The Greatest Challenge I Faced Along My Military Career

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I think the greatest challenges were later, but my career is probably like many of the listeners. I started as a lieutenant and I wanted to be technically and tactically competent at my job. In the early years I was a micromanager. At times I would be a bit of a martinette or a real stickler for what I wanted almost unreasonable. My role was not to be a great lieutenant or a great captain in the, in the isolated sense. It's to be a good leader for them because they were the people actually going to get the mission done.

ABOUT GENERAL STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL

General Stanley McChrystal is a retired four-star general, the former commander of US and International Security Assistance Forces in Afghanistan, and former commander of Joint Special Operations Command, America’s premier military counter-terrorism force.

General McChrystal is also the founder of the McChrystal Group, a senior fellow at Yale University, and the author of several New York Times bestselling books including Leaders: Myth & Reality and his most recent book Risk: A User’s Guide.

General McChrystal joined host Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to discuss how to assess risk, core qualities of leadership he looks for, propaganda, the conflict in Ukraine and more.

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