Retired General Officer in the United States Army

Vinny Boles
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Vinny Boles At A Glance:

Major General Vincent E. Boles is a retired general officer in the United States Army and served as the 33rd Chief of Ordnance and Commandant of the U.S. Army Ordnance School at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland. After his retirement, Vinny transitioned to writing and speaking. His book, "4-3-2-1 Leadership: What America's Sons & Daughters Taught Me on the Road From 2nd Lieutenant to Two Star General", goes in-depth not only about his experience in the military but life and leadership as well.

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.

  • 4-3-2-1 Leadership….Tools You Can Use Now!

    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
  • Leveraging The Links In Your Supply Chain

    Drawing on his 3 decades as a career soldier and logistician at every level, Major General Boles will walk through the links in the world’s largest and most complex supply chain from the port to the Pentagon and highlight 4 critical issues that will snag/kink your supply chain:

    • Standards you use
    • Systems you put in place to attain those standards
    • Who is in charge of the critical points of intersection?
    • Metrics: Leading, Lagging . . .what and how you measure
  • Leadership – That Tool That Lies Between Juggling and Magic

    Bringing his 40 years of military and business expertise to groups around the globe ranging from 40 to 4,000, Major General Vincent “Vinny” Boles provides a lens to view your (and your team’s) leadership practices, processes and actions. He works to create a structure to ensure they are consciously and proactively providing the maximum value added to your organization’s most precious resource: its human capital.
Vinny Boles was simply amazing. He is a phenomenal public speaker. Vinny took the time to ensure he delivered a message tailored to the audience, while staying true to his story on leadership. He was a staggering success and received a standing ovation from the crowd. I wanted to deliver a valuable message that my audience could use in their everyday lives. Vinny delivered! He was on target with the message, delivered it in a heartfelt and often amusing way that was accessible to every member of the audience. He captured the attention of the crowd from the moment he walked on the stage and he wove his magic to keep them interested, engaged and entertained as he delivered a message on leadership that will have a lasting impact for all that attended.

— Avaya Government Solutions

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.

— Truckload Carriers Association

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.

— Platinum Insurance

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