Tales of Leadership

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Master Sergeant Joseph T. Groce Jr. is the Career Assistance Advisor for the 718th Force Support Squadron, 18th Wing, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan. Sergeant Groce serves as the principal advisor to base commanders and senior enlisted leaders on enlisted retention, professional development, and retraining programs. Additionally, he oversees the wing’s Senior Noncommissioned...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Enrique is the Best Selling author of A Lion's Pride: The scars that silenced kings and co-authored Voices for Leadership: Your Pathway to Becoming a More Influential Leader. He has served as an Executive, Businessman, Veteran & Advocate, Board Member, Non-Profit Administrator, Speaker, Mentor, Coach, and Avid Volunteer. Over the past 30 years, he has held nume...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Marck Abraham is the founder and CEO of MEA Consultants, LLC, a fast-growing consultancy he designed to help poorly performing schools and organizations increase achievement for all students, especially young men of color. 👉🏽How to Contact Him:  -Website: https://checkout.square.site/buy/NOD7I2KQANCJDEJXKSJ7SY3J    -LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-marck-abrah...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Leaders lose at situational leadership because they prioritize the wrong tasks. If you want to progress on your leadership journey, remember it is not about you. Throw out your personal agendas and do your best to improve the organization. Be selfless in your actions and always value others, give credit, and add value. If you allow the position to define you, you will b...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Master Sergeant Joshua White is the NCOIC of the 509th Base Honor Guard, 509th Force Support Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB) Missouri, where he leads the Base Honor Guard Mission at the Air Force’s only B-2 Bomb Wing. His mission is to provide military funeral honors to over 1000 veterans annually across an area of responsibility spanning 70,400 square miles and...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Maj. Rockie Daniel Ventura is currently assigned to the United States Military Entrance Processing Command in Anchorage, AK, where he serves as the Commander for the Anchorage Military Entrance Processing Station. His interests and hobbies include teaching, training, and mentoring foundational life skills in leadership, mindset, communication, and spiritual growth. Rock...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Dan Durbin is a senior coach/consultant with a portfolio of success in government, healthcare, sales, services, operations, and finance. His philosophy for executive coaching is tailored based on the mantra embedded in his heart from his time in the U.S. Army, “Mission First, People Always.” Not only did Dan serve his country for 11 years, but he is also a 4-time marath...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Self-leadership is the foundation transformational leaders are built on. Without it, you will not progress on your leadership bridge, building out the 6 Phases Of Leadership (POL). Either you learn to master yourself, or the world will learn to master you. Throughout my 15 years of experience, I have reflected on what has helped me continue my leadership journey and ext...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Liz Howard is a passionate keynote singer, TEDx speaker, presenter, trainer, and communications coach. Her passion and purpose are learning how to open the authentic voice, especially for leaders and veterans, bringing joy while working with the voice. Liz defines leadership as more than just education; leadership defines who you are as a human being. At the same time,...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Stephen is a U.S. Army Infantry officer with 20+ years of service leading small units and large organizations to achieve results across the globe. He is experienced in building great teams and cultures, starting new organizations, coordinating large-scale events, running the daily operations of large organizations and working across multiple cultures in several differen...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Jana is a 3x Paralympian, gold & bronze medalist, and a champion of overcoming obstacles! For 12 years, she was a national media personality, entertaining and helping listeners navigate life's challenges using fun and humor. Now she educates people on how to conquer the biggest limitations we all face…our thoughts and beliefs!  👉🏽 How To Find Her: www.startli...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 You will fail at each phase of becoming a Purposeful Accountable Leader (PAL); accept that fact. Still, your failures will galvanize you and help you build the leadership bridge. So, why is self-leadership the first phase of the journey? You must master yourself first to lead others well, which takes routine, accountability, and discipline (RAD). Here are seven ways lea...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 J.R. defines leadership as the willingness & ability to lead yourself and others to accomplish their goals, objectives, and key results for themselves, others, and their organizations. He’s a leading practitioner, scholar, professor, coach, and consultant who prides his work and dedication on helping those be successful, committed leaders. 👉🏽How to Contact Him:  ...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Tyler's mission in this world is to help men and women embrace their insecurities and strengths to ultimately become Impact-Driven Leaders in their own industries. He gets excited about helping leaders in all industries boost their teams to the next level. Whether as a Leadership Speaker for organizations like Gonzaga University and HDI or as the host of his own Im...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Retired Lieutenant Colonel Oakland McCulloch is the author of the 2021 release, Your Leadership Legacy: Becoming the Leader You Were Meant to Be. Based on 40+ years of leadership in the U.S. Army and subsequent civilian positions, Oak highlights principles that will benefit today’s leaders and inspire the leaders of tomorrow. Oak is a well-known speaker who gives presen...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Episode 6 breaks down the final three Phases Of Leadership and provides concrete examples for each phase. To review the first three POL, listen to episode 5. Finally, ensure you listen to the end for the three questions you should spend some time reflecting on. To help facilitate learning, below is a blog article covering the final three POL.  🫡 Our mission is simple:...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 Remember, leadership is a journey, not a destination. The reputation you build becomes the foundation for all future positions. The journey to becoming a PAL is similar to building a bridge. As you develop your leadership bridge, remember to take the time to complete each phase before progressing. Each leadership milestone is a section of the bridge you are building. Be...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 I set the foundation in the previous episode by providing 11 examples defining a Purposeful Accountable Leader (PAL). In this episode, we will finish explaining a PAL by arming you with the final 10 examples. I would love to hear how you would define a PAL?  Preview: PALs care personally about their family, team, and organization. A universal fact with leadership is rel...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 In Episode 3, I will clearly define the term PAL. Defining a PAL will be broken into separate episodes, given the size. The first episode will cover the first 11 examples of a PAL.  Preview: PALs are leaders who are intentional and act with purpose. You have to be offensive-minded, not defensive-minded, to be a PAL. A leader will fail, which is okay, but you must be rea...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡 In Episode 2, I will define leadership in my terms. Throughout my journey to become a better leader, I have learned that one action is at the core of leadership. Without it, leaders are destined to fail, but with it, leaders can harness the team's collective energy and break through obstacles that were deemed impossible. What is that word? A leader must inspire! 🫡...

We Want To Hear From You 🫡  Episode 1 is an anchor point in our journey toward transformational leadership. The goal of this episode is to do two things. First, review how this podcast will be structured and the vision for the future. Second, I want to define who I am as a leader.  🫡 Our mission is simple: To develop Purposeful Accountable Leaders — PALs — who do the right thing because it is th...