Reflections and Feedback: We Want to Hear from You!

CCLKOW is a weekly conversation on military affairs jointly hosted by the Center for Company-Level Leaders (CCL) at the US Military Academy at West Point and the Kings of War (KOW), a blog of the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. The views expressed here are the author’s alone and do not reflect those of the US Army or the Department of Defense. Read the post and join the discussion on Twitter #CCLKOW

This week’s CCLKOW piece shouldn’t be too big of a surprise after the subtle hint I gave not too long ago. In this week’s CCLKOW I’d like to take a few minutes of your time reflecting on the direction CCL has taken in the, now nearly six months, since MAJ Silk retired and moved on. Additionally, we’d like to solicit your feedback in a way that has yet been unprecedented. For those of you not connected to him directly, he’s doing very well in his transition on to his new career.

Since MAJ Silk’s departure, we’ve honored the tradition of focusing our pieces on relevant topics of concern to Company grade leaders We’ve looked at the transition process out of service (exit interviews, education, and job hunting) with a few guest writers, weighed what successful team building at the Company level looks like, pondered the empathy vs. sympathy dichotomy, and considered how design thinking and prototyping could be used by the Company grade leader. This week’s discussion isn’t so much about where we’ve been as it is about where we’re going. This is where we want to hear from you. We’ve loved the feedback you’ve given and the conversations you’ve sparked with the team over the past six months and we want to hear from you about what topics you’d like to see us write about. With that said, here’s this week’s questions (albeit to a brief discussion):

1) What are the top three topics that are relevant to the Company grade leader would you like to see us write about in the coming weeks?

2) What do you enjoy most about CCL’s bi-weekly contributions? What would you like to see us write less about?

3) Lastly, when do you find yourself reading our contributions most? Day? Evening? Afternoon? We’re looking at when we post our discussions and trying to tailor our posts to the time that is most convenient for you. Granted, when the post falls on a holiday on a Monday, we do delay our post for one day (perhaps unnecessary?).

We’re excited to hear from you so we can continue writing about topics you like to read! Fired Up!