Special Episode - Thomas Modly, Former Acting Secretary of the Navy

In this special installment of the Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Podcast Commission President Richard Prasse has a conversation with the Honorable Thomas B. Modly, former Acting Secretary of the Navy and author of Vectors: Heroes, Villains, & Heartbreak on the Bridge of the U.S. Navy.
Find Vectors: Heroes, Villains, and Heartbreak on the Bridge of the U.S. Navy at Amazon.com a.co/d/07qRMBx

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I don’t know this Thomas Modly. However, him (1) firing this Captain and (2) then giving that speech to a group of pissed off sailors indicates that to me that didn’t have the emotional intelligence nor political savvy that I would expect out of a professional with even 5 years of experience in any large organization. One of the keys to leadership in the modern world is leading people NOT pushing them. He may be 100% right about the Captain’s motivations on sending that letter. However, he should have realized he needed buy-in from that Captain and the crew. Total lack of leadership communication on his part. Forcing Modly to resign was probably the right call.