Honouring honour: motivation in the trenches
A little over a century ago, on 19th September 1914, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George, delivered a stirring call to arms against...
Category : People and Leadership
Jacket and Tie…Or Female Equivalent
Imagine your workplace dress regulations, now go back in time to the early 1900s. The British Army has made great progress towards gender equality and...
To Honour All: Care for Veterans
I am writing this short article to explain how I would like to help address an issue that has been bugging me for the past...
Unhelpful Semantics – The Leadership/Management Divide
There is an ongoing discussion about the difference between leadership and management and how both ‘skills’ should be balanced. It is an artificial split of...
#ChoosetoChallenge21: Periods
Editors note: This article is part our #ChoosetoChallenge21 series. In this series we are asking people to identify issues they think need changing, explain why,...
I #ChooseToChallenge: My Previous Self
Editor’s note: this article forms part of our #ChoosetoChallenge21 series. What follows is a personal account of serving alongside women in the British Army. Here,...
Feeling Lucky? Make your own luck.
Listening to some of my Team talking over coffee the subject turned – as it often does – to careers. ‘He is such a lucky...
Women, Peace, Security, and Peacekeeping
Editor’s note: This is slightly more academic than our normal articles. If you enjoy the format please get in touch to let us know! It...
Tunes of Glory – a Tale of Two Colonels and a Tale of our Time
The 1960 film Tunes of Glory has long been a favourite. The movie depicts a post-World War II Scottish infantry battalion headquartered in Stirling Castle....
Glacial Process Integrating Women
BLUF: The British Army’s strategy for the integration of women is outdated, ineffective and requires a radically different approach. The British Army is trying. The...