The Nature of Leadership

<p>We sit down with Ryan Curry, a Marine Corps veteran, and a Leadership Consultant. We talk about the nature of leadership and accomplishing goals.</p><p>Ryan is a leadership and organizational consultant and a retired Marine Corps helicopter test pilot with over 24 years of military service. He started his service as an enlisted Marine and earned an appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy through which he was commissioned. Ryan is an alum of the U. S. Naval Test Pilot School with flight time in over 20 airplanes and helicopters with extensive leadership experience during multiple operational deployments. He had the honor of being one of the first pilots to fly the new CH-53K King Stallion helicopter during the initial test flights. As a leadership consultant, coach, and instructor at the U. S. Naval Academy’s Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership he helped teams of all kinds improve communication, agility, diversity, inclusion, and positive culture, so they are more effective in reaching their goals. Ryan combines his military experience with his time as a certified Clifton Strengths Coach, Lean-In Circle Moderator, and the Navy Rugby Team’s Player Development Coach to impact the teams he serves positively.</p><p>Ryan earned a master’s in leadership studies from Marshall, a bachelor’s in political science from the U. S. Naval Academy, and is currently pursuing his MBA at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business.  He lives in Annapolis, MD with his family and Giant Schnauzer Rollo. His family volunteers in the local community with the Navy Rugby Team and they sponsor several Naval Academy midshipmen.  </p><p>--</p><p>Please support on Patreon <a href="https://www.patreon.com/norlund" target="_blank"><strong>@norlund</strong></a></p><p>Check out more details about the show at <a href="https://www.chrisnorlund.com/podcast" target="_blank">https://www.chrisnorlund.com/podcast</a></p><p>Follow on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/chris_norlund" target="_blank"><strong>@chris_norlund</strong></a></p><p>Follow on Instagram