044 Jim Donihee: How to Scale An Open Trusting Culture in Organizations?

Retired Air Force Colonel, Jim Donihee shared his multinational and operational leadership experience having served as a fighter pilot in NATO operations and how he translates those leadership skills to lead through multi-billion dollar mergers and turnarounds.

We Talked About:

• Galvanize your executive team and operationalize proven tactics to deliver mission accomplishment
• The pursuit of freedom and adventure
• Demonstrating fair treatment to scale trust in the org
• Execution of tasks without ego
• Skill and joy as measures of suitability
• Money is a shallow motivator
• The ear of performance vs. the expectation of performance
• Letting people go with dignity and grace
• The key question to ask when it comes to change management?

Quotes

• “In the military, you have duty of care for your people 24/7.” they can only operate at 100% when they know their loved ones are well cared for
• “The way you foster trust in your organization when you let people go is by overtly demonstrating that these people are have been treated fairly. The manner you let people go will set a tone in your culture.”
• “If you look after the people and you demonstrate your commitment to them, then you’ll earn their respect and loyalty and they’ll go through the thick and thin with you”
• “If your key tool is money, everyone else can pay the same or more money. It’s a shallow motivator. It’s not going to develop the allegiance, kinship for the organization you want to develop”

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