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July 7, 2025 • 106 mins

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This episode will be focused on helping future battalion commanders prepare for command. Specifically, once making the mental shift from the day job to the pre-command courses. 
 I will be having a conversation with LTC Nick Tallant, a soon-to-be battalion commander at the pre-command courses. 
 We'll talk about:

  1. Your Unique Leadership Philosophy
  2. My personal experiences as a battalion commander
  3. Clarity in your Mindsets

Key Documents: 

  • Commander's Philosophy
  • Guidance for All
  • Things I Value
  • Expectations
  • Command Group Efficacy
  • Systems Development

Morning Standup: 

  • 5 min - Your ONE Thing
  • 5 min - The rest of today
  • 5 min - The rest of this week
  • 5 min - Big decisions coming up
  • 5 min - Get it off your chest

Building Trust

  • 8-Month Cycle of Comand
  • See Everything and Everyone

What we do day-to-day consistently is what resonates with People the most. 
 
 If you are interested in the documents we discuss, email me at matthew.p.leclair@gmail.com, and I'll send them to you with a description of them to make each your own. 
 
 I hope this helps you prepare for command. 


Why Teach Me to Fish?

Catch someone a fish, feed them for a day.
Teach them to fish, feed their family for life.


Our purpose is to help Leaders better understand what drives People to serve. In any organization, the core of recruiting and retaining talent revolves around leadership. And not just average leadership, but motivated, values-based, inspirational leadership.


Our Pursuit here is to get a little bit better every day.

Progress = Small Victories and stacking habits.

Habits like Getting up early, working your butt off, learning something new, Being positive and Surrounding yourself with phenomenal People.

Thanks for investing some time for yourself and thinking about the kind of People and experiences in your life that inspire you to be the best version of yourself.


I hope these conversations spark some ideas on what you can do to inspire People too.

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