Andrew King, who goes by the nickname Roscoe is Have a Tisue Podcast guest #4. I know Roscoe from around the base and we are both instructors for the Airpower Leadership Academy. He is friendly, funny, outgoing, and loves to talk. He showed interest in my Podcast and on being a potential guest. I asked him what he’d want to talk about and I was surprised by his immediate response. Coping, dealing with stress, courage to get help, and taking care of people were the answers he provided.

As we discuss these topics, we agree that pride and uncertainty of career repercussions make people hesitant to ask for help. It quickly becomes apparent that both of us are uncertain of the different avenues people have to get help. As supervisors we are expected to understand and know these things to assist our people. It is embarrassing how little the two of us actually knew.

Realizing my own short fall, I coordinated with another friend on base, Anita Garcia-McClintock. Anita works at Mental Health and gave me an hour of her time to explain to me the many avenues’ people have. I took a bunch of notes and at the end of this podcast, I will explain the information that I learned from Anita. The next two hours are Roscoe’s stories on coping, life, and as always, a couple leadership ideas and philosophies thrown in the mix.