Mentors for Military Podcast

EP-147 | Are You Willing To Go Through Adversity To Find Yourself After?

Interviewing Matt J. Salli, winner of Season 3 - SAS: Who Dares Wins.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Scott Johnson is a British Army Engineer and EOD NCO.
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EP-146 | From Combat to School

Andrea N. Goldstein is the CEO of Service to School, a non-profit organization that provides free application counseling to military veterans. Their goal is to help veterans gain admission to the best universities possible and to help them maximize their education benefits. Andrea believes in the transformative power of education. She served on active duty in the US Navy from 2009 to 2016 as an intelligence officer, and currently serves as a Navy Reservist. She is an expert in the field of security sector reform and bridging civil-military dialogues. She was a founding contributor to the veterans’ news and culture blog Task & Purpose, where she has written extensively about retention, gender, and military culture and policy. Her work has also been featured in the US Naval Institute’s Proceedings, CNAS, Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, War Horse, Business Insider, and various peer-reviewed professional journals. A former Service to School applicant and ambassador, she is a Pat Tillman Scholar and graduate of the University of Chicago (B.A., Hons.), and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University (MALD).
In this episode she is joined by Robert, Mike Pritts, and Alejandra "AJ" Gill.
Learn more about Service to School: www.service2school.org
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Alejandra "AJ" is an active duty USAF Security Forces NCO; Mike Pritts is a former U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) CSM and Tillman Scholar.
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EP-145 | Why Do We Procrastinate?

We are all guilty of procrastination at some point. Parkinson's law is the adage that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". If you are given 8 hours to accomplish something, you'll take all 8, even though the task may only take 2 hours. This is another form of procrastination. Robert, Alejandra "AJ", and Scott discuss Parkinson's Law and how leaders can deal with it.
In another topic, the team begins to focus on basic management and leadership skills on how to inspire others and rally people to your vision.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Alejandra "AJ" is an active duty USAF Security Forces NCO; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD NCO
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EP-144 | Your "Why" is Your Catalyst For Success

Ian Strimbeck is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps where he conducted training to host nation forces in small-unit tactics as an Infantry Rifleman. During that time he attained experience in combat and security operations and held every position in a fire team from SAW Gunner to Team Leader. He is now the owner of Runenation, LLC, a consulting and education company specializing in the constant growth of the multidisciplinary tactician.
In this episode, Ian joins Robert Gowin and Bram Connolly to talk about weapons training, survival training, and how your "Why" is the catalyst for success. Ian shares the lessons he teaches to his students daily and how those lessons apply to everything we do on a daily basis. You can learn more about Ian at www.runenationllc.com
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Bram Connolly is a former Australian Special Forces officer and current best-selling author who also owns WarriorU (WarriorU Podcast) focused on helping and mentoring people interested in joining the Australian National Defense.
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EP-143 | Disrupt Yourself | Build an "A" Team | Whitney Johnson

Recognized as one of the 50 leading business thinkers in the world (Thinkers50), Whitney Johnson is an expert on disruptive innovation and personal disruption; specifically, a framework which she codifies in the critically acclaimed book Disrupt Yourself: Putting the Power of Disruptive Innovation to Work and in her latest book Build an “A” Team: Play To Their Strengths and Lead Them Up the Learning Curve. (Harvard Business Press, 2018). She is also the author of Dare, Dream, Do: Remarkable Things Happen When You Dare to Dream. Whitney joins Robert and Scott Johnson on this episode to talk about why you want to disrupt yourself and your teams to see personal and professional growth.
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Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD NCO
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EP-141 | From Combat USMC Infantry to Army Green Beret

It's not often that you meet someone who was a U.S. Marine Infantry Officer and U.S. Naval Academy graduate who also applied to become a U.S. Army Special Forces officer; let alone while on a combat deployment. Chase Millsap did that and then made it through selection and qualification training. Hear his story and how important service is to him then and now.
Chase joins Robert Gowin, Scott Johnson, Alejandra Gill, and Erich Martin on this episode.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Erich Martin is an active duty U.S. Army Special Forces MSG; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD NCO; Alejandra "AJ" Gill is an active duty U.S. Air Force Security Forces NCO.
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EP-140 | What It Means to "Be. Here. Now." | George Briones III

You don't want to miss this episode that is full of awesomeness. George Briones III is a former USMC Recon Instructor, a current leader at SOFlete where the motto is "Die Living", and a frequent host on the Mentors for Military Podcast. In this episode he joins Robert and Scott J. and the team talks about ultra running and the mindset it takes to achieve success, the importance of living in the moment and being present, and what the saying "Be. Here. Now" means.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD NCO.
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EP-139 | A Green Beret Helps You Find Your True North

People often make excuses for why they have found the right group to connect with, or the right person in their life, or why their military transition wasn't successful. Chris Schmitt discusses the reasons why people struggle and identifies ways for you to connect.
Chris Schmitt recently retired from 30 years of service as a United States Army Special Forces “Green Beret.” During the past three decades, Chris has gained extensive experience commanding, planning and executing special operations missions around the world. Through facilitating the success of Partner Nation leaders, both General Officers and Government Leaders, in Afghanistan, Europe, Northwest Africa and Canada, he learned that we excel when we all work together. His career allowed him to serve as a mentor, trainer and coach both in combat and uncertain environments at the strategic, operational and tactical level in Afghanistan, the Sahara and the Balkans.
Holding a Master of Science in Organizational Development from Central Washington University, a Bachelor of Science in International Relations from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and pursuing Executive Certification for Coaching from Columbia University, Chris is uniquely qualified to executive coach, conduct cross-cultural mentoring, facilitate self-discovery, and assist others to attain success. Inspiring high achievers to achieve heroic aspirations is his purpose as he works to become a corporate “Green Beret.”
Since retirement, Chris has conducted face-to-face coaching and advising with leaders from Fortune 500 Companies like Starbucks, Hudson Bay Company, Nike, Intel, Western Union, and Costco Wholesale. He has facilitated leadership workshops and led non-traditional, adventure-based, outdoor, leadership development. Chris founded the Azimuth Consulting Group, teaches in the MBA Program at City University in Seattle, and remains connected to the U.S. Special Operations Community through special projects. Mastering his own transition, he is passionate about support to the Veteran Community and serves as the Chapter Captain for the Seattle Chapter of Team Red, White and Blue. In turn, Team Red, White and Blue is supporting his development as a Team RWB Eagle Leadership Fellow.
Christopher is a certified Birkman Method coach and possess a US Government Top Secret clearance. Regularly, Christopher, Kristina, and their two children can be found hiking, biking, skiing and kayaking the mountains, logging roads and rivers near their home in the Snoqualmie Valley, Washington.
In this episode he joins Robert Gowin, Alejandra Gill, and Scott Johnson to talk about finding your true north.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD NCO; Alejandra Gill ("AJ") is a Security Forces NCO in the USAF.
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EP-138 | Becoming a Learning Leader | Ryan Hawk

Ryan Hawk runs the Leadership Advisory team at Brixey & Meyer. Ryan has been a student, teacher, and practitioner of leadership and performance excellence most of his life. First as a collegiate and professional quarterback, and now in the business world. He joined Robert Gowin and Scott Johnson and shares what he’s learned from his own experience as well as from interviewing more than 250 of the most thoughtful leaders in the world.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD NCO.
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EP-137 | You Control Your Destiny | Alejandra

You are the master of your own destiny. There are coaches and mentors who can help guide you toward developing a plan, but you must be the one who determines what you will do, the timing, and be responsible for the execution. Alejandra is an active duty Security Forces non-commissioned officer (NCO) with over seven years of service. On this episode she joins Robert, Erich Martin, and Scott Johnson to discuss this topic.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Erich Martin is an active duty U.S. Army Special Forces NCO; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer and EOD NCO.
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EP-136 | Learn How to Recognize Stress and Identify Its Source

People deal with stress and life's difficulties in different ways. Coping skills are methods a person uses to deal with stressful situations. Obtaining and maintaining good coping skills does take practice. However utilizing these skills becomes easier over time. Most importantly, good coping skills make for good mental health wellness. In this episode Robert and Erich tackle the topic of how to recognize when someone close to you is dealing with a hard time and how to help them through it.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Erich Martin is an active duty U.S. Army Special Forces NCO.
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EP-135 | A U.S. Army Ranger Conquers Naked and Afraid | Chance Davis

Listen to this episode and hear from a U.S. Army Ranger as he talks about teamwork, the importance of teamwork as Rangers, and how he is now using the traits and knowledge the earned from being an Army Ranger to help him in his current role in the private sector.
Chance Davis is a former U.S. Army 75th Ranger Regiment medic with two deployments who shares how teamwork was critical to his role as an Army Ranger and in helping him conquer the popular television show "Naked and Afraid" where he spent over 40 days in the jungle.
Robert is a retired US Army Armor and Recruiter/Retention MSG turned Fortune 50 executive; Scott Johnson is a former British Army Engineer/Sapper and EOD Technician; Erich Martin is an active duty U.S. Army Special Forces NCO.
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