Brent Gleeson

What Navy SEALs Can Teach Us About Adaptability

March 8, 2019

Adaptable organizations not only adapt to change but embrace it and have the ability to adapt in rapidly changing environments.

It was about 1:30 AM on a dark street in Baghdad, Iraq in 2003. “Failed breach, failed breach,” called our primary breacher. The explosive C4 charge had left a smoky mess of twisted metal denying us the ability to enter the house. There appeared to be...

A Navy SEAL's 5 Tips For Managing Resistant Employees

January 19, 2019

Brent Gleeson

Resistant “employees” don’t exist in the SEAL teams. Everyone is all in, every day. We have a learning culture that thrives on transparent peer-to-peer feedback. Personal and professional development are a regular occurrence. But when I transitioned into the civilian sector and became an entrepreneur, I had to quickly change my expectations...

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