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| 7th Cavalry in the la Drang Valley 1965 |
I was reading a leadership book that discussed a technique pioneered by Lt. Colonel Hal Moore of the 1st Battalion 7th Calvary Regiment in The Vietnam War. Moore won the first major battle between the North Vietnamese army and The United States Army in the la Drang Valley in 1965.
At the time he was criticised for withdrawing within himself at times during the battle. What he was actually doing was asking three basic questions to assess his situation. Because there was a very real possibility that the enemy which completely outnumbered him would completely overrun his troops.
He asked these three things of himself:
- What is happening?
- What is not happening?
- How can I effect what is happening?
These provide the basis for developing strategy which can be applied to your situation. This gives us a framework to look at our situation objectively from all sides. What is happening in the situation. What is
not happening that we could have expected.
This was the question that I found most powerful because I would tend to move straight from question 1 to question 3. However the lack of certain events or activity will certainly shed light onto what we can do and can't do to effect what is happening.
This is a simple but powerful strategy now used widely in the U.S military. It could work for you too!
Give it a try, I am!
Until next week
Paul
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