229: Leadership Lessons from Space Shuttle Challenger, with Allan McDonald

Coaching for Leaders

Dave Stachowiak

Education, Business, Management, Self-improvement, Careers

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Allan McDonald: Truth, Lies, and O-rings Quotes The time is always right to do the right thing. —Martin Luther King, Jr. People shouldn’t be afraid to ask questions or speak up because I always feel that their professional opinion is not only important, it’s their responsibility. —Allan McDonald Don’t assume that if it’s really critical other people will always do their job. —Allan McDonald Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

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0:00.0	30 years ago this week the Space Shuttle Challenger launched with the first teacher in space on board.
0:07.0	73 seconds into flight, it exploded.
0:11.0	I was a child and I remember watching the custodian of our school lowering the flag to half
0:16.3	staff that cold January morning.
0:20.0	In the three decades that have passed since the accident, most of us have seen the video again and again of the accident on January 28, 1986.
0:30.0	But I wonder if you know what happened the night of January 27th, the evening before.
0:39.1	On a special show today, I welcome the one person who officially refused to sign off on the launch of Challenger
0:45.7	and his lessons for all of us on leadership and ethics.
0:51.1	This is coaching for leaders episode 229.
0:54.3	Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential. Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your
1:09.7	host Dave Stahoviac. Leaders aren't born!
1:14.0	They're made.
1:15.0	And this weekly show will give you access to the best thinkers,
1:19.0	resources, and actions
1:22.0	to develop your leadership skills and I'm really glad that you
1:26.4	tuned in for today's show because when I first met this week's guest in person a year ago, I was immediately captivated
1:36.8	by his story and I knew it was one that I wanted the Coaching for Leaders community to hear.
1:42.4	And what many of you know is that NASA launched the Space Shuttle Challenger on January 28, 1986, 30 years ago,
1:51.0	and of course the resulting accident that happened just moments after the spacecraft
1:57.3	launched. What you may not know was that there were warnings against doing so for many individuals, including my guest today,
2:06.0	Al McDonald.
2:08.0	Al as he sought to draw attention to the real reasons behind the disaster was singled out for retribution by his employer.
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