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016: Your Leadership Legacy with Oak McCulloch


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What legacy do you want to leave as a leader? Do you want to be known for your accomplishments, or is it being remembered for your character and how you positively influenced those around you? 

In this episode of Frontline to Boardroom, I chat with Oak McCulloch, a veteran of 23 years service in the United States Army.  Oak shares his personal story what leadership meant to him and his transition from the military to the civilian sector; how his experience as a military leader helped him in his corporate career.

Oak definitely has a clear vision when it comes to leadership and importantly the focus on your legacy as a leader.. 

If you are interested in learning more about leadership, or if you are a leader yourself looking for tips on how to be more effective, this episode is definitely for you!

WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Leadership influences in Oak’s life (02:51)
  • Why is leadership about trust? (05:27)
  • Creating an environment of feedback (10:40)
  • Oak’s biggest lesson while in service (11:52)
  • Oak’s operational experience in Kosovo (14:25)
  • How to carry out your responsibilities as a leader (17:52)
  • Oak’s transition from the military to the corporate world (23:33)
  • What is the ROTC program? (26:24)
  • Oak’s ultimate advice to young leaders (29:03)
  • Oak’s “Your Leadership Legacy” book (33:33)
  • Rapid-fire questions with Oak (41:52)



Quotes

  • “If people trust you, they will do anything for you.” -Oak McCulloch
  • “Leadership is about people.” -Oak McCulloch
  • “You need to ensure that people are volunteers to the team goals, not conscripts to yours.” -Martin Brooker
  • “Great leadership handed down from generation to generation is what develops great nations.” -Oak McCulloch



.RESOURCES MENTIONED

  • The Heights of Courage: A Tank Leader's War On the Golan by Avigdor Kahalani
  • Books by John Wooden
  • Your Leadership Legacy by Oak McCulloch


WHERE TO FIND OAK MCCULLOCH

  • Connect with Oak on LinkedIn.
  • Visit Oak McCulloch’s website here


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ABOUT OAK MCCULLOCH

LTC (Retired) Oak McCulloch is a veteran of 23 years service in the United States Army as an Infantry and Armor Corps officer. His operational deployments included Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, support operations in Bosnia and a Peace Keeping deployment to Kosovo; including disaster relief operations for Hurricane HUGO in Charleston, South Carolina, and Hurricane ANDREW in south Florida. Oak also held a number of key instructor positions at the US Army Ordnance School, the US Army Command and General Staff College, the Australian Command and Staff College, University of South Alabama and Stetson University.  His last position in the Army was a three-year tour as the Professor of Military Science at the University of South Alabama.  

Retiring from the Army in September 2009, Oak joined the staff at the Bay Area Food Bank as the Associate Director and served as the Vice Chair for Military Affairs on the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce.  Oak continues to contribute to the leadership development of young officers through a number of roles in the US Army ROTC program at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida and the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

A speaker, author and specialist leadership expert, Oak is a well-known speaker who gives presentations on a variety of topics including leadership, success, military history, current events, college preparation and others.

His first book was published in February 2021 – “Your Leadership Legacy: Becoming the Leader You Were Meant to Be”. Oak highlights principles that will benefit today’s leaders and inspire the leaders of tomorrow, at all levels and in every profession.



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