Always Leave An Airman Behind: A Real Story of Surviving The Crab Leadership Culture

By Ellis Franks

Book Overview

Controversial true story of one Airman's journey through ranks of the Air Force. This story does not tell the popular one that everyone wants to hear, it tells the truth about the failures of the leadership that everyone wants to hide. This is a story about the leadership culture that is pushing our nation's most precious resources to commit suicide at an alarming rate because of the "wing-it leadership style" of managment they employ.

The reaction by these leaders in this system are more telling than they understand. The truth is that this book contains the most honest words you will read about what serving in the US Air Force is like for many enlisted personnel.

This author is someone who mentored 1000s of Airmen to achieve high levels of success in their careers through his mentorship programs he created by adopting the Air Force core values and actually applying them to his role as a Non-Commissioned Officer. His story is about not taking the easy path that the majority of people choose where awards, promotions, and assignments were given through favoritism, nepotism, or ambiguously applied logic. His path led him to being selected for multiple special duties where less than 1% of the Air Force were eligible to serve and earned him international recognition by winning awards at the highest level of the service.

This is a tale about a philosophical awakening by one Airman who consistently challenged the status quo level mindsets that dominated the service. It is about pushing past the barriers that any system places in front of you as you are guided by your core values. The story is one of a leadership journey and what can be achieved if you dedicate yourself to the study of this art. The story is also about the truth that finding success requires consistent challenging of oneself with the understanding that the journey is lonely and failure on this path is celebrated by others who do not want to achieve more than the mundane.

This is a book for anyone who thinks that the barriers in their path are insurmountable. The author overcame many challenging situations to be a part of the top 1% of the US Air Force where he served as a Drill Instructor and endured the perils of the most challenging Special Operations training in the world. He explains the lessons he learned on this journey where he earned the highest level awards possible for leadership and performance when he was a finalist for 2007 Air Force Sergeants Association Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year and won the 2008 Air Force Sergeants Association International Member of the Year over the 350,000 Airmen eligible for these awards.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1086848047
• ISBN13: 9781086848045
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"