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Scenario

How to handle superior officers who set unrealistic expectations

My company commander keeps giving me impossible timelines and when I push back he says real officers find a way to make it work.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You are caught between operational reality and the political pressure to appear capable of the impossible.

Your guide for this
Aurelius
Aurelius works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Military — Officer Leadership & Command?”

Peri

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