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In 2006 United States Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen was joined by investor Warren Buffett, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Proctor & Gamble Chief Executive Officer Arthur Lafley, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and 12 other impressive individuals in being named by US News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders. Today Admiral Allen leads nearly 100,000 enlisted, reservist, civilian and auxiliary men and woman who fulfill the Coast Guard’s mission “to protect the public, the environment, and U.S. economic and security interests in any maritime region in which those interests may be at risk, including international waters and America’s coasts, ports, and inland waterways.”
Pam’s Pointers – How to Innovate through Fear
Rita Gunther Mcgrath (blog) Discovery-Driven Growth: A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity
Invisible Hand podcast – April 11, 2009 Leaders should avoid: Confirmation biasReward for appearing certainRate of failure concern
Weekly Leader- Admiral Thad Allen, 23rd Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
Admiral Allen’s blog iCommandant
Admiral Allen on Facebook and Twitter
US News and World Reports – Best Leaders of 2006
Reading: Two Tankers Down: The Greatest Small-Boat Rescue in U.S. Coast Guard History
by Robert Frump
Leader Lunch: Alexander Hamilton
Contact Info
podcast@weeklyleader.net (feel free to attach a MP3 file 5 mb or less)
Weekly Leader Team:
Pam Fox Rollin (twitter @PamFR); Mary Michaela Weber (@marymichaela); Mario Vittone; Colin Ude-Lewis (@colinudelewis); Peter A. Mello (@petermello)
Music
Podcast intro – Trance Sends by Trance Blackman
Semper Paratus (Always Ready) – US Coast Guard Anthem
Own True Way by Great Big Sea from the Podsafe Music Network
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Author: Peter A. Mello, Founder/Editor (261 Articles)
Founder of Weekly Leader and Sea-Fever Consulting, LLC, a leadership development and strategic communications consultancy. Previously, CEO of an international nonprofit organization and COO of a national insurance/risk management services firm. Peter has been leading people and managing organizations for over 30 years, writes a leadership column for MarineNews magazine and blogs about maritime culture at Sea-Fever. Follow him on Twitter.
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