Colonel Walt Holmes shares insights on community-based education, gamified approach to change, and leading groups effectively. Learn about fostering teamwork, accountability, and empowerment in military units. Explore the impact of collaborative problem-solving and empowering students through community-based education.
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Facilitator Role in Air Force
Walt was called a facilitator in the Air Force to enable teams to solve problems collaboratively.
This was a major shift from the traditional top-down command style in the military.
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Generational Shift in Leadership Styles
Resistance came mainly from older, senior personnel used to command-and-control.
Younger troops were more adaptable to collaborative problem solving.
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Turning Around a Poor Squadron
Walt inherited a poorly performing Air Force Reserve squadron of 200 people.
He implemented new collaboration and accountability systems and turned it around in four months.
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Can I get your attention? Because this week, I have none other than Colonel Walt Holmes with me on the show, Air Force Commander, author, and master facilitator of community-based education.
Walt has been helping individuals to progress through the ranks of military units – and of life – since the 1999s, designing the systems for success in both soldiers and students. His 5 levels of achievement offers a unique gamified approach to change: encouraging meaningful metric-based accountability, collaboration and autonomy in his squadron of students. His belief: if we can impact someone’s behaviour, we can change their attitude.
Walt’s passion is undeniable - it radiates through the airwaves of our conversation and I’m positive you will feel it too! Tune in to learn all about community, attitude, behaviour and the cogs of organisational change.
Find out about:
Learnings from Walt’s military career as a cultural change facilitator
What it takes to change an entire organisation through the introduction of structure, autonomy and collaboration
Why the success to community-based education lies in a marriage of individual outcomes and metrics
The inner-workings of community models: why people taking ownership creates a system that is self-enforcing
What Walt’s book ‘Lead From The Middle, Lead From Behind’ can teach us about leading groups in disarray
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