Keynote Addresses

Keynote Addresses   It’s a proven fact that inspired teams and leaders achieve outstanding results. Our 60-90 minute keynotes are characterized by humor, vignettes, and energy that will inspire your entire team to action. Having led teams ranging in size from 20 to over 20,000, Major General (retired) Robert Mixon has more than four decades … Read more

The Big 6 Leadership Principles®

The Big 6 Leadership Principles® Level Five Associates developed The Big 6 Leadership Principles® back in 2009 when the company was first formed. The Big 6 came as a result of some intense conversations about what leadership lessons they had learned through the course of their lives– most of them the hard way. In other … Read more

Robert W. Mixon, Jr.

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”119″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Listen to the Interview Below to Learn More About General Mixon[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]   [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Robert W. Mixon, Jr. is a retired U.S. Army Major General, former President of a manufacturing company, EVP of a diverse, innovative not for profit company, and Leadership Consultant. He serves as a faculty member at … Read more

When in Charge, Take Charge!

Before air assaulting his Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry into Vietnam’s Ia Drang Valley on 14 November 1965, Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore, the battalion commander, declared “when we step on the battlefield, I will be the first boots on and that last boots off”. Three days later, the battalion was extracted after defeating an enemy force eight times its size. Through the battle, Hal Moore and his leaders displayed amazing leadership and were definitely in charge.

Independence Day Reflections

Independence Day is an opportunity for all Americans to reconnect with our roots and rededicate ourselves to the ideals of our Republic. It is a day to reread the Declaration of Independence and consider the incredible foresight and courage of our founding fathers

Learning to lead is like climbing a mountain for which there is no summit

Level Five leaders are developed over time. Indeed, considerable time. It takes a very special person to be blessed with a paradoxical mix of humility, persistence, and of course, competence. No one is born with these skills; rather, it takes a lifetime of education, experience, and mentoring in the school of hard knocks. Leaders are developed, not born. Frankly, the journey is akin to climbing a very high mountain for which there is no summit. We never arrive, but commit ourselves to the journey of continuous improvement.