Van Cleef’s Laws
3 min readMay 18, 2020
As a leader in the Navy and later as a manager in the corporate world, these were the rules that I developed for doing more than just surviving.
Van Cleef’s First Law
1. Never underestimate the power of a draft memo.
How often have you attempted to get management’s attention, but your recommendations fall on deaf ears? While working for NASA I discovered the secret to getting attention and cooperation.
Post a draft memo for “review” by your team and management. Those memos will take on a life of their own…