Stanley McChrystal - How To Lead

00:00 | Trailer
03:15 Brian’s thoughts on the episode
05:37 Brian’s introduction
06:14 London from a military perspective,07:41 Stan learned of leadership and team management skills from early love of naval history
08;35 The myths and realities of Horatio Nelson’s captaincy and leadership in battle
11:00 Past heroic leaders were flawed men, thus encouragingly, many more of us are capable of leadership
13:01 Stan explains what he meant by “I don’t even remember events in my own leadership correctly”
16:10 West Point in the 1970s
19:20 A leader’s daily habits and intentional discipline confirm their team’s faith in them when observed daily21:06 Why Stan found Special Forces a disappointment and got fired
25:22 Learning to combine his military role with political and intelligence agency agendas
32:55 Building relationships with Washington D
C
when working in the field of war
37:19 Resistance to fundamental change in operational methodology required to deal with Al Qaeda in Iraq
42:36 Explaining collateral damage to the civilian public and justifying it to himself
44:14 Why the abuse of Iraqi detainees occurred in Abu Ghraib prison and why he took responsibility
49:27 Torture is effective, people will talk, however, he showed The Battle of Algiers to Force leaders
54:04 Stan appointed to take charge in Afghanistan in midst of new President Obama administration conflict
1:03:01 Stan reflects on the aftermath of the Rolling Stones article and his subsequent resignation,1:09:11 How Stan deals with the periodic times when his brain recalls what went wrong
1:12:07 The McChrystal Group and writing ‘Leaders, Myth, and Reality,’1:17:17 Good leadership leads to everyone working to solve the problem not working to execute directives
1:19:42 The book investigates the leadership style of historical leaders in different genres
1:25:39 The American people desperately need to look in the mirror now about leadership and their role in it
1:27:14 Stan’s daily habit which is non-negotiable
1:28:11 What his friends would say was his superpower
1:29:46 Worst and best days of his life
1:31:15 Two very topical scenarios that scare him
1:34:18 Something that may surprise you about Stan, it surprised him
1:36:00 Phone call to the twenty years old Stanley McChrystal
1:37:27 Best advice ever received
1:40:07 Success Secrets
1:40:44 Brian’s summing up.