Quest of The Phalanx: Revenge: A Dish Best Served Cold
In a very dangerous and uncertain world, law enforcement officers do their best to protect the innocent and punish the guilty each and every day. The challenge with this growing problem is that there are simply not enough police officers to be everywhere. Due to this societal inequity, ordinary citizens sometimes have no choice but to protect themselves. After Brad Alison lost his mother and sister in another mass shooting on American soil, and clearly understanding that criminals with high priced attorneys can use the vast sea of gray that exists in the law to get away with crimes most other people would go to prison for, he decided to take decisive action. In order to bridge the gap between the law and true justice, Brad Alison created an elite unit of former Tier 1 operatives that were often tasked to hunt down and neutralize or eliminate terrorists abroad. Due to more legal restrictions, these same warriors that possess highly developed skill sets cannot use their talents when it comes to domestic terrorists. Secretly sanctioned by high level government officials, Team Phalanx was formed to broaden the system of true justice and level the playing field. Using highly trained former military operatives to hunt down and neutralize domestic terrorists was a trial program designed to create the same fear in criminals in our country as it does in foreign lands. The mission was the same as it was during wartime: hunt down vicious terrorists (criminals), protect the innocent (non-combatants), and bring them to justice, dead or alive!
WAIT(E)-A-MINUTE: THIS BOOK IS A KEEPER(S)
This book is being written to supplement any other historical accounts of my family ancestry. As is the case with all family trees, they branch off in many different directions. My father's mother's side, the Rowell side of the equation, has a very detailed record which goes back to the late 15th century. My quest is to not only assist in going further back if possible to do so, but to also give a more detailed account of some of the people who are listed in this historical record. While some records currently exist, they don't necessarily tell a story or give the context of the lives lived.
While this effort will result in a book, which is major addition to any existing documents, this book is not intended to be a biography of family members. It is intended to provide more specific detail on certain members of our family tree and capture the essence of their lives for future generations to learn about.
While I will reference the beginnings of the Waite, Rowell, Keepers, and Michael clans as far back as we now know about, the intent of this work is to capture the people from this lineage in more detail that lived during my lifetime. While there may be another supplement to this research after this book is published, it is more likely that someone else will need to add to this research after I am gone.
As I contemplated the writing of this book, a primary consideration was to honor those that filled my life with love and joy for many years. As I contemplated how to best honor their memory besides thinking of them each day, I began to consider the question - who remembers us when we are gone? Certainly, the rich, famous, and powerful have plenty of historical accounts, videos, and pictures to recall their lives long after they have left this earth. But, what of the fine people that do not get as much publicity? Who remembers them after the last person to know of them passes from this life? The simple answer is no one. Unless there is something left behind to provide to a distant relative interested in learning more about their family ancestry, such knowledge and legacy is gone with the wind. While perhaps a pessimistic perspective, and I am a glass half full kind of person, I felt a more detailed supplement to the historical records which already exist is a good pathway to not only remember those so dear, but also to honor their memory for decades, perhaps centuries to come.
ORBIS TORVA MESSOR: VOLUME 1
The year 2020 began innocently enough as many had before it. Little did anyone realize just how quickly the world would change and how many lives would be adversely affected. This pandemic would forever change the world as it would paralyze every country, claim millions of lives, and affect almost everyone on the planet as the world as we knew it suddenly came to a screeching halt!
This book is being written to help capture a unique period in world history and refine the mountain of knowledge we have already collected on the topic of leadership. Times of crisis will often reveal the true character of people occupying leadership positions. It also often reveals leaders that step into the breach that are not in an official leadership position.
This pandemic also became yet another leadership laboratory in which many lessons could be captured and learned. This time of crisis would also reveal who the true leaders were that were occupying leadership positions and identify those who were severely miscast in their roles! It is through this leadership lens that I begin my unique story.
Fire Service Leadership: Theories and Practices
Incorporates a wide array of classic and contemporary leadership theories used throughout all occupational environments and translates these management principles so that they can be readily implemented by both fire chiefs and officers. Whether you are a current or aspiring fire service leader, you can turn to Fire Service Leadership: Theories and Practices for the managerial knowledge you need to competently lead your department.
EMS Leadership Challenge – A Call To Action
Dr. Waite's educational and experiential base of knowledge from the fire service, EMS, and the military provide him with a unique perspective on the topic of leadership.
This book provides insight into the finer points of leadership and how these lessons and practices may be applied to the field of EMS.
Dr. Waite begins with a unconditional layer on the topic of leadership and then launches into effective practices in creating organizational change, developing leaders, and increasing EMS efficiency.
This book also highlights leading-edge EMS concepts that assist in recruiting and retention practices of EMS organizations.
400 Days – A Call To Duty
This book is a documentary of duty and sacrifice for LTC Waite, his family, and his fire department. It is the story of a citizen-soldier that LTC Waite wants to share with the American people so they can better appreciate the sacrifices that our brave men and women in uniform must go through in times of war.
LTC Waite understands that the American media only provides slivers of information concerning the war, most of it negatively slanted. LTC Waite wants to share the many good news stories from the war zone and the incredible sacrifices of our American troops and our allies.
It's All About Leadership
Effective leadership equates to organizational success. Whether we are discussing politicians in Washington, or military, business, or public safety leaders, there is a major difference in believing you understand the nuances of effective leadership and actually placing such belief into action. Through the use of a creative organizational design known as a ledocracy, It's All About Leadership provides proven concepts and tools to assist leaders to become more effective, and organizations more efficient and profitable.
Essential Leadership Characteristics for Effective Leaders: Cracking the Code?
Effective leaders of successful organizations realize that if a company is to remain viable, profitable, and survive over the long-term, they must hire quality personnel, invest in the development of employees, and promote the most qualified.
The key to promoting the best and brightest is not simply having individuals preparing and getting ready to assume leadership positions. It is more a case of having the people with the authority to promote such individuals into a key leadership position who truly understand what they are looking for, and clearly knowing the candidate selected has the right skill sets to be effective.
This book builds upon well-established leadership characteristics as determined by an extensive leadership survey conducted by the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) research group. Combined with this research and the author's extensive education and experience in relation to the topic of leadership, he has developed ten more essential characteristics that leaders today should possess.
Dr. Waite analyzes the Top 15 leadership characteristics and the Bottom 5 attributes and weighs them against 29 historical leaders. While not all 29 individuals would be considered good leaders, Dr. Waite wanted a more multi-dimensional approach to add some depth to the research. He also wanted a good cross section of gender, race, and socio-economic background in this selected group. Just as some of the individuals on the list of 29 may be considered poor leaders, or not even a leader at all, there are many people who lack the skill sets to be a successful leader in today's environment, yet they occupy a leadership position! Hence, the problem with promoting the wrong individual.
Dr. Waite hopes this book will provide more detail and clarity to a topic that has been studied extensively over the centuries. His real hope is that people tasked with promoting individuals into leadership positions really understand what to search for.
This book can not only provide more detail on how to improve upon promotional processes in order to select the most qualified individual, this same information can be used effectively for hiring processes and identifying leadership potential.
Hiring people with leadership ability and promoting the most qualified that possess many of the desired leadership attributes is one major methodology that can result in a healthy and successful organization over the long term.
Dr. Waite has also developed a leadership profile decision matrix that utilizes multiple variables to add a more objective and scientific approach to hiring and promotional processes, including executive-level recruitment.
In addition, Dr. Waite has created a leadership survey, which consists of a series of questions posed to potential leadership candidates intended to reveal certain tendencies based upon the Top 15 leadership characteristics as outlined in this book.
Dr. Waite's unique insight into the topic of leadership can assist any type of organization with training and developing leaders, enhancing hiring and promotional processes, creating a positive organizational climate, and understanding how to shift an organizational culture, if necessary to do so.
This book is a must read for anyone who considers themselves a leader. While there are many outstanding leaders in the world today, there are many people promoted into leadership positions that do not possess the requisite skill sets to be successful. It is not the fault of the individual for accepting such a promotion, it is a downfall of those who promote such individuals not clearly understanding what to look for in a leader.
