The Brothers N Books Readathon continues, and Ben, Noni, and Amity record their reviews of the second book of the readathon.

Ben - Leadership is Language by David Marquet

Noni - Love People use Things by The Minimalists

Ami G - Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd

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#47 - Major General (Retired) Gus McLachlan AO. Afghanistan, Unlocking Discretionary Effort and Leading Large Teams

Ben is joined by former Forces Commander of the Australian Army, Major General (Retired) Gus McLachlan AO. In this episode, they discuss Afghanistan, unlocking discretionary effort and leading large teams.

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Mike Burke has served in the US Army for 23 years. 16 years in the Special Operations Community, specifically the 75th Ranger Regiment, he completed 14 Deployments. He was the 33rd Regimental CSM of 2D Cavalry Regiment and is currently a Brigade CSM in the US Army. Mike is the father of 4 children and is married to Sarah, and together they form the team at Always in Pursuit. Mike is also a regular contributor to the blog, From the Green Notebook.

The Blog Posts we talk about on the Podcast.

Let them walk on the grass - https://fromthegreennotebook.com/2020/05/20/let-them-walk-on-the-grass-the-role-of-senior-ncos/

More leaders need to get punched in the face - https://fromthegreennotebook.com/2020/08/16/more-leaders-need-to-get-punched-in-the-face/

Find him and his team at:

www.alwaysinpursuit.org

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-burke-85120314/

https://www.facebook.com/michael.burke.77377/

https://www.instagram.com/mike_s._burke/

https://twitter.com/alwaysinprsuit

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/always-in-pursuit-mike-s-burke-zF5sCVjLlco/#podcast

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As a former Australian Special Forces Team Leader and high-risk environment consultant, Mark Direen has worked and led teams in some of the world’s most hostile and unforgiving environments. Ben and Mark discuss leading within the Special Operations Task Group and how that compared to leading in the world of Civilian Contracting.

Mark also shares the adventure Motorcycle trip of a lifetime, travelling across Mongolia. Through his company Point Assist and in conjunction with the Tasmanian State Government, Mark guides the Veteran’s Active Recreation Program (VARP), supporting the health and well-being of returned service personnel. VARP is a 5-day small group event providing unique outdoor experiences and career pathways in the adventure and ecotourism industry where participants plan and complete a remote mountain trek in the Tasmanian wilderness. To find out more about VARP, head to https://ironside.club/VARP

Mark also runs the Point & Shoot Photographic exhibition. The

Tasmanian veteran's photography exhibition Point showcases Tasmanian Veteran photography and offers a unique opportunity to bring veterans and the wider community together. To find out more about the exhibition, head to https://ironside.club/PointNShoot

Find out more about Mark at his Website - https://www.pointassist.com.au

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On this episode of the Podcast, Ben is joined by Grant Gripske. Grant has served in the Australian Army for 25 years; however, recently, he has been preparing to get in front of the TV Camera for the upcoming Adventure All-Stars TV Series.

Grant is doing this to support the Emergent Leaders Foundation - https://ironside.club/EmergentLeadersFoundation , If you can support Grant and the Foundation, please head to donate - https://ironside.club/GrippoAllStar

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In this episode of the Podcast, Ben, Chris, and Jason discuss a coaching challenge Ben is working with and the importance of timely feedback. Jason shares the value of video footage as a coaching and feedback tool in its use in the combat shooting continuum. They all share what they are currently reading and what is resonating, and what's not.

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On this episode of the Podcast, Ben is Joined by Organisation Psychologist, Clifford Morgan. Clifford served in the Royal Australian Air Force as an Airfield Defence Guard, deploying to Iraq in 2008. After transferring to the Air Force Reserves, Clifford studied Organisation Psychology and since then has been working with leaders and their teams across multiple industries. Cliff is now the Director and Principal for Lumian Consulting.

Cliff and Ben discuss what common opportunities for leaders they are encountering in the workplace and he has some great book recommendations that we have yet to hear on the podcast.

Get in touch with Cliff and check out his social media platforms

Facebook - https://ironside.club/CliffFBook

Linkedin - https://ironside.club/CliffLinkedin

Lumian Consulting - https://ironside.club/Lumian

Resources referred to on the Podcast

Extreme Ownership Muster Sydney - https://ironside.club/Muster

Extreme Ownership - Jocko Willink and Leif Babin - https://ironside.club/Extremeownership

Dichotomy of Leadership - Jocko Willink and Leif Babin - https://ironside.club/Dichotomyofleadership

The Extraordinary Leader - https://ironside.club/Extraordinaryleader

Half Time - https://ironside.club/halftime

The Secret Life of Trees - https://ironside.club/secretlifeoftrees

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On this episode of the Podcast, Ben, Chris and Jason are joined by Matt Brennan, Executive General Manager and co-founder of Sevulink.

Matt served for 30 years in the Australian Army; most of those years were within the Special Operations community. Matt served in the UK and the US, where he led planning teams, achieved specialist qualifications and conducted training in various locations globally. He has extensive operational service in the Southwest Pacific, the Middle East and Afghanistan.

As a veteran and a father, Matt is a passionate advocate for the unique health and wellbeing needs of our serving and former-serving veteran community and their families, and this led to the birth of Servulink. Servulink's purpose is to build tailored connections to services for each veteran and their family. Nationally, veteran service, support and event providers will register with our app. Then their information hub and user-friendly app are designed to best meet the veteran and family’s expectations in a simple, stress-free and time-effective manner from any location.

By increasing connectivity across all services, support and community events, Servulink will accelerate positive outcomes, including mental and physical health, wellness, social connection, education and community engagement.

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Steve Cotterill is back, and we continue our discussion on what we have learnt working with different companies over the last 12 months.

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We're All Australians Now was written by Banjo Paterson as an open letter to the ANZAC Troops after the landing at Gallipoli during the Dardanelles Campaign of World War 1.

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