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Commandant (DCMS-DPR-5) U.S. Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE Stop 7907 Washington, D.C. 20593-7907
May 3, 2022
The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstopple Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom
A breezy and entertaining look at how decentralization is changing many organizations.
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Classic book of short stories about the Vietnam War. Puts our own struggles and obstacles into perspective.
The Thousand Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians by Brian Garfield
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell
The tipping point is that moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. This best-selling book is influencing the way people think about disseminating ideas.
The Trident: The Forging and Reforging of a Navy Seal Leader by Jason Redmon
Jason Redmon’s unvarnished reflection of his arrogant service as an enlisted Navy Seal who through the seaman to admiral program has several leadership teaching moments of self-reflection, family values, and overcoming short falls to triumph and thrive as a leader. His book reaches across a broad audience and captures the reader’s attention and
The Truth About Employee Engagement by Patrick Lencioni
This book gets to the heart of why job misery is so detrimental to an organization – it damages employee engagement. After addressing the three signs – anonymity, irrelevance and immeasurement. Lencioni shares what happens when you engage your employees, including increased productivity, greater retention and a competitive advantage. All three are
The United States Coast Guard, 1790-1915: A Definitive History (With a Postscript: 1915-1949) by ADM Stephen Hadley Evans, USCG
A fascinating, mostly unknown history of the Coast Guard.
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant
An excellent book that explains why it is important to be curious about the world around us, recognize what we don’t know, and helps develop the intellectual and emotional skills to rethink/explore our opinions/assumptions. As the Coast Guard continues to need to innovate and operate in rapidly changing financial, political, technological, social,
Tribe by Sebastian Junger
Junger makes the case for the tribe and how communal benefits can be lost if we move toward a culture of competition or one of individuality. We cannot and must not go it alone. Maintaining “tribal” connections within the Coast Guard – both unit and crew – is a key aspect of resiliency and it is this resiliency that propels our organization