Harlan Kefalas, Author at Task & Purpose

By Harlan Kefalas Dec 19, 2017

Leadership

9 Ways The Army’s New NCO Eval Is Just As Flawed As The One It Replaced

On Jan. 1, 2016, the U.S. Army rolled out a new Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Report, or NCOER, to replace the...

By Harlan Kefalas Oct 24, 2017

Opinion

On May 19, 2004, anti-coalition forces attacked a U.S. military convoy on the northern outskirts of Samarra, Iraq — a...

By Harlan Kefalas May 24, 2017

Opinion

During an U.S. Army town hall meeting on March 30, Sgt. Maj. Michael Gragg, the command sergeant major of the...

By Harlan Kefalas Sep 28, 2016

Leadership

I hit refresh on the computer screen, again, growing more impatient. It was the afternoon of March 19, 2009, and...

By Harlan Kefalas Sep 13, 2016

Leadership

Though “innovation” has been a buzzword for a long time, recently it has become the a real point of emphasis...

By Harlan Kefalas Aug 9, 2016

Leadership

In early 2015, I was reading up on military leadership and came across an interesting article by Joe Byerly, a...

By Harlan Kefalas Jun 9, 2016

Leadership

When I first learned I would attend the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant School, I was excited. Part of the instruction...