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Do you know the importance of this important holiday? Do you know the difference between Memorial Day and Veteran's Day? If not, take just a few minutes and spend it with us as we talk about the differences between these two holidays.

The YouTube version of my conversation with MCPON 7 Duane Bushey is published. Duane offers some great insight and stories about his career and thoughts on today's Navy and CPO Mess that you'll want to hear. Let me know what you think in the comments. #leadershippodcast #leaderdevelopment #navychief #leadertips #navy #navyveteran #cutlasspodcast #cpoguide https://lnkd.in/ghbhBbKv

If you sell into the fire apparatus industry, I highly encourage you to subscribe to Paul Darley's bi-monthly reports. There's lots of insight on trends in the fire apparatus space, including current lead times on new fire apparatus (some OEMs are forecasting 4+ year delivery times!). This beneficial information can help with your team's overall strategic planning and forecasting. #Darley

While possibly not directly LinkedIn-related, if you're not watching, this is just an opportunity to do so. It will also be available on their YouTube channel afterwards. A reminder that tomorrow is so much more than a cookout or the unofficial start of summer. #MemorialDay, #HonorTheFallen, #RememberAndHonor, #MemorialDayWeekend, #MemorialDay2024, #mdw, #Veterans, #Military, #USA, and #ThankaVet https://lnkd.in/gP4Pvfa7

Customers are expecting emails during Memorial Day weekend. However… Don’t let your brand forget what Memorial Day is all about. Here is what we are doing: 1) Emails start going out today and carry through Memorial Day. 2) Offers will be decent, but we are NOT a discount brand. This is not one of our “sale pillars” and will not be treated like so. 3) Every email will be thanking our veterans, those who served and gave the ultimate sacrifice, as well as all dogs who served! 4) 10% of all proceeds during the weekend will go to The Warrior Dog Foundation. #3 coupled with #4 > #2 Sales are great. Boosting revenue is awesome. Watching orders flow in is phenomenal. But being a good human being wins every time. Don’t forget that. Don’t forget what Memorial Day is all about.

Check out the latest #HomeBaseNation podcast to hear Ryan, Frank, and Dr. Ron Hirschberg talk hockey, military, and so much more! Such a great episode!

Honor a Veteran for Memorial Day On this Memorial Day, I am honoring my Uncle Romie who was a cook in the army. He was a Forest Ranger and dressed up as Smokey the Bear to do education programs for the local community. He would climb the fire tower and look for forest fires in the national forests. His fire tower was like the one in the photo. Uncle Romie looked for something to laugh about because he reported me to my Mom for hitting boys with my red purse on the playground in elementary school which was across the road from his fire tower. I know he saw this as a random act of kindness for the boys on the playground and for me, too. I did stop the behavior after my Mom explained this would limit my supply of purses. The biggest win you can have for your organization or business is to focus on what value your strategy creates for your customers, employees, and community. Like Uncle Romie, finding the good in things and the value you bring to others is one of the keys to developing your strategy. The value is in the eyes of the beholder. What can you start doing to communicate your value to the person you are presenting to or serving? What can you stop doing that does not add value to the person you are presenting to or serving? What new strategy can you create to honor a veteran in your community? What is a random act of kindness you can do today to honor a veteran in your life? #strategy #OwnYourValue #MemorialDay #RandomActofKindness Photo of a Fire Tower in East Texas.

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The latest installment of my Memorial Day Substack series. To read earlier installments, please visit my Substack page and look in the archives.

Today is the day to remember. Its also a day to remember the protection we have and the protection we need. How are you protecting the ones you love? What kind of plans do you have in place? Comment below!