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August 19, 2023 36 mins

Secrets of Leadership from Captain Joseph Polanin , US Navy (RET) revealed in a fireside chat with Coach M J Tolan on The Real mission: I'M Possible Show. 

He has advised the President of the United States, the National Security Council, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff, and many senior defense officials and military officers from the U.S. and allied nations in national security matters including geo-political risk, strategic communication, public relations, intelligence oversight, current operations, logistics coordination, strategic planning, technology, training and education, audits and inspections, financial risk, legal and policy compliance. ✅ He has   led and managed global teams as large as 412K people with a $518B annual budget that synchronized U.S. military operations in the Pacific (70% of the Defense Department). ✅ He has had 20+ years of successful Command leadership for global organizations developing and communicating bold vision, synthesizing enterprises to achieve that vision, and inspiring extraordinarily talented people to achieve aggressive goals early and under budget. ✅ The largest P&L for which he was personally responsible was $847M annually including personnel, intelligence, operations, logistics, planning, technology, R&D, legal, finance, compliance, facilities, and infrastructure with ultimate responsibility, accountability, authority for 3,700+ people across 19 business units operating in 69+ countries on 3 continents. ✅ He is at ease in what some would consider uncomfortable or stressful situations. He tells senior leaders what they need to know to ensure their decision superiority with facts, analyses, and sound judgment rather than telling them what they may want to hear. ✅ He led U.S. and International teams that implemented an unprecedented U.S. whole of government approach to enforce United Nations Security Council resolutions against North Korea; I led a team of 300+ senior government officials from 8 countries (Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs) that influenced North Korean leadership to cease illicit smuggling and generated historic diplomacy. Having lived in 75+ countries, I demonstrate keen societal and cultural understanding. ✅ He  led several successful global corporate reorganizations, restructurings, and M&As, the largest was 123K people, $80B.

 

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