Resilience as a Team Sport w/ Buff Burkel
12/01/20 • 70 min
Buff Burkel is a Retired United States Air Force Colonel and inspirational/motivational speaker. On October 11, 2015, the helicopter she and eight others were flying in crashed inside a NATO compound in Afghanistan. The crash killed five of the passengers and injured four, including Buff, who was left with a severely broken neck (the same injury that paralyzed Christopher Reeve from the neck down). Bolstered by the support of her fellow survivors, her rescuers, and her family and friends, Buff made a full recovery and now travels the country sharing her story and the lessons she learned about resilience.
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Buff Burkel is a Retired United States Air Force Colonel and inspirational/motivational speaker. On October 11, 2015, the helicopter she and eight others were flying in crashed inside a NATO compound in Afghanistan. The crash killed five of the passengers and injured four, including Buff, who was left with a severely broken neck (the same injury that paralyzed Christopher Reeve from the neck down). Bolstered by the support of her fellow survivors, her rescuers, and her family and friends, Buff made a full recovery and now travels the country sharing her story and the lessons she learned about resilience.
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Time Codes
(2:28) - Pitching GrayCore
(4:02) - What are some of the industries and verticals that you get into?
(5:33) - How do these divisions that are based on building types interact with each other?
(6:46) - How would you describe the culture of the employees at GrayCore?
(8:55) - What was the impetus for the switch away from this ‘Command & Control’ culture?
(11:23) - Is it fair to say that there really wasn’t an expert on the people side of the business and they needed to bring someone like you in to change that?
(13:42) - What does the process look like to align all of these pieces and get folks on board with basic strategies?
(16:24) - What was the forum for these discussions?
(20:10) - Do you have an example of an issue where there was disagreement between you and higher-ups?
(22:30) - What did the second conversation look like in your job interview after the initial one lead to a heated disagreement?
(26:07) - Have you always been more of a ‘listener’ than a ‘talker’?
(29:09) - Have you learned your willingness to be self-critical and desire to improve through mentors and others in your life?
(34:59) - How are you holding leaders accountable?
(35:26) - Are these conversations happening one on one or is it during a management training program?
(38:46) - Are there any programs, books or assessments used through the leadership training programs that you’ve found to be effective?
(45:02) - What is the hardest thing for folks to grasp when learning servant-leadership?
(47:33) - How are you elevating yourself/others while also giving ‘the job’ away at the same time?
(54:11) - What are you most excited about right now?
(57:38) - What is the purpose of business?
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