111: General Stanley McChrystal | Deconstructing Myths of Great Leadership

General Stanley McChrystal (@StanMcChrystal) is a retired four-star general, founder of McChrystal Group, and co-author of Leaders: Myth and Reality.

What We Discuss with General Stanley McChrystal:

• What General McChrystal learned by reexamining one of his most controversial personal heroes.
• The counterintuitive ability of leaders who value their own mission over the lives of the people who work for them to attract talent.
• How writing his memoirs without the aid of a journal -- but the memories of others who were with him throughout his life -- put his own role as a leader into perspective.
• Why there's no single leadership style that's right for all leaders, and what potential leaders risk by trying to emulate styles that don't suit them.
• The danger of these three common myths of leadership -- formulaic, attribution, and results -- and how to dispel them.
• And much more...

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