This month was a month of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico. In fact, it was the first time we had two hurricanes hitting in the same week! Our home in Houston was within the cone of Hurricane Laura until it turned east and hit the Lake Charles, Louisiana area as a Category 5 storm! We were spared this time but understand the danger and devastation hurricanes can bring.
Along those lines, August 31st marks the fifteenth anniversary of Katrina Task Force, led by Lieutenant General Russel L. Honore’. His book—Leadership in the New Normal—is one I’m pleased to summarize today.
General Honoré, one of the most-recognized military leaders of our time, shares his knowledge of how to be an effective leader in the 21st century. He was the 3-star general who emerged as a national hero in 2005 following Hurricane Katrina. He spearheaded the Joint Task Force responsible for the massive search-and-rescue mission and the restoration of order in New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the wake of the terrible storm.
Honoré passes on valuable lessons he learned in the Army about some of the essentials of effective leadership: doing the routine things well, being willing to take on the seemingly impossible, and never being paralyzed into inaction by criticism or fear of it.
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