{"id":2774,"date":"2022-09-28T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3.232.143.211\/?p=2774"},"modified":"2022-09-28T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T15:49:00","slug":"can-they-see-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.getswitchedon.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/28\/can-they-see-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Can they see you?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Being visible as a leader is essential. Some leaders are too insulated from the \u201cfront lines\u201d to know what is really going on. My great uncle Robert Lawrence Eichelberger<\/b> was a legendary leader in the Army. West Point grad and later the Superintendent. Commander of the 8th Army in WWII eventually a 4 Star General and inducted into the Fort Leavenworth<\/b>\u00a0Hall<\/b>\u00a0of<\/b>\u00a0Fame.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

In his book, <\/span>Our Jungle Road to Tokyo<\/b>, he wrote: \u201cI may not be a good general, but I think I\u2019ve got the makings of a good platoon leader\u201d. He was always near the front, unlike MacArthur. His most pressing concern was for his men. Whenever he passed a group of them, he asked how the war was going, and did they mind it, and were they getting enough food. Whenever he was riding a jeep, he always loaded it full of soldiers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u201c<\/span>There is an ancient military maxim that a commander must be seen by his troops in combat.<\/b> I was glad that day that there were three stars on my collar which glittered in the sun. How else would those sick and cast-down soldiers have known their commander was in there with them?\u201d The security detail with him of course did NOT want anyone to see his stars because of potential snipers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What can you do as a leader to be seen more often?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When was the last time you were in the field, on the front lines and in front of a customer?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Do your \u201ctroops\u201d know you understand what they go through every day?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After taking Buna General MacArthur wrote him:<\/span><\/p>\n

I am so glad that you were not injured in the fighting. I always feared your incessant exposure might result fatally. With a hearty slap on the back. Most cordially, MacArthur.\"\"<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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