How To Level Up Your Leadership with Chief of Navy Reserve - Vice Admiral John Mustin | Part 1
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
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🗓️ 5 July 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to PART ONE of our conversation with Vice Admiral John Mustin. What is it like to lead 59,000 people? What if those people are spread out all over the world? What does readiness as a leader look like? Chief of Navy Reserve (CNR), Vice Admiral John Mustin, knows exactly what it’s like and he leads with a singular, laser-guided priority in mind: warfighting readiness.
When it comes to performing at the highest level, Vice Admiral Mustin is steadfast in his belief that individual performance is informed by both competence and character. We’ll find out how he helps instill these traits in his force and the challenges that come with it.
Vice Admiral Mustin has an extraordinary grasp on leadership philosophy, communicating effectively across large organizations, and using his civilian experiences to inform strategy within his military career – and he’s generous enough to share some of his insights with us around both organizational and personal high performance.
We covered so much ground in our conversation that we felt this episode was best shared in two parts. Part I is live now. Part II will drop on all audio platforms tomorrow – be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss it on your feed. If you’d like early access to the full conversation, you can view the episode in its entirety on YouTube right now.
No matter when or where you tune in, we hope you enjoy this gem of a conversation with Vice Admiral John Mustin.
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| 0:00.0 | I've got a staff and I've got a team and they're looking at me and if I come in and I am moping |
| 0:05.2 | and grouchy and pissed, they're going to be too. Instead, I want to greet them every day with a |
| 0:11.2 | sense of optimism like, hey, I don't care how hard this challenge is that we're dealing with, |
| 0:15.2 | we're going to figure it out and it's going to be awesome. And if you want to be a member of this |
| 0:19.8 | elite high performing team, then that's the way you carry yourself and you work that down |
| 0:24.5 | national on with your folks too. So in order to participate, I'm pretty candid saying, I only want |
| 0:32.0 | high performers on my team. Okay, welcome back. We're welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. I'm |
| 0:46.3 | your host, Dr. Michael Jervé, by trade and training a high performance psychologist. And I'm thrilled |
| 0:52.7 | to welcome Vice Admiral John Muston to the podcast for this week's conversation. What is it like |
| 0:59.2 | to lead 59,000 people? What if those people are spread out all over the world? Chief of Navy Reserve |
| 1:06.4 | or CNR, Vice Admiral John Muston knows exactly what it's like. And he does it with a singular laser |
| 1:14.0 | guided priority in mind, war fighting readiness. So what exactly does readiness look like? |
| 1:22.6 | When it comes to performing at the highest level, Vice Admiral Muston is steadfast in his belief |
| 1:28.4 | that individual performance is informed by both competence and character. We'll find out how he |
| 1:35.5 | helps instill these traits in his force and the challenges that come with it. Vice Admiral |
| 1:41.2 | Muston has an extraordinary grasp on leadership philosophy, communicating effectively across large |
| 1:48.1 | organizations and using his civilian experiences to inform strategy within his military career. |
| 1:54.8 | And he is generous enough to share his insights with us around both organizational and personal |
| 2:00.8 | high performance. We covered a lot of ground. In fact, we covered so much ground that we felt this |
| 2:06.8 | conversation was best shared in two parts. So enjoy part one now and then make sure you come back |
| 2:13.5 | for part two. With that, let's dive into this week's conversation with the very impressive |
| 2:20.2 | Vice Admiral John Muston. Admiral, this is an honor. And I do not say that word lightly. And so |
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