EP 33: Navy SEAL David Silverman on Leveling Up, and Working with High Performing Teams

David Silverman is the guest on today's episode. David is a retired US Navy SEAL officer and the co-author of Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement in a Complex World. David's co-author on that book is none other than four-star General Stanley McChrystal. General McChrystal wrote one of my favorite books on leadership and on reinventing old paradigms, My Share of the Task. David is also a US Naval Academy graduate and decorated officer, with 12 years in the teams, and 6 combat deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and Asia. He is currently the CEO of CrossLead and he was the former CEO of the McChrystal Group. I wanted to talk to David about his book and how the son of the U.S. Naval aviator put himself into a position where he was then working with the highest level of military leaders in the country. I was curious what David did to set himself up for success and I wanted him to share the lessons he learned while working for someone of such a high caliber. I often say on the show that you are the average of the five people closest to you. So I wanted to talk to David about how being around such a high-level people raised his own bar. David succeeded in providing a great interview with a lot of tips and a lot of insight into what it takes to get in the room and be appear to top performers. Here's a great speech on leadership from General McChrystal. As always you can subscribe to the show on iTunes and visit www.thesquadroom.net for show notes links and other information. Until next time stay safe.