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A Love for the Common Soldier
Pictured: A group of generals with Marshal of the Soviet Union V.D. Sokolovsky. From left to right: N.E. Chuvakov, M.Kh. Kaleshnik, V.I....
Feb 6, 20242 min read
Authenticity Versus Arrogance
Pictured: (far left) A. A. Grechko, L. I. Brezhnev, E. Honecker, Commander-in-Chief of the GSVG E. F. Ivanovsky, and V. I. Chuikov (far...
Dec 17, 20233 min read
Voicing a Grave Concern in a Scathing Letter
In researching Nikita Khrushchev’s ouster in 1964, I discovered that Soviet researcher Joseph Torigian cited an intriguing...
Dec 15, 20239 min read
The Courage to Be Authentic
Pictured: image from Marshal V. I. Chuikov's visit to Mongolia in the 1970s, from the Venevsky Museum of Local Lore. (A brief entry to...
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Two Marshals and a Wall in Berlin
Pictured: First Deputy Chairman of the KGB S.K. Tsvigun (center), Marshal of the Soviet Union V.I. Chuikov (far right), Marshal of the...
Dec 4, 20234 min read
Complexity Theory and the Synergy of Sturm Groups
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V.I. Chuikov at an observation post in Stalingrad, 1942. Photo by Georgy Zemla. In today’s global business...
Nov 30, 20232 min read
The Commander’s Angst
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V.I. Chuikov on the banks of the Volga, 1943. A Red Army soldier on the Eastern Front during the Great...
Nov 22, 20233 min read
Authentic Stewardship
Pictured: General Chuikov in post-war Germany, signed and dated 5 June 1948 (lower right-hand corner). I have enjoyed reading about...
Nov 21, 20232 min read
A Celebrated Hero
Pictured: Marshal V.I. Chuikov at the walls of the Serebryano-Prudskaya (Silver Ponds) school, 1970s. In August of 2023, I began a new...
Oct 2, 20233 min read
The Marshal's Mentor: Vladimir Azin
Pictured on the left: the Commander of the 43rd regiment, V.I. Chuikov and Commander of the 5th Infantry Division, V.M. Azin. Orenburg...
Aug 8, 20233 min read
Leadership Beyond the Brest Fortress
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V.I. Chuikov with his handwritten note “1940 year, Brest.” From the family archive of General Tsvigun....
May 31, 20235 min read
Lev Mekhlis: Interference by the Grand Inquisitor
Pictured: (left to right) L. Z. Mekhlis, Komkor V. I. Chuikov, and Red Star journalist and chief editor D. I. Ortenberg in Finland during...
May 22, 20237 min read
General Batyuk's Active Leadership
Pictured: General Batyuk (left) and General Chuikov at an observation post in Stalingrad, early 1943. On 19 September 1942, Batyuk's...
May 5, 20232 min read
Flattening the Hierarchy: A Flexible Structure
Pictured: Twice Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel-General V. I. Chuikov (center) with General of the Army Andrey Yeremenko, 1945. Before...
Dec 12, 20223 min read
The Leader Who Manages
Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov, Stalingrad, summer 1942. When considering topics to write about for this blog, one guiding principle is...
Dec 2, 20222 min read
Operation Anadyr: Selecting the Command Staff
Identifying the best person for a particular position is known in HR terms as employee placement . Organizational management success...
Oct 22, 20223 min read
An Authentically Approachable Hero
Pictured: Colonel-General V. I. Chuikov hunting in Germany, accompanied by his daughter Irina and his sister-in-law Vera (wife of Fedor),...
Oct 16, 20223 min read
Marshal Chuikov’s Effective Leadership, Part 1: Path-Goal Theory
Pictured: Colonel-General V. I. Chuikov, Commander of the 62nd-8th Guards Army, 1943. Over the past year, I have shared various anecdotes...
Sep 19, 20225 min read
Taking the Fortress at Poznan, Poland
Pictured: Colonel-General V. I. Chuikov, Poland, 1945. In a previous blog entry, I focused on the supply chain situation leading up to...
Jun 11, 20224 min read
A Demotion and a Life Lesson
Pictured: Lieutenant-General V. I. Chuikov, Commander of the 62nd Army in Stalingrad, 1942. As a professor of business and leadership...
May 7, 20223 min read