Leadership lessons in Aries

(To Lieta Zanatta)
28/05/17

Never give up, decide on difficulties, get up when everything seems lost. No one can know it or teach it better than Alex Zanardi, born to win, unsurpassed fighter in managing the terrible accident that deprived him of using his legs during a Formula Cart Grand Prix. Together with five multi-duly athletes of the Italian paraciclismo national team he held on May 12 last a lesson on the reasons in his work to the brigade officers Ram at the "Mittica" barracks in Pordenone. A meeting that paved the way for a cycle of lectures on leadership, a basic subject for holding and leading a command, given to the brigade's executives, who were able to listen to the US Brigadier Lance Landrum, head of the base, a few days later Usaf di Aviano, on the subject "Mission commando, the national vision", on leadership and styles of command, staff assessment, cohesion, mentoring, counceling and on how to value a unit.

The last lesson was held last May 23, and involved figures and names of important bodies and institutions such as Riccardo Illy, (Illy group), Matteo Achilli (Egonmia), Vincenzo Santo (general of corps of the Army reserve), Massimo Tammarro (former commander of the Frecce Tricolori, now Ferrari manager) and Ennio Doris (Mediolanum), connected by videoconference from Milan.

Anticipated by the greeting of General Carlo Lamanna, commander of the "Friuli" Division, the interventions of these particular speakers made their personal experiences known, talked about risk management, how to decide and act, enhance human resources, manage talents and group. The commander of the brigade Angelo Michele Ristuccia moderated the discussion that involved the commanders - from the regiment to the company - of the units included in the VJTF (Very High Readyness Joint Task Force) and in the departments of the "Ariete" brigade, in addition to the officers who will attend the 2nd Command Course this year.