How do you deal with what goes through your head (and gut) after you’ve had a traumatic failure? February 13, 2023 by Mike Manazir – (1 minute) Click this link to hear Mike share one of his epic failures that required him to eject out of his F-14 Tomcat… and how he processed the trauma … Read more

This week’s blog post can be found here: https://sothereiwas.us/episode/39/

This week’s blog post can be found here: https://sothereiwas.us/episode/38/

January 24, 2023 by Mike Manazir – (4-5 minutes) In Chapter 22 of my book Learn How to Lead to Win: 33 Powerful Stories and Leadership Lessons, I talk about authentic inclusion and share how I would go in the galley on the USS Carl Vinson and grab a paper hat, wrap the apron around … Read more

January 18, 2023 by Mike Manazir – (4-5 minutes) In my book Learn How to Lead to Win: 33 Powerful Stories and Leadership Lessons, I share how I got my callsign “Nasty.” The story is a bit humorous and I’ll let you get it from the book. For today, I’d like to focus on “why” … Read more

January 10, 2023 by Mike Manazir — (4-⁠5 minutes) I talk about this in the leadership lesson at the end of the second chapter of my book Learn How to Lead to Win: 33 Powerful Stories and Leadership Lessons. Teaching followership might be the most difficult facet of leading. You can’t just order people to … Read more

December 29, 2022 by Mike Manazir — (4-⁠5 minutes) A’s Approachable: you’ve heard the cliche that all of us put pants on one leg at a time. Do not let your title shade the view that you are just like those you lead. Do not let your ego value your position. True empathy means you … Read more

Why do you do what you do? December 29, 2022 by Mike Manazir — (4-⁠5 minutes) In Chapter One of my new book, Learn How to Lead to Win: 33 Powerful Stories and Leadership Lessons I talk about my relationship with my father and mother and how it unleashed two driving forces that influenced my … Read more

without being a great follower? December 29, 2022 by Mike Manazir — (4-⁠5 minutes) In Chapter Two of my new book, Learn How to Lead to Win: 33 Powerful Stories and Leadership Lessons I talk about my induction day at the United States Naval Academy. I will never forget induction day. I awakened before sunrise, … Read more

What is the most powerful leadership principle of all time? December 29, 2022 by Mike Manazir – (4-5 minutes) In Chapter Three of my new book, Learn How to Lead to Win: 33 Powerful Stories and Leadership Lessons I talk about my leadership journey and how I came to learn the most powerful leadership principle … Read more