Combat Leader to Corporate Leader: 20 Lessons to Advance Your Civilian Career

Young veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are not getting jobs and their unemployment rate is as high as twice the national average. In California, veteran unemployment is 25%. Chad Storlie wants to do something about that.His book, Combat Leader to Corporate Leader is a translation guide for veterans entering the civilian workforce. The author takes the terms veterans are accustomed to, such as the intelligence report, wargaming, assessing the battlefield, and tells them how to convert these to the civilian world. It's a must read for veterans leaving the service and should be included in the bibliography of any service transition program.I think that one of the strengths of the book is that Mr. Storlie identifies integrity and honesty as among the most valuable credentials a veteran can bring to a civilian job. He points out several of the higher profile corporate fraud cases. I agree with that and I think it's a point most veterans take for granted.My brother is an investigator on corporate fraud and issues an annual report on embezzlement cases. I can tell you there are many more cases than hit the mainstream news.I'm not sure why returning vets aren't getting hired. It may be stigma over PTSD or an aversion to hiring killers. I'd like to see more research about this.In many ways, Combat Leader to Corporate Leader grapples with the transition from a command and control leadership structure to a structure where leadership is more about creating an environment where workers contribute their cognitive best. In this sense, many of Mr. Storlie's lessons are appropriate for every, whether or not they come from a military background.

Received my copy on Friday, Mr. Storlie's experience, integrity, and pragmatic approach come off the page and resonate with those of uswho don't like fluff, but actual useful theory and experience when planning and making decisions. It reads like an Army FM (Field Manual) for integrating military training, discipline, and experience into a career: useful, no-nonsense, and valueable.After my first read, I can definitely say this is a reference manual that I can see myself picking up again and again at different points in my career.It reminds us we are valueable, we are strong, we are disciplined, we are different; We have seen and done things very few people have in the corporate world, and because of this we are natural leaders and assets to any organization. We have the choice to become involved in our workplace and daily lives with more of a "splash" and impact than we may realize. Let me show you how.I'm a pretty avid reader, and over the years I've found some gems of use which are are also in this book spread across other books dealing with some pretty disparate topics (combat stress, memoirs of soldiers, business development books, self-help books, etc.), but not under one cover and so specifically tailored to be of immediate use.In my humble opinion, a must have for any veteran, especially one with combat experience.

As a Military Talent recruiter, developer, and a previous candidate myself, I feel that Chad did an amazing job capturing what I have undergone, am undergoing, and have been a part of with hundreds of veteran hires. I look forward to seeing Chad at SHRM [...] and having him on my panel on the 26th. I'm also proud to say that his book will be part of Amazon's Military Leadership Conference, for our numerous military hires.Cheers,Phil Dana[...]

I was really looking forward to this book up it really comes up short. In my opinion. I was hoping for something that read like a story and communicated the lessons in a more memorable way. It was ok but I didn't like it. A

The insights from the author is very useful and effective, A Must See! I would recommend the book and amazon service to anyone.

Good book

Very useful.