On Leadership
Fifteen years of writing on leadership, character, and country.
We can choose to become a leader others want to follow. Leadership is a transformational journey, one of refinement and distillation. Donna McAleer understands this journey – a leader’s burning desire to take charge, accept responsibility, inspire others, influence outcomes, be decisive, innovate, and function successfully.
Her eclectic background ignites and informs her compelling exploration of all facets of leadership.
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Honored Role Series (Part 9): Beth Carpenter – Bridge to Bridge
This is the ninth installment in the weekly Honored Role Series. Beth Carpenter was never a “typical girl”. As a child growing up in Massachusetts, she loved making paper airplanes and building…
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Honored Role Series (Part 8): Col. Terry Walters, MD – Navigating Uncharted Waters
This is the eight installment in the weekly Honored Role Series. Before turning 10, Terry Tepper took the helm of the family’s 40-foot wooden yacht and steered into Barbados harbor, “My father…
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Honored Role Series (Part 7): 1st. Lt. Aubrey McCary – Shades of Gray
This is the seventh installment in the weekly Honored Role Series. Her packing list includes body armor, a Kevlar helmet, a M-16 rifle, 3 pairs of desert tan boots, and 4 sets…
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“Full Participation for our sisters-in-arms”
The Washington Post Saturday, December 12, 2009 By Donna McAleer and Erin Solaro By this time next year, U.S. troops will have been in Afghanistan longer than the Soviets were. The United…
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Honored Role Series (Part 6): Maj. Mindy Kimball – Shooting for Stars
This is the sixth installment in the weekly Honored Role Series. Pondering science, space, and astronomy inspires US Army Major Mindy Kimball, because she has long dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Many…
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Honored Role Series (Part 5): Hae-Sue Park – Getting Out of the Comfort Zone
This is the fifth installment in the weekly Honored Role Series. When Liet. Col. Hae-Sue Park retired from the Army two years ago, the most common questions she received from friends, “I…
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Honored Role Series (Part 4): Jen Boggs – US Soldier turned UN Peacekeeper
This is the fourth installment in the weekly Honored Role Series. “It is amazing how more alike we are than we are different,” said Jen Boggs, Coordination Officer in the Office of…
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Honored Role Series (Part 3): Maj. Stephanie Ahern – Soldier, Scholar, and Mother
This is the third installment in the weekly Honored Role Series. Before kindergarten Stephanie Ahern drafted her life plan; graduate high school, attend a good college, earn a masters degree and then…