
#53 The standard path is a myth. Leaders create a path for others, and themselves, with the help from other leaders. w/ Trevor Gocke
05/13/25 • 90 min
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This conversation is with Trevor Gocke. Trevor is a graduate of Louisville ROTC who recently transitioned as a captain from the Army to the Air National Guard. Like so many, his success has come disguised as hard work and perseverance. Trevor describes the leaders and mentors he had along the way who modeled the leadership he tries to emulate. He credits his guiding principles of community, passion, and servitude for creating the path his career is taking.
His journey is just getting started.
We hope you enjoy today's conversation with Trevor Gocke.
Why Teach Me to Fish?
Catch someone a fish, feed them for a day.
Teach them to fish, feed their family for life.
Our purpose is to help Leaders better understand what drives People to serve. In any organization, the core of recruiting and retaining talent revolves around leadership. And not just average leadership, but motivated, values-based, inspirational leadership.
Our Pursuit here is to get a little bit better every day.
Progress = Small Victories and stacking habits.
Habits like Getting up early, working your butt off, learning something new, Being positive and Surrounding yourself with phenomenal People.
Thanks for investing some time for yourself and thinking about the kind of People and experiences in your life that inspire you to be the best version of yourself.
I hope these conversations spark some ideas on what you can do to inspire People too.
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Let us know what you are think about this episode here. 💬 Text here.
This conversation is with Trevor Gocke. Trevor is a graduate of Louisville ROTC who recently transitioned as a captain from the Army to the Air National Guard. Like so many, his success has come disguised as hard work and perseverance. Trevor describes the leaders and mentors he had along the way who modeled the leadership he tries to emulate. He credits his guiding principles of community, passion, and servitude for creating the path his career is taking.
His journey is just getting started.
We hope you enjoy today's conversation with Trevor Gocke.
Why Teach Me to Fish?
Catch someone a fish, feed them for a day.
Teach them to fish, feed their family for life.
Our purpose is to help Leaders better understand what drives People to serve. In any organization, the core of recruiting and retaining talent revolves around leadership. And not just average leadership, but motivated, values-based, inspirational leadership.
Our Pursuit here is to get a little bit better every day.
Progress = Small Victories and stacking habits.
Habits like Getting up early, working your butt off, learning something new, Being positive and Surrounding yourself with phenomenal People.
Thanks for investing some time for yourself and thinking about the kind of People and experiences in your life that inspire you to be the best version of yourself.
I hope these conversations spark some ideas on what you can do to inspire People too.
Instagram Link - https://www.instagram.com/p/C0ALde1yH5v/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Facebook Link - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553842772462
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#52 They are Ready! How ROTC is building leaders of Character and setting cadets up for life. w/ Jason Wayne
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This conversation is a journey going full circle from West Point to commanding the Senior Military Colleges across our nation. Jason Wayne will share his story and how it's built him into the leader he is today, and how he's paying it back with his cadets and instructors.
Learn what ROTC is doing these days and how you can implement the same fundamentals into your organization.
Reach out to Cadet Command at https://armyrotc.army.mil/ and Jason to learn more about the opportunities ROTC has for you and anyone you care about.
We hope you enjoy today’s conversation.
Why Teach Me to Fish?
Catch someone a fish, feed them for a day.
Teach them to fish, feed their family for life.
Our purpose is to help Leaders better understand what drives People to serve. In any organization, the core of recruiting and retaining talent revolves around leadership. And not just average leadership, but motivated, values-based, inspirational leadership.
Our Pursuit here is to get a little bit better every day.
Progress = Small Victories and stacking habits.
Habits like Getting up early, working your butt off, learning something new, Being positive and Surrounding yourself with phenomenal People.
Thanks for investing some time for yourself and thinking about the kind of People and experiences in your life that inspire you to be the best version of yourself.
I hope these conversations spark some ideas on what you can do to inspire People too.
Instagram Link - https://www.instagram.com/p/C0ALde1yH5v/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Facebook Link - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553842772462
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#54 Always Be Selling. Our future is bright because of the leaders we have coming up. We’re seeing it first hand. A conversation w/ John Howell aka ServantOfLeaders
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This episode is with John Howell. John is a National Guard Major, full-time recruiter, and social media influencer known for his content on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok as ServantOfLeaders. We discuss his journey on active duty and how he transitioned from infantry to military intelligence, to National Guard, back to Infantry, and recruiting full time during the week.
John will share what he’s seeing around the country with recruits, ROTC, West Point’s Sandhurst 25’ competition, and why he believes we are in good hands with the Army's future leaders.
Reach out to Cadet Command at https://armyrotc.army.mil/ and John https://www.instagram.com/servantofleaders/ to learn more about the opportunities ROTC and the National Guard have for you and anyone you care about.
We hope you enjoy today’s conversation with John Howell.
Why Teach Me to Fish?
Catch someone a fish, feed them for a day.
Teach them to fish, feed their family for life.
Our purpose is to help Leaders better understand what drives People to serve. In any organization, the core of recruiting and retaining talent revolves around leadership. And not just average leadership, but motivated, values-based, inspirational leadership.
Our Pursuit here is to get a little bit better every day.
Progress = Small Victories and stacking habits.
Habits like Getting up early, working your butt off, learning something new, Being positive and Surrounding yourself with phenomenal People.
Thanks for investing some time for yourself and thinking about the kind of People and experiences in your life that inspire you to be the best version of yourself.
I hope these conversations spark some ideas on what you can do to inspire People too.
Instagram Link - https://www.instagram.com/p/C0ALde1yH5v/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Facebook Link - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553842772462
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