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THE CONTROL ROOM
Where strategic experience meets the future of innovation.


The PIP Is a Leadership Failure: Closing the Leadership Feedback Gap Before It Reaches HR
A PIP is not a management tool. It's a monument to accumulated silence. A submarine CO on what leaders owe their people before HR gets involved.
Tony Grayson
Apr 712 min read


Who Are You Without the Title? Identity After Leaving a Career
Identity after leaving a career starts here. Commander Tony Grayson as Commanding Officer of USS Providence (SSN-719) pulling into Toulon, France. The uniform, the flag, the mission — this was identity. What nobody warns you about when it's gone.
Tony Grayson
Mar 211 min read


The Hiring Accountability Gap: Why "Years of Experience" Fails — and What to Measure Instead
Former submarine commander Tony Grayson's Depth of Responsibility framework replaces years of experience with 5 dimensions that predict hiring accountability under real pressure.
Tony Grayson
Feb 2017 min read
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