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David Ortiz – Veteran Running for Office

Audio Version: David’s lifetime of service is defined by fighting for EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES. Whether he was helping Katrina evacuees resettle, creating educational exchanges and economic opportunities in...
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Leading New Ventures with Andrew Parish from Dublin, Ireland

Andrew is the Chief Commercial Officer, IDLF Investment Fund with experience as an entrepreneur, founder, CEO, investor, board member and business mentor. Audio version: Leading New Venture with Andrew Parish...
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General (Ret.) Martin Dempsey with Self Reliant Leadership® (June 2, 2020)

Audio Version: https://youtu.be/7wn3TaXZfrU Jan Rutherford:       I'm here with General Martin Dempsey. For those of you who don't know who he is, he was one of Time Magazine's most influential...
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The One Sure Way to Know You’re on the Right Track

I was riding my bike up a mountain recently and my wife met me halfway with food and water. She asked, “Are you having fun?” Without hesitation, I replied, “Fun?...
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Trading Money for Time – Corporate Suit Turned Mountain Man

The following interview with Dennis Lund was conducted at Camp Halton - 8 miles from Joseph, Oregon. Dennis was in the publishing business before he purposefully and methodically "checked out"...
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What Happens When You Combine Special Operations Veterans & Business Executives in Patagonia?

The combination of audacity, adaptability, agility, and a high adversity quotient produced a team of teams. Self-Reliant Leadership has been running Crucible expeditions for a few years now with the...
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Two Words You Should Never Say to Your Team

Before I get to those two words, let’s review how Frederick Herzberg enlightened us with his two-factor theory about motivation way back in 1968. There are things in the workplace...
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What We Learned About Leadership in Ireland

  For the fifth time, my graduate business students came back from working with start-up companies in Ireland with the same three take-aways: It starts with people and it’s always...
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