Major General Vincent Boles, USA (Ret.) was commissioned from the ARMY ROTC program at Niagara University as a Distinguished Military Graduate in 1976. He has served in a variety of assignments over a 33 year career, to include Command at every possible level and a number of combat deployments.
His final Army assignment was as the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G4 on the Army Staff in the Pentagon, where he oversaw Logistics Operations and Readiness for the 1.1 million Soldier force to include the surges into Iraq and Afghanistan.
Retiring in 2009 to Madison, Alabama, he established Vincent E. Boles, Inc., a leadership and logistics consulting practice. He’s been speaking and working with corporate and association groups around the nation and overseas, coaching them on the subject of teams’ “Best Getting Better”. His audiences have included: Deloitte, Fidelity, USAA, Ernst and Young, AIG, The United States Secret Service, The Boy Scouts of America and The American College.
He is the author of “4-3-2-1 Leadership…What America’s Sons and Daughters Taught Me on the Road from 2d Lieutenant to 2 Star General.” Now in its 3rd printing, a recent reviewer commented:
“He didn’t write this book exclusively for the military audience and he does us all a great service by putting these leadership lessons into one volume and sharing them.”
In 2011 he was inducted in the US Army Ordnance Corps and Niagara University ROTC Halls of Fame. He serves as an adjunct professor of Leadership and Logistics at the University of Alabama Huntsville and the Defense Acquisition University – South.
Leaders today don’t require the kind of help that sounds good in a PowerPoint presentation but fades under the heat and pressure of reality. They need tools that hold up when the stakes are high, so that they can be better practitioners of their leadership craft. Using his 33 years of experience in leading America’s sons and daughters and providing the right support in the toughest conditions, Major General Boles delivers time tested tools you can begin using right now. Items like:
4 expectations teams have of leaders
3 critical questions leaders need to ask AND answer
2 reasons for stress in teams
1 truth to never forget when leading
“Vinny was great! He was very engaging and everyone was engaged! I was sitting at the back of the room and I was watching everyone. He did an outstanding job and is very personable and down to earth.”
“Major Gen. Vinny Boles, USA (Ret.)’s contribution was fundamental to the success of the event. The information he provided was both relevant and helpful.”
“Vinny’s presentation was great! Everyone really enjoyed hearing from him and his experience with leadership. Later that evening, we had our awards banquet, and many of the speeches included excerpts and quotes from Vinny’s presentation. That’s a pretty good indicator that his message was well received. Personally, I was impressed with how well Vinny understood our audience and spoke directly to them as if he had been working with our company for years.”
“I’d like to offer my sincerest thanks for Major General Boles’ presentation to the leadership of IKEA Distribution Services, Inc. at our fiscal year kickoff event. The feedback we got was unanimously positive, and our biggest challenge now is finding another occasion for him to come and visit with us again. His mix of sophisticated supply chain knowledge with sensible, down-to-earth, and tested leadership approaches was spot-on with our group, and I would be happy to recommend him to any future clients.”
“Vinny Boles’ presentation was impressive and inspiring. We so appreciate the time he spent with some of us to learn about our department and our organization. He certainly demonstrated that information within his presentation. He was a wonderful keynote speaker and received a standing ovation.”
“A great job! Our attendees complimented us for bringing General Boles to them as the closing keynoter. Engaged and energetic, he connected with the room providing practical “news you can use” leadership techniques for leaders at every level. The perfect end to a successful meeting.”
