Best of: How Leaders Build a Team of Teams with Chris Fussell

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2018

⏱️ 52 minutes

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In this episode of Unmistakable Creative, we delve into the mind of Chris Fussell, a former Navy SEAL Officer and a Partner at McChrystal Group. Fussell shares his unique insights on leadership and team building, honed from his time in Special Operations and his work with large, dispersed organizations.

Fussell's journey from Navy SEAL boot camp to executing high-stakes missions has shaped his understanding of effective teamwork. He emphasizes the importance of building functional teams within larger teams, a strategy that has proven successful in both military and corporate environments. His experiences serve as a guide for individuals and organizations seeking to enhance their team dynamics and overall effectiveness.

As the leader of the McChrystal Group Leadership Institute, Fussell applies his expertise in cross-functional collaboration and knowledge sharing to develop leaders and build efficient teams. He is also the best-selling author of "Team of Teams," a book that explores his unique approach to leadership and team building. Listen to this episode to learn how you can implement Fussell's strategies in your life and work and make your teams more effective.

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0:18.0	And then there's the team aspect which is, you know, and I, anybody in the military will tell you this that you are much less worried about, again, the rational fear of a situation when you're with a team that you trust because, and especially if you've come up in that environment where your first focus is on the person to your left and right and making sure that the conditions are safe for them looking for things that could that could surprise them.
0:32.0	Then you're taking the focus off your that could surprise them.
0:32.5	Then you're taking the focus off yourself
0:35.6	and you're saying, is there anything
0:37.0	I can be doing right down to help the rest of my team?
0:40.2	And you know deep down, you don't sit around and talk
0:42.3	about it all the time, but you know deep down, all of them are thinking the same thing about you.
0:46.5	So you have 12, 15, 20 people that are hyper-focused on making sure you're safe and not worried about themselves and
0:54.4	the same is true in reverse rather than 20 people just worrying about am I safe right now and taking
0:59.0	care of what I need.
1:00.8	So you really do get an exponential gain in everyone's comfort level in the moment.
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