.

Purpose. This memorandum outlines my vision on leadership as a senior noncommissioned officer. It also defines my leadership philosophy and principles towards seniors, peers, and subordinates. My philosophy reflects the foundation of my personal and professional beliefs that makes us successful Soldiers.

Consistent with this effort, we will foster a culture that enables your professional development. I believe that each soldier, regardless of rank, is a valued asset and can impact positive changes. Therefore, I will do my best to empower

General Powell highlights 18 lessons learned in leadership that are applied to successful companies, and how they are applied to leadership in his presentation to the Outreach Program, and the Sears Corporate Headquarters. These approaches can be applied not only in business but life in general. I will highlight three of the lessons that have impacted my career in the military

“There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.” The words of Franklin D. Roosevelt still ring true today. As the 32nd President of the United States (U.S.), he put these words to action bringing the country out of the Great Depression and onto the road to victory during World War II. He used his formal Harvard education, political and leadership experiences as a solid foundation of his leadership. Added enthusiasm, focus, and determination enabled him to make the U.S. stronger than the day he took his first presidential oath of office. His years of service to America have inspired my growth as a leader and the wish to leave a similar legacy within the U.S. Army.

Throughout this first deployment I learned from observing good leaders, bad leaders, and toxic leaders. All of them whether good or bad helped shape my career. These leaders helped me to see a bigger picture of who I wanted to become and and also how I didn 't want to lead. On our return home from deployment we were treated like heroes. People at the airport cheered for us and expressed their gratitude for our service and sacrifice for our country. In those moments I felt a great sense of accomplishment that almost made it all worth wile. And it made me also want to become better leader so I could go out there and do it again for my country.

As an officer in the United States Army, it has been imperative for me to understand every facet of leadership and why it remains important to be an effective leader. During this course, I have learned some valuable lessons about myself as a leader and how I can improve on my leadership ability in the future. The journal entries along with the understanding of available leadership theories have been an integral part of my learning during this course. For all of the journals and assessments that I completed, I feel it has given me a good understanding of my current leadership status and my future potential as a leader. All of the specific assessments looked at several areas in regards to leadership; these assessments covered several

Hello everyone! Thank you for attending our graduation. We’re all glad you could make it.

I truly believe that being a great leader starts with living the Army values and setting a strong, professional example. Taking every experience, positive and negative, and learning from it is vital for growth. John F. Kennedy said it best, “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each

As an Army leader I have learned to appreciate the sense of accomplishment, yet guard against premature celebration when my leadership and guidance has gotten my team to the finish line. As General George Patton said, “ A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.” In my early days as an Army officer, I wanted to know the “secret” to successfully leading men in this organization through challenging waters to the top of the objective. However, I have now realized that there is no single “secret”, it is a journey of experiences, teachings and yes failures that will eventually “transform me from a mid-career officer to a senior military leader.” 1 The challenge is to open my mind and grow from a tactical/operational perspective to that of a much more broad, open minded and all-encompassing perspective, that of a strategic leader. Two mission specific outcomes of my training, experiences and self-assessment that I see myself fulfilling a role in my future are strategic advisor and senior leader at the strategic level. I will describe where I believe I stand now in regards to my goals and the path I have yet to embark upon. I believe I am on course to accomplishing my goals of transforming into a strategic leader who scans the environment’s horizon, assesses the information and decides how best to use it for the benefit of the organization that I serve and its best interests for the future. This paper will describe not only where I come from regarding

By now, you have received your diplomas, certificates and degrees for your respective achievements. Congratulations on a job well done. Also, by now, you have thanked your parents, sisters and brothers and other family members and friends for their outstanding level of encouragement and support through your efforts to have accomplished so much as to achieve your goals and dreams, thus far.

Hello, fellow students! Good afternoon, honorable professors and parents! Before I commence my cheerful speech, replete with touching personal stories and morale, let me thank you for an honor address you tonight. I highly appreciate it and still can barely believe it.

Hello, we would like to welcome and thank all of you for being here with us tonight to celebrate our high school graduation . It truly is an honor to be surrounded by so many significant people who have impacted our lives immensely throughout our highschool years. We would like to thank the wonderful people here tonight that we have the privilege to call our parents. Whether you are a mother a father, grandma or grandpa, or an aunt or an uncle; we are here, graduating today because of all of you.

It is an honor and a privilege to address this Class of 2017, your family and friends, the faculty, staff, and distinguished guests of the college.

Throughout history our country has had many leaders. Whether you’re the leader of a business, military platoon, or the leader of our great nation you were withheld with the honor and trust to govern the actions and best interests of fellow Americans. But just because you have achieved the title of a leader does not by default make you a good leader. A good leader is a person who has risen above and beyond to show cooperation, perseverance, and respect to decisions made by those still above you at one point in time. “As a seasoned member of the military, you’ve risen through the ranks because you understood your mission and performed your duties with distinction. At this stage of your career, your most important contribution may be how well you take care of the service members and