E48: Risk Safely: How Party Crashing, Wild Animals, and One Unusual Job Taught Leadership with Allan James Moore

Why do workers hide dangerous behaviour from some safety people and confess everything to others? Allan James Moore knows the answer, and it has nothing to do with compliance. He teaches Fortune 500 companies about psychological safety and servant leadership, but here's the twist: he never wanted to work in safety. He party crashed his way into professional soccer in Scotland with nothing but audacity. He landed in Taiwan with no connections and somehow became the safety guy for a major company. Now he's revealing what a terrifying encounter with wild animals taught him about toxic leadership, why workers will confess dangerous behaviour to the right person (and what he did with that information), and how you can succeed without waiting for permission if you know how to do it right. But here's the career move that changed everything. Allan's wife found him a job in the classifieds. High pay. Great crowds. Just one unusual requirement. Yes, his WIFE is the one who encouraged him to take it. That job taught him everything about commanding a room and working a microphone, the foundation of his entire speaking career today. What was the job? You'll want to have a listen.