15. David Neal: From military college to war in Afghanistan

Today’s guest is David Neal. David is a leader, strategist, founder, project and change manager, as well as a practical consultant for clients such as the ADA NSW, University of Sydney, Australian Defence Force, Prescare, RSL Queensland, MedReleaf, and KPMG. ​He is one of the authors of ‘Growing Good Leaders’ which focuses on developing high performing teams and running projects. He travels throughout Australia and overseas helping others to simplify the complex. His time serving in the military has provided him with vast experience in leadership, complex problem solving, project and risk management. He has chosen mate ship, family and helping good people as his path.

In this episode David shares:

• How he first learnt about leadership through sport
• His journey through the military
• The styles of leadership he learnt from working in the military
• The disastrous results of putting off removing someone who wasn’t developing properly before deploying into the field
• How his ego cause a development problem for his team after he left

 

Key Quotes

"Things won't fix unless you fix them."

“Very rarely is there a right or wrong option, there is just a myriad of shit options.”

“Positivity for positivity’s sake is its own virus.”

 

If you want to find out more about David

Find out about David’s coaching with The Eighth Mile Consulting here: https://eighthmile.com.au/author/david-neal/

 

If you want to find out more about what Wayne does, check out his business via the website:

http://engage4performance.com/

Or you can follow him on socials:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wayne-reuben-engage4performance/

 

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