351: General Martin Dempsey | No Time For Spectators


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May 14 2020 74 mins   11

General Martin Dempsey (@Martin_Dempsey) is a retired Army general who served as the 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs for four years during the Obama administration, and the author of No Time for Spectators: The Lessons That Mattered Most from West Point to The West Wing.


What We Discuss with General Martin Dempsey:



  • Why learning how to follow is as much of a skill as leadership.

  • That character is built over time based on a series of small decisions that we make during the uncertain moments when things don't go our way.

  • How someone who wanted to grow up and become a Supreme Court Justice detoured into a 45-year career in the military.

  • How an assignment that seemed like a career-ending punishment led General Dempsey to take on his most purposeful, important role.

  • How to be a trusted advisor -- whether it's to a CEO or the President.

  • And much more...


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