650: General Ann Dunwoody | A Higher Standard

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🗓️ 7 September 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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General Ann Dunwoody (@AnnDunwoody) grew up as an Army brat in a family with four generations of West Pointers, became the first female four-star general in the US, and is the author of A Higher Standard: Leadership Strategies from America's First Female Four-Star General. "Good leaders never stop learning." -General Ann Dunwoody The Cheat Sheet: Why it's important to never walk by a mistake -- unless you want to set a new, lower standard. Why keeping a higher standard is not just personally gratifying, but economically viable. Why good leaders aren't invincible -- and don't try to be. How to leverage advocates and attractors for the benefit of all. What organizations lose by ignoring the power of diversity -- and why it's not just "a PC thing." And so much more... Full show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/650/ Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! With pain-free invoicing, FreshBooks helps entrepreneurs and freelancers save time and avoid a lot of the stress that comes with running a small business. Try a month of unrestricted use for free here (no credit card required)! Enter ART OF CHARM in the How You Heard About Us section. Avoid trips to the post office with Stamps.com -- The Art of Charm listeners get a postal scale and $55 of postage for free here! Talkspace makes it easy to connect with an experienced, licensed therapist who you pick based on your preferences for a fraction of the price of traditional therapy. Click here and use coupon code CHARM to get $30 off your first month! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Catch season two of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath on A&E! Free yourself from typing notes, reports, and documents by going with the transcriptionists we trust here at AoC: TranscriptionOutsourcing.net -- 99% or higher accuracy guaranteed! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good leaders aren't invincible and don't try to be and trust me in the military
0:04.5	We want our young men and women to believe they're invincible
0:15.6	Welcome to the art of charm. I'm Jordan Harbinger. I'm here with producer Jason to Philipo on this episode
0:21.0	We'll be talking with General Ann Dunwoody
0:23.4	She's the first woman in US military and uniform service history to achieve a four star office
0:29.1	Aranke in the army on this episode will discuss why it's important to never walk by a mistake
0:34.3	We'll discuss why keeping a higher standard is not only the right way to be but also makes economic sense long-term
0:40.3	It will have some real-world case studies here to show that and we'll uncover the two types of people at work
0:45.8	namely advocates and detractors and how to leverage both for our benefit and the benefit of others and we'll explore why diversity of thought
0:53.5	Isn't just some PC concept but has a real function especially in high-stakes environments like the military now
1:00.3	Let's talk to a woman. I admire greatly general and Dunwoody. Here we go
1:06.6	I read the book and really enjoyed it
1:08.9	I think there's a lot of military books. There's a lot of leadership books as you know
1:12.2	I'm sure you did your homework before writing that and I liked the unique perspective given here
1:17.6	Not just because well, it's written by a female four star
1:21.4	You know, it's different in that there's a lot of points here that I think coming up in a leadership in a military environment that you
1:28.2	noted that for whatever reason other people have skipped
1:32.1	I don't know if that's because you faced more resistance coming up in a male-dominated hierarchy or if you're just
1:37.9	Observed different things in a different way than a lot of people that I think really made the book a little bit different
1:42.8	Because especially if you're gonna make a leadership book stand out. There's got to be something else going on
1:46.9	Right, there's got to be something else happening in the book
1:48.9	I just want to start with some of the elephant in the room stuff for example
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