Deeper Understanding

Stan McChrystal

09.27.19

How is General Stan McChrystal working to build his leadership skills? The answer might surprise you. It’s more about understanding than anything else.

Deeper Understanding

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How is General Stan McChrystal working to build his leadership skills? The answer might surprise you. It’s more about understanding than anything else.

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Keith Krach

What are you working on in terms of your personal leadership development? I mean, you specialize in it. I'm just dying to ask you that question.
Stan_McChrystal

Stan McChrystal

So, I would like to get better and better at feeling the situation, understanding it, responding in a way that is effective, not losing my temper or my, or getting frustrated. I think that's how really effective leaders are gonna do it in the years ahead, particularly as it gets faster moving and more complex, because the idea that you are gonna be the expert in everything is impossible. Unless you got a tiny little organization that does one thing and does it repeatable forever.
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