316: What Will Be Your Leadership Legacy?

What wisdom could you extract from someone who’s had over 40 years of experience as a leader? An amazing amount if that leader is Oakland McCulloch. You’ll hear practical ideas and stories that will inspire you to elevate your own leadership.

Better known as Oak, our guest’s 40-plus years of leadership experience includes 23 in the U.S. Army, followed by various civilian positions. While in the Army, he was deployed overseas multiple times. Oak’s last position in the Army was a three-year tour as Professor of Military Science at the University of South Alabama, where he led the training and commissioning of Lieutenants and tripled the size of the program.

Oak is the author of an excellent book, Your Leadership Legacy: Becoming the Leader You Were Meant to Be, and he’s now an internationally recognized keynote speaker on leadership and success. As you listen to this conversation, you’ll see that Oak is a true servant leader.

You’ll discover:

• What two high school mentors taught Oak about leadership
• How Oak defines leadership
• What’s required to build a culture of trust
• Why Oak says, “Becoming a micromanager is the #1 mistake a leader can make.”
• The importance of preparing young people for leadership roles—and what to focus on

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Your Leadership Legacy: Becoming the Leader You Were Meant to Be