Throwback; Episode 677: Become a Leader Worth Following with Jon S. Rennie
Street Cop Podcast
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🗓️ 13 March 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Today we wanted to share an episode from a little while back. We believe that it provides immense value and there are some new listeners, so we wanted to re-post it.
On today's episode, Dennis speaks with former U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Officer, Jon S. Rennie. Jon is a Business Leader, Author, and Speaker. He is Co-Founder, President & CEO of Peak Demand Inc., a global manufacturer of products for electric utilities. Jon talks about the foundation of good leadership, the importance of empowerment and empathy, and how failure is the most powerful teaching tool.
Check out all of Jon's books here: https://www.amazon.com/Jon-Rennie/e/B07RZV7QVF%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
Check out Jon's website here: https://www.jonsrennie.com
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| 0:00.0 | guys if you're in an area where you're trying to get to our classes but we're not close to you |
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| 0:25.7 | jail where they belong and at the maximum going home to your family. |
| 0:28.8 | Check out streetcop.com for that offer. It's a pleasure to meet you, John. |
| 0:45.0 | It's good to meet you as well. |
| 0:47.0 | John, give us the, you know, the 92nd to 128 second version of who you are and if it takes longer than that obviously the |
| 0:55.8 | platform is yours and you know I guess your upbringing from where you were from |
| 1:01.8 | to your career in the military and then into what your |
| 1:06.8 | intentions are now and what promotes you to or prompts you to show up and do the kind of work that you're doing. |
| 1:16.4 | Yeah, so I I started you know I yeah I blew up I grew up in Manchester in Hampshire and I grew up in a it's a blue collar city I grew up in a blue collar family and I had two |
| 1:28.0 | grandfathers that were in World War II one in the Army one in the Navy and I was sort of that kid that was fascinated by those stories of World War II and I was also one of those kids that wanted to escape my hometown. The hometown where my, well I was born, my parents were born, all four my grandparents were born. |
| 1:42.5 | So I was that kid that wanted to get out. |
| 1:44.8 | And so those stories, those World War II stories, |
| 1:48.6 | kind of always fascinated with me. |
| 1:50.5 | And then I sort of took on, I got really interested in submarine warfare and studying, you know, all of the exploits of the World War II submarine, you know, these captains and these crews that did these amazing things and I just was always |
| 2:04.4 | captivated by it and then when I was in high school Reagan was elected president |
| 2:10.7 | and he was going to win the Cold War that was the big thing and we're |
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