Leading with Special Forces with Douglas Ward

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Have you ever wondered what it takes to grow and develop leaders? Maybe you've struggled with building the right team around you. Or maybe you don't know what to do to get the most of employees once they join the team. In today's show, I sit down with Douglas Ward to learn the lessons he learned while working with elite Special Operations Forces to help them with their communication needs.

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About Douglas Ward
Douglas Ward is a retired military veteran with 24 years of distinguished service. During his time he held numerous leadership roles to include instructor and manager of over 500 personnel. Additionally, Douglas was the Troop Chief for a hand-selected group of special communicators who supported and deployed into austere environments with Special Operations Forces. Upon retirement, he supported government agencies as a subject matter expert in non-standard communications and as a business development executive. These experiences have enabled him to pass on the knowledge and lessons of leadership under extreme conditions for companies needing management team building.

Pulling from his past military experience and as an executive-level technology leader, he collaborates with those in charge of providing unfiltered truths on the true state of a company. He specializes in encouraging the development of communication skills from the top-down and bottom-up increasing revenue growth, employee trust and ownership. Douglas has built many successful teams by helping them to navigate through rough seas and land on a foundation based on a steadfast vision.


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