Professional Development Opportunity: Read with a General
Professional Development Opportunity: Read with a General by Joe Byerly, From the Green Notebook
Today, I came across a great program offered by Major General Jimmie Jaye Wells at U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM). Over the course of eight weeks, he will be reading and discussing Simon Sinek’s Leaders Eat Last , via the newly created Professional Reading Program Forum. It’s a phenomenal opportunity to read, connect, and discuss the book with MG Wells and other Army leaders.
I’m a huge fan of initiatives like this one. This past summer, Major Nate Finney and I launched a similar eight week online reading program featuring the Memoirs of U.S. Grant. Each week we posted a reading assignment along with a discussion question via Google+, and leaders stationed around the globe shared their insights. The dynamics of mixing professional reading and discussion , not only motivated me to finish the book, but it also provided me with new perspectives throughout the process…
