The Seven Questions: What the SMA Put on the Table This Week l BLx l Ep. 038

Most NCOs got promoted into leadership. They were never asked why they wanted it. The Sergeant Major of the Army just made that not optional. This week SMA Weimer put seven questions on the table at Fort Bliss for Sergeants Major Course Class 76. The first three are the ones most leaders cannot answer honestly. The hardest is the third: what would your spouse say your real answer is. SGT Cashe and SSG Jones walk the seven, reframe them for every echelon, and call out the drift between momentum and purpose for the generation of NCOs that came up during high-tempo years. They land on one move you can run before Monday formation. This week: Pull out your green notebook. Write your answers to the first three questions, two sentences each. Hand it to your spouse. Ask one question. Does this match the person you live with. Their face is the diagnostic. Because of you, our Army is better.