The Legacy of Leadership with Major General Craig Whelden

Major General Craig Whelden retired after 30 years in the US Army. He became the youngest general in the United States Army and then combined with another nine years, As a senior executive  with the SES within the U.S. Marine Corps. Now he's a fortune 500 global speaker and an international bestselling author of Leadership, The art of inspiring people to be their best. In this episode we hack in to Craig wealth of leadership experience including: The parallels of leading in the military to any other organization The importance and power of Virtual Mentorship The characteristics of Character Humility is not thinking less of yourself - It's thinking of yourself less!   Join our Tribe at https://leadership-hacker.com Music: " Upbeat Party " by Scott Holmes courtesy of the Free Music Archive FMA Transcript: Thanks to Jermaine Pinto at JRP Transcribing for being our Partner. Contact Jermaine via LinkedIn or via his site JRP Transcribing Services Find out more about Craig below: Craig on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-whelden/ Craig on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CraigWhelden Craig Website: https://craigwhelden.com Craig’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Inspiring-People-Their-Best-ebook/dp/B07NKFQJC8   Full Transcript Below: ----more----   Steve Rush: Some call me Steve, dad, husband or friend. Others might call me boss, coach or mentor. Today you can call me The Leadership Hacker. Thanks for listening in. I really appreciate it. My job as the leadership hacker is to hack into the minds, experiences, habits and learning of great leaders, C-Suite executives, authors and development experts so that I can assist you developing your understanding and awareness of leadership. I am Steve Rush and I am your host today. I am the author of Leadership Cake. I am a transformation consultant and leadership coach. I cannot wait to start sharing all things leadership with you. Major General Craig Whelden is the special guest on today's show. After 30 years in the army, he became the youngest general in the United States Army. Combined with another nine years, he was a member of the senior executive service with the U.S. Marine Corps. Now he's a fortune 500 global speaker and an international bestselling author. But before we get a chance to speak with Craig, it's The Leadership Hacker News. The Leadership Hacker News When as leaders, when we make decisions, it's really important to consider the impact before taking action, right? So not just focused on what you could expect to happen, but also scenario planning and using the Kickstarter of what if to think about the other possibilities and other things that could happen. And I now think that was the case for a sushi restaurant in Taiwan, when they were setting out on their latest marketing campaign, a two-day promotion offered free sushi for the customer, along with five of their friends. If they arrived at the restaurant and then name contained the characters of G U that's, G-U-I Y-U, which translates in Chinese to salmon. Its left Taiwanese officials completely unamused. Taiwan allows people to change their name officially up to three times. So now officials in Taiwan, as urge folks not to change the name to salmon after 150 people took the unusual move to get free sushi. Dozens of people have flocked to the government offices this week to change their name in a phenomenon dumb, salmon chaos. It comes after a sushi restaurant chain offered an all you can eat menu for any customer whose official ID card contain the name salmon. New salmon theme names reported in local media included Salmon Prince Meteor Salmon King, and Salmon fried Rice. Officials at the interior ministry said this kind of name change only a waste time and it causes a necessary paperwork. Chen Tsung-yen said that he'd earned the public to cherish these administrative resources. And he hopes that most people will be more rational about it. One college student jumped at the chance for free sushi