I went into West Point at age 17 and sort of followed with my father's footsteps. He had gone 30 years before. But I didn't take West Point very seriously. They take themselves very seriously. And we have this class of cultures, sort of Meathead, McChrystal shows up. And I...
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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