Veteran Led

Every great result requires great risk. As a leader, you mitigate those risks through planning and training. In this episode of Veteran Led , John Berry explains the goal of risk management in business operations, like military training, is not to abandon all risky behavior, rather, it is to mitigate risk to an acceptable level. We all must learn by doing. The leader's role is to keep the cost of...

Most plans do not survive first contact with the enemy. But good leaders put plans into action long before they face a critical situation. In this episode of Veteran Led, John Berry explores the military's hurry up and wait mentality, where urgency meets focus and discipline. Through stories from military missions to experiences in his corporate career, John explains how urgency, patience, and pre...

Urgency doesn’t just mean speed; it means speed with strategy. In this episode of Veteran Led, John Berry discusses how the lessons of tactical urgency instilled during his time in the military elevated his performance in the workplace. John explains how incorporating an active sense of urgency can enhance teamwork, decision-making, efficiency, and adaptability to change, ultimately leading to suc...

Day 1 in the military, the drill sergeant assigns you a buddy. The buddy system teaches safety, accountability, and strength in numbers; "no soldier left behind" starts with the buddy system. In this episode of Veteran Led, John Berry sheds light on the buddy system's value and how essential it is to organizational success. From recruitment to personal growth, John shares how establishing the budd...

Situational awareness training starts the day you get off the bus at basic training. In this episode of Veteran Led, John Berry will share anecdotes from his military experience that helped him develop this critical skill and how it can be applied to civilian business. John explores how maintaining situational awareness in his organization's data and performance metrics, finances, culture, and lea...

Welcome to episode one of Veteran Led. In this episode, host John Berry talks about being a new, inexperienced 2nd Lieutenant, and how his noncommissioned officers trained and mentored him. John discusses the challenges he faced when transitioning into the civilian business world. It wasn't until his commander reminded him of the military's crawl, walk, run methodology that he realized how to adap...

Welcome to the Veteran Led Podcast Host John S Berry, CEO of Berry Law, served as an active-duty infantry officer in the U.S. Army, finishing his military career with two deployments and retiring as a Battalion Commander in the Nebraska National Guard. An award-winning veterans’ advocate, John’s mission is to inspire and to help veterans to continue to lead their businesses and their communities....