What can you learn from a 6 foot 7 ex-KGB agent? Adrian Armitage shares his experience with said ex-KGB dude turned educator. It turns out that Russian culture has its norms, just like Australian culture, and they are not all that dissimilar. With leadership roles around the world, and now as Executive Officer of the Australian Medical Students’ Association with some 250 staff and 17,000 members, Adrian, has a wealth of insight he shares generously in this interview.
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154 Leadership lessons from the military with Brigadier Nick Jans
Can you be commanding without doing command and control? Can you have authority without being authoritarian? What is the best way to avoid the traps of hubris and power? Brigadier Nick Jans OAM (retired) shares his wisdom and insight from a lifetime of leadership and learning in the military. He debunks some of the myths that exist around military leadership and culture, namely that there is a difference between being authoritative and authoritarian. Military leaders have an embedded culture where you ‘earn your spurs’ and win authority, not seize it.
Why you should listen:
The real mettle of leadership is what you do in easy times: win trust and compliance through building relationships
How to avoid the trap of “believing in your own legend”
What the military builds into its leadership systems to cut abuses of power and hubris that the business world can adopt
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