What is the most significant thing you learned as a Commander?

Lay down on the couch and brainstorm your Commander's philosophy. Treat folks with dignity and respect for them, love the troops, have some fun, be a proponent of professional and personal growth, listen to the NCOs and if they have another COA input and the end result is equal then give them the power to change things which will give them buy in, use your TLPs, write simple and coherent OPORDs. We always gave soldiers comp time for working on the weekends which made it easy to find volunteers. If you want ideas to have fun, just ask me.

Trust in your NCO's. Praise in public scold in private and try to be understanding to the younger Service members. I got lucky and had a very strong NCOIC I passed along what needed to be done and let the job get done . Supported the decisions they made and it made my 2 years fly by.

If you take care of your people and keep your seniors up the line out of their business, your people will take care of you and make you look good