General Janet Wolfenbarger, Air Force, Retired

[Archive Interview from Jan 28, 2021]“There's no one right way to lead,” says retired General Janet Wolfenbarger, a trailblazing leader in the U.S. military.  In 1980, she graduated from the Air Force Academy in the first class of women and went on to become the first woman in the Air Force to receive four stars.  Janet says although there are many paths to moral leadership, watching and listening to others guided her, “The biggest teacher for me of a good leader came from observing people in leadership roles. Understanding what approaches, character traits, and values were articulated, how they worked and, in some cases, didn't work.” Janet spoke to HOW Institute Fellow, Dana Born, in this latest episode of HOW Conversations where the two also discussed the advantages of being a "quiet leader", transitioning skills from the military to the corporate world and how anyone can be a moral leader.READY TO START YOUR MORAL LEADERSHIP JOURNEY? Moral leadership is more imperative today than ever before. The HOW Institute for Society was founded on the belief that those in positions of formal authority should also have moral authority.  We are creating the tools leaders need to make principled, ethical and values-based decisions.  We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a world rooted in deep human values and trust in our social fabric. The Institute channels philosophical reasoning to address modern problems. Today, HOW we do what we do matters more than ever and in ways it never has before.  Learn more at https://thehowinstitute.org/