What is your perception of military leadership?

Military leadership doesn’t come from rank. It also isn’t about barking orders or command & control type of authority.

Stephen Morris joins us on the podcast today to share his experience in Army Ranger School and his time training leadership in armies around the world.

I’m certain he will clear up some of your misconceptions about military leadership.

Having retired now from the Army, Stephen is teaching leadership through his company, Renowned Leadership. You can find out more about Stephen at renownedleadership.com.

And you just have to check out Stephen’s new podcast. He started the podcast with his dad soon after we recorded this episode. Stephen told me about how he considers his dad a great leader and how you have the opportunity to learn from both of them.

• Ranger school
• • Differing ranks, but everyone serves as a leader
  • Success isn’t just about accomplishing the mission
  • Focus on maintaining accountability
  • Leaders must listen to those on the team
  • Extreme conditions demonstrate true leadership characteristics
• Training leadership around the world
• • Divided power - commissioned officers & non-commissioned officers
  • Decentralized command
  • Commissioned officers actually rely on the experience and knowledge of non-commissioned officers
  • • Leaders must listen to those in the team
  • Team members must be trained in leadership before they will accept responsibility
  • Leadership is about relationships

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What does it mean to you to positively impact the lives of those you lead?

You’ve heard me mention before my mission to help you positively impact business results and the lives of those you lead. What does that last part of my mission mean? Do you have a strong desire to make a real difference with your leadership?

A recent podcast guest, Aaron Walker, mentioned leading not just for success, but also leading for significance. He defines significance by the impact his leadership has on other people. Like Aaron, I want my leadership impact to reach far beyond business results.

I want those on my team to win at home, excel in life, and perform well at work. I want team members to go home each day feeling empowered and encouraged. I hope they will even talk about their great team at home and while hanging out with friends on the weekend.

I’m guessing you want to lead in this way also. In this podcast episode, I’ll tell you how to make such an impact in the lives of those you lead.

• Article - I Want You To Win At Home
• • https://www.credibleleaders.com/blog/win-at-home
  • Attitude
  • Confidence
  • Winning
• Can’t control how team members behave at home
• • Can send them home prepared for success at home
• Can’t separate work from the rest of life
• • Trouble at home = struggles at work
  • Worries in life = stress at work
• Benefits of helping the team win at home and in life
• • More engaged team member
  • More positive team member
  • More empowered team member
  • More encouraged team member
  • Better business results
• How to positively impact the lives of those you lead
• • Make it a leadership priority
  • • Adopt the mindset
  • Build better relationships
  • Serve, serve, serve
  • Recognize and appreciate efforts and successes

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Do you have concerns about the future of your team? Does your company utilize succession planning that seems ineffective? Or maybe you’re feeling to need for additional leaders in your team, but uncertain how to develop new leaders.

Succession planning is often neglected, maybe even ignored. In cases where succession planning exists, it seems to be ineffective.

The success of a team rises and falls on leadership, so the future of your team is dependent upon succession planning. You can set your team up for success in the future with effective planning.

Effective succession planning isn’t an event, meeting, or document to complete. You may have a meeting scheduled with your leadership to review succession plans, but don’t fall victim to the illusion that a meeting represents effective succession planning.

You have to view succession planning as a daily activity. In this podcast episode, I’ll share with you activities that will ensure the future success of your team.

• “Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.” -Tom Peters
  • Maintain the mindset of creating more leaders
    • Should be a part of leadership job description
  • Avoid feeling threatened by the growth of others
• “Do for some what you wish you could do for all.” -Andy Stanley
  • You may have too many team members to mentor them all
  • Define two layers of inner-circle
• What to be looking for inner-circles
  • Self-starters, self-improvers
  • Team members already going the extra mile
  • Attitude over skill set or even performance
  • Humble, hungry, & smart
• Mentor, Coach, & Delegate
  • Mentor to inner-circle
  • Coach and delegate to inner-inner-circle

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