He came into the United States Navy as a Category IV recruit, the lowest aptitude classification the service would accept,. He left as a Senior Executive Service official, one of the most selective leadership ranks in the federal government. From Cat IV to SES. In between, he served in mine countermeasures squadrons, the corridors of the Defense Intelligence Agency, command posts across eight federal healthcare facilities in seven states, mastering the art of crossing from one world into another.
Transitioning Towers is the field report from that climb.
Most transition books tell you to update your resume. This one tells you the truth: the bridge you spent thirty years building does not reach the other side. Rank means nothing. The language is different. And the network you built inside the wire does not transfer out.
Built on the C3PT Operating System: Communication, Collaboration, Culture, Perseverance, and Trust. this book is both a memoir and a battle-tested playbook for the senior military leader walking out of the uniform for the last time. It is written for the O-5, O-6, and flag or general officer who achieved everything the military asked and now must cross into a world that does not know what any of it means.
Drawing on hard-won lessons from boardrooms, VA hospitals, and the highest levels of military and federal leadership, Kelvin L. Parks delivers the framework senior service members, and the civilian leaders who see themselves in these pages, have been waiting for.
For transitioning military leaders, veterans, HR professionals who hire from the military, faith-based executives, and anyone who has ever had to start over at the top.
