Eagles Insight Podcast
Dive into a world where military precision meets corporate strategy, uniting the best leadership principles from the battlefield to the boardroom.
In this podcast, you will learn how to:
- Sharpen Your Vision: Gain transformative insights that equip today’s leaders to excel amidst complex challenges.
- Veteran Discipline in Business: Uncover how the discipline and efficiency of veterans transform their roles in civilian sectors, influencing successful business strategies.
- Combat Wisdom for Executives: Explore the dynamic parallels between military tactics and executive decision-making, applying combat-tested wisdom for impactful organizational leadership.
Tune in to navigate the complex terrain of leadership and strategy, where each episode enhances your understanding and elevates your leadership prowess.
Eagles Insight Podcast
19 - Creating a culture of Belonging with Jim DeLapp
Bob Dixon interviews Jim DeLapp, a retired Army Colonel with extensive leadership experience in both the military and civilian sectors. Jim shares his journey from leading platoons to heading a public works department, offering valuable lessons on adapting leadership styles, fostering team cohesion, and driving organizational success.
Key Takeaways:
- Military leadership principles are valuable, but adjustments are needed for civilian environments.
- Leaders should create a shared sense of mission, vision, and values.
- Leaders need to set challenging goals, provide the necessary resources, and drive their team to achieve them.
- There is a cost to mitigating risk, and good leaders balance risk versus reward.
Quotes from Jim DeLapp this episode:
"But at the end of the day, leadership is still involved in everything we do.”
"You've got to fine-tune your leadership style to the audience and to the group that you're working with. And I think that's a key at every job that I've had and will continue to have with all the clients I have going forward."
"Just do your job and do it really well, whatever that is.”
Resources Mentioned:
- Jim DeLapp: https://jadelapp.com/
- Email: bdixon@fiveeaglesleadership.com.