Admiral Sandy Winnefeld: Sailing Upwind

FranklinCovey On Leadership with Scott Miller

FranklinCovey

Business, Management

4.9 • 851 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Learn legendary lessons in leadership and risk from the ninth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral James “Sandy” Winnefeld. The author of Sailing Upwind joins On Leadership to discuss the importance of civility in politics, emphasizing the need for thoughtful and responsible leadership. He cites communication skills as imperative to convey complex information without being patronizing or overly technical and reflects on how his experiences have trained and prepared him as a leader.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Franklin Covey's podcast on leadership with Scott Miller.
0:15.0	That's me I am your host twice weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays where for six years and
0:20.8	400 near episodes.
0:23.0	We have been turning Franklin Covey's spotlight
0:25.8	onto thought leaders from literally every industry,
0:29.3	government entity, entrepreneurs,
0:31.2	solarpreners, chief executive officers, people that are creators, artist, sometimes
0:37.5	military leaders like today's guest, Admiral Sandy Winifield, who is known to many as the ninth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
0:49.0	This is the nation's second highest ranking military officer.
0:53.0	He is joining us to talk about all things leadership.
0:56.3	Based on the release of his recently published book,
0:59.4	Sailing Upwind, leadership and risk from top gun to the situation room.
1:07.0	Admiral, welcome to on leadership.
1:10.0	Scott, it's a great pleasure to be with you and I look forward to our conversation about leadership.
1:16.0	The same is for me. You gave me the permission offline to refer to you by your
1:25.0	service, I am refusing to do that because of the honor that your service demands,
1:26.0	I think, to all members of our nation.
1:28.0	So if our listeners and viewers hear me referred to you as Admiral
1:31.0	20 times in the next half an hour hour they will know why I think you are
1:34.8	due enormous respect as are all members of our armed services.
1:39.9	Admiral would you rewind a couple of decades you've written this new book called Sailing Upwind,
1:45.2	Leadership and Risk from Top Gun to the Situation Room.
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