"Leadership is not a talent or a gift. It's a choice.
It's not complex, but it's very hard.", General Stanley McChrystal
explains to a packed auditorium of 600 at the Stanford Graduate School of
Business.
McChrystal shares his perspective on leadership and influence
discussing the importance of understanding culture, leading by example,
building trust, and creating a common goal within a team.
It's important, he told the audience, for a leader to share
in the critical aspects of a task. "If there's risk, you've got to share
it," he said. "If there's pain, you've got to share it."
McChrystal is a four-star general and former commander of
U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan. He also served as the former
leader of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).