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The Paradox of Leadership: Motivate and Inspire vs Control and Demand (with Jay Powers, Leadership Instructor)

This New Way

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Learning from Mistakes as a New Leader in the Army

A junior leader wrongly engaged unapproved targets, thinking it was a training objective. When the helicopters came, they realized they weren't supposed to shoot and stopped. His boss was livid and thought they were just trying to use up ammunition. The leader learned from the mistake and served 26 years in the Army without it holding him back, emphasizing the importance of new leaders making mistakes.

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