Dailey is looking for books on leadership or books that can influence the way soldiers lead, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is purposefully\u00a0looking for non-military books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I think it’s important for us to get our blinders off and look outside the Army,” he said. “I’m not looking for a list of great military reads. I’m looking for inspiring leadership outside the military. That’s not because I dislike any of those, but I think we don’t spend enough time looking at what’s going on around us.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why’s he looking for ideas?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “I want involvement,” Dailey said. “Let’s let soldiers talk about what they want to read, we agree to read one, and on an installation visit, we’ll discuss it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dailey wants his reading list to be “peer-reviewed,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SMA Dailey is looking for titles of non-military books that focus on leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Photo Credit: U.S. Army<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n “I want people to be able to challenge the list,” he said. “I want people to be able to say ‘that book’s dumb,’ or ‘that book’s great,’ or ‘here’s what I learned from this book.'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dailey also is looking for a wide array of suggestions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Sure, I could take 10 books off my shelf right now and put them on the website, and that may or may not have a positive effect on somebody,” he said. “But I’m excited to see what [soldiers] come up with.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635859642490910097-arm-sma-book-club-2jpg.jpg\")
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