Summary & Ideas for Action Retired Lieutenant General Frank Kearney works with the Thayer Leader Development Group at West Point. In this discussion, he covers his military and post-military career in leadership development, and shares the wisdom of his experience in building leadership within organizations. He stresses culture, selecting leaders, training, communicating intent, and how…
TLP046: Sebastian Junger on Proximity & Pressure for Team Performance
Summary & Ideas for Action Sebastian Junger’s insights on leadership and teamwork within a community – and civilization at large – are remarkable. His broad range of experiences as a war-correspondent, anthropology student and tree cutter inform perspectives that have made him a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker….
TLP041: Quiet Doesn’t Mean Silent – When Leadership Picks You
When Leadership Picks You Summary & Ideas for Action Jen Paquette, Executive Director of the Green Beret Foundation, discusses how her husband’s injury changed her mission, and how she leveraged her business experience to lead a dynamic non-profit organization. Jen covers the lessons learned running a not-for-profit; the difficulty of fund raising; building her own…
TLP036: Power and Influence Don’t Come from a Title
What Leaders Can Learn from the Observations of Insightful Journalists Summary & Ideas for Action Co-hosts Jan Rutherford and Jim Vaselopulos interview Steffan Tubbs. Steffan is best known in Colorado as the co-host of Colorado’s Morning News on KOA NewsRadio in Denver. Overall, Steffan has more than 26 years of news experience and is a…
TLP035: Leadership and Selling – The Product is You
Subtitle: Challenging Fundamental Assumptions Summary & Ideas for Action Co-hosts Jan Rutherford and Jim Vaselopulos interview Greg Adams and Blake Miles. Greg was a Special Forces officer, and is now the Co-founder and CEO of Stabilitas, a real-time threat intelligence and communication platform for security professionals working at global organizations. Blake was a Special Forces…
TLP032: The Profound Disconnect Between Bosses and Employees
Mary Kelly discusses seven areas where leaders fail, and the large disconnect between the bosses’ thoughts and the employees’ perceptions of what is happening Summary & Ideas for Action Co-hosts Jan Rutherford and Jim Vaselopulos interview Mary Kelly, CEO at Productive Leaders. They speak with Mary about the challenges of leadership in industry, and what…
TLP031: Beer, Fear, and Relentless Drive
John Brumer, Jason Ginos, and Micah Niebauer, Co-Founders of Southern Pines Brewing, discuss how team commitment grew a business from a home brewing hobby to a community success. Summary & Ideas for Action Co-hosts Jan Rutherford and Jim Vaselopulos interview John Brumer, Jason Ginos, and Micah Niebauer, founders of Southern Pines Brewing. The three entrepreneurs…
The Patagonia Crucible Documentary
The documentary for our Patagonia Crucible is complete and ready for you to watch. Click here to watch this fantastic chronicle of an amazing journey with phenomenal people in one of the most beautiful places on this earth.
TLPMM003 — Selflessness & Positivity on a Patagonian Glacier
Why teamwork accelerates when failure is not an option Summary & Ideas for Action On this Mastermind episode, co-hosts Jim Vaselopulos and Jan Rutherford talk about their Crucible expedition in Patagonia. Self-Reliant Leadership has been running Crucible expeditions for a few years now with the primary goal of assisting Special Operations veterans with their transition…
TLPMM002 — Part 1: General Stanley McChrystal (Ret.) On Defining Yourself as a Leader
Courage, Competence, Confidence – All Contagious on Team of Teams On this Mastermind episode, part 1, co-hosts Jan Rutherford and Jim Vaselopulos interview retired four-star General Stanley McChrystal, former commander of the nation’s premier military counterterrorism force. General McChrystal (Ret.) is best known for developing and implementing a comprehensive counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan, and for…
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