So I'm going to try and align your personal goals with my unit responsibilities.

If I can align both of those, well now both needs are being met and we've got this functional unit because you know what needs to happen for the

organization and why it's important that you're involved in that. So if I can teach

someone from you know hey you're going to do this with two people as a team leader

and you're going to do this with two people as a team leader and you're going to do this with eight people or seven people as a squad leader.

And you're going to do this with 30 people as a platoon sergeant or 120 people as a first officer.

So if I can teach people how to be leaders at every level, then moving into that

next level of leadership is just an expansion of what they already know. by the CEO of Alliance and brought to you by its founder Cameron Herald.

In the second in command podcast we talked to top coos who share the insights,

strategies and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief.

And now here's your host, Cameron Herald.

All right, so you are really going to enjoy this episode. I just got off talking for the last 40 minutes with Josh Johnson, who is the director of programs for the Special Operators Transition Foundation.

I just learned about them recently.

One of their graduates of their program is a COO alliance member.

And their entire program, they put about 250 people through their

program every year, our former senior operations people in the military that

they are taking out of the military

after their military career is ending and these are young people typically 45 to 50 year olds

and then they're transitioning them helping them transition from the military

into the private sector at COO level roles.

So super interesting program.

I was just blown away with the actual strengths of military leaders.

...