General Stanley McChrystal on Evaluating Risk, Leadership and More
Elevate with Robert Glazer
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The Greatest Challenge I Faced Along My Military Career
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.
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